VAR CF0998 NUMBER OF DISLIKES - HOUSE CHALLENGER

VAR CF0998    NUMBER OF DISLIKES - HOUSE CHALLENGER
              COLUMNS 842-842
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 6 OR GE 7


        Is there anything in particular that you didn't like about <challenger
        to U.S. House incumbent candidate>  What is that? Anything else?

       SUMMARY:  NUMBER OF DISLIKES -- CHALLENGER TO INCUMBENT HOUSE
       CANDIDATE
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        FOR ALL YEARS, THISVAR HAS BEEN BUILT FROM VCF0980,VCF0984.
        SEE 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 negative mentions (dislikes)
            1.   One negative mention (dislikes)
            2.   Two negative mentions (dislikes)
            3.   Three negative mentions (dislikes)
            4.   Four or more negative mentions (dislikes)
            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:  4,165-169,175-179
        1980:  740,187-901,907-911
        1982:  6,153-157,163-167
        1984:  59,913-927
        1986:  43,189-193,199-203
        1988:  680-685,692-697
        1990:  204-209,216-221
        1992:  5407-5412,5419-5424
        1994:  407-412,419-424
        1996:  961050-961055, VCF0961062-961067
        1998:  980281-980286,980293-980298
        2000:  001334-001339,001346-001351


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