VAR CF0990 RELATIVE SALIENCE- MAJOR PARTY HSE CANDS

VAR CF0990    RELATIVE SALIENCE- MAJOR PARTY HSE CANDS
              COLUMNS 830-832
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 999


        RELATIVE SALIENCE OF MAJOR PARTY HOUSE CANDIDATES
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

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

                -8. Eight or more Republican mentions, no Democratic mentions
                  .
                 0.
                  .
                +8. Eight or more Democratic mentions, no Republican mentions


        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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