VAR CF1005 PARTY OF VOTER/HOUSE INCUMBENT

VAR CF1005    PARTY OF VOTER/HOUSE INCUMBENT
              COLUMNS 856-856
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9


        VOTER FROM SAME MAJOR PARTY AS HOUSE INCUMBENT?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        SEE NOTES VCF1004.

        If R has no major party partisanship AND did not vote, then s/he
        appears in code 9, not code 3.

        Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'
        neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area) this
        variable has been coded INAP 9.

               1.   R VOTED:  R is partisan of same party as incumbent
               2.   R VOTED:  R is partisan of same major party as challenger
                    OR (unopposed races) R is partisan of major party
                    different from incumbent's party
               3.   R is major party partisan but R did not vote, DK/NA if
                    voted, or R voted but not (or DK/NA if) in House race

               9.  R does not have major party partisanship or NA if has major
                    party partisanship; INAP, no incumbent running; Washington
                    D.C.; no post IW (1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996);
                    California (1974 only, due to redistricting type of race
                    could not be determined); incumbent is not member of major
                    party (1994); district NA (2000); district misidentified
                    (2000)
               0.   INAP, question not used

        1970:  184,213        1974:  2204,2320        1976:  3174,3671
        1978:  4,433,473      1980:  266,740,997      1982:  6,291,505
        1984:  59,318,791     1986:  43,265,300       1988:  50,274,766
        1990:  58,279,320     1992:  3021,3634,5601   1994:  17,655,601
        1996:  960420,960097  1998:  980339,980065,   2000:  000194,000523
               961074,961087         980303,980311


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