VAR CF0997 NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE CHALLENGER

VAR CF0997    NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE CHALLENGER
              COLUMNS 841-841
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 6 OR GE 7


        Is there anything in particular that you liked about <challenger to
        U.S. House incumbent candidate>  What is that? Anything else?

        SUMMARY:  NUMBER OF LIKES -- CHALLENGER TO INCUMBENT HOUSECANDIDATE
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        FOR ALL YEARS, THIS VAR HAS BEEN BUILT FROM VCF0980,VCF0984.

        The 1982 dataset included 2 sets of contact vars for 2 running
        incumbents due to redistricting in two congressional districts (19
        cases affected).  For this year, the incumbent who represented R's
        sampling location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered
        R's 'incumbent' for Cumulative Data File definition.  The other
        candidate, the incumbent previously representing another Congressional
        district(i.e., not previously representing the district of R's sample
        location) has been considered the 'challenger' to the running
        incumbent.  See notes VCF0902 describing congressional districts
        affected and designation of candidates as "the incumbent" and "the
        challenger" in these cases.

        Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'
        neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area) this
        variable has been coded INAP 8.

        NOTE: VCF0997-1000 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).

        Four possible mentions were coded in all original NES datasets except
        1988 and later, which coded 5.

        In the 2000 study, likes/dislikes were not asked for non-major party
        incumbents.

            0.   Zero positive mentions (likes)
            1.   One positive mention (likes)
            2.   Two positive mentions (likes)
            3.   Three positive mentions (likes)
            4.   Four or more positive mentions (likes)

            6.   "I don't know anything about this candidate" (VOLUNTEERED)
            7.   DK if liked anything about candidate; liked something about
                 candidate but DK what
            8.   No running incumbent candidate in R's district (includes
                 Washington D.C.) or incumbent not challenged

            9.   NA if liked anything about candidate; liked something about
                 candidate but NA what; INAP, no post IW (1980,1984,1988,1992
                 1996,2000); abbrev. telephone IW (1984); short form (1992);
                 distict NA (2000); district misidentified (2000); question
                 not used

        1978:  4,160-164,170-174
        1980:  740,892-896,902-906
        1982:  6,148-152,158-162
        1984:  59,913-927
        1986:  43,184-188,194-198
        1988:  674-679,686-691
        1990:  198-203,210-215
        1992:  5401-5406,5413-5418
        1994:  401-406,413-418
        1996:  961044-961049,961056-961061
        1998:  980275-980280,980287-980292
        2000:  001328-001333,001340-001345


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