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VAR CF0989 SALIENCE - MAJOR PARTY HSE CANDS

VAR CF0989    SALIENCE - MAJOR PARTY HSE CANDS
              COLUMNS 828-829
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 99


        MAJOR PARTY HOUSE CANDIDATE SALIENCE
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        Major party House candidate salience is the sum of all 'likes' and
        'dislikes' about both the Democratic and Republican House candidates:
        [VCF0980+VCF0981] + [VCF0984+VCF0985],  which is the same as:
        VCF0983+VCF0987.

                 0. zero mentions
                 .
                 .
                16. sixteen or more mentions

               99. MD (codes 6-9 in any of:  VCF0980,VCF0981,VCF0984,VCF0985)

        1978:  160-179          1980:  892-911          1982:  148-167
        1984:  908-927          1986:  184-203          1988:  674-697
        1990:  198-221          1992:  5401-5424        1994:  401-424
        1996:  961044-961067    1998:  980275-980298    2000:  001328-1351


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Walter Mebane 2003-02-17