VAR CF1011 PARTISAN HOUSE VOTE FOR OWN PARTY

VAR CF1011    PARTISAN HOUSE VOTE FOR OWN PARTY
              COLUMNS 865-865
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9


        1968,1970:  How about the vote for Congressman.  Did you vote for a
        candidate for Congress?  (IF YES:)  Who did you vote for?  Which party
        was that?

        1972:  How about the election for Congressman--that is, for the House
        of Representatives in Washington?  Which party's candidate did you
        vote for for Congressman?

        1974,1976:  How about the election for Congressman--that is, for the
        House of Representatives in Washington?  Did you vote for a candidate
        for Congress?  Whom did you vote for?  Which party was that?

        1978 and later:  Here is a list of candidates for the major races in
        this district.  How about the election for the House of
        Representatives in Washington.  Did you vote for a candidate for the
        U.S. House of Representatives?  Who did you vote for?  (BALLOT CARD
        SHOWN TO R)

        DID R VOTE FOR OWN MAJOR PARTY'S CANDIDATE?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        R has been considered a "Democrat" if s/he was coded 'strong
        Democrat,' 'weak Democrat,' or Democratic leaner in VCF0301; the
        respondent has been considered a "Republican" if s/he was coded
        'strong Republican,' 'weak Republican,' or Republican leaner in

        VCF0301.  In 1978 and later, R selected name from ballot card.  When
        R gave a name not on the candidate list, MD was coded, and party of
        vote was undetermined.

        In 1970-1976, every House candidate in U.S. congressional elections
        was assigned a unique candidate number.  Rs who reported their House
        vote were coded into two variables, the first of which recorded the
        candidate number of the named candidate, if the name was correctly
        given.  If the name mentioned by the respondent was not on the
        complete list of candidates and candidate numbers, then the response
        was simply coded as 'incorrect.'  The respondent was then asked for
        the party of the candidate which s/he named.  VCF1011-1013 WERE BUILT
        FOR 1970-1976 USING THE SECOND, OR "PARTY OF VOTE," VARIABLE (even in
        cases where the party given by R was not appropriate for a correctly
        rendered candidate name).  [NOTE:  if name given in 1970-1976 was
        'incorrect' or DK/NA, "party of vote" variable was still used unless
        missing data:  if "party of vote" was missing data and name was
        'incorrect' or DK/NA, vote in VCF1011-1013 has been coded 9.]  Note
        that VCF0707, VCF0736 vote vars were also created from this "party of
        vote" variable for 1970-1976, but the vote data present in
        VCF1011-1013 differ slightly from that in VCF0707 and VCF0736 in
        1970-1976 for the following cases:  if R correctly gave the name
        of a candidate who was on the complete list of candidates and
        candidate numbers BUT did not provide any party designation (DK or
        NA) in the followup 'party of vote' var, then the party of the
        candidate correctly named in the first recall (name) var was
         ascertained and incorporated into VCF1011-1013.  This procedure was
        not undertaken for 1970-1976 in vars VCF0707 and VCF0736, which retain
        these cases as missing data.

        In the 1968 NES dataset, R's response to the House vote question was
        coded into a single summary variable which provided categories to
        establish whether R provided a correct or incorrect Democratic House
        candidate name, a correct or incorrect Republican House candidate
        name, a party mention only, or a minor party/write-in/unidentifiable
        candidate name.  This 1968 variable was accompanied by the following
        note:  "When R's mention of candidate name and party were
        inconsistent, the response was coded as if party were the dominant
        element.  Example:  R mentioned 'Burke, a Democrat' but Burke was a
        Republican.  Response was coded 'incorrect Republican candidate.'"
        For VCF1011-1013, party of R's 1968 House vote was taken from this

        Note that, because no ballot card was used, for 1968-1976 the party
        for which R claimed to have voted in the House election is represented
        in VCF1011-1013 even for so-called 'impossible' cases:  i.e., when R
        declares s/he voted for a Democrat when s/he lives in a Congressional
        district in which only a Republican incumbent ran in the House
        election.  In such a case, VCF1011-1013 would have been coded as if R
        did indeed vote for a Democrat:  if R were a Democrat, then VCF1011
        would have been coded 1 in this case; if R were a Republican, then
        VCF1011 would have been coded 2.  Using the same example, VCF1012
        would have been coded 2 (not 9) and VCF1013 would have been coded 2.

               1.   R'S VOTE: for major party candidate from party same as R's
                               partisanship
               2.   R'S VOTE:  for major party candidate from party different
                               than R's partisanship

               9.  R did not vote or DK/NA if voted; R voted but not (or DK/NA
                   if) in House race; DK/NA who voted for; R has no major
                   party partisanship; R voted for candidate whose name was
                   not on candidate list (1978-1988) or for third party
                   candidate(all years); no post IW (presidential years)

       1968:  120,323         1970:  184,215         1972:  140,485
       1974:  2204,2322       1976:  3174,3673       1978:  433,474
       1980:  266,998         1982:  291,506         1984:  318,792
       1986:  267,300         1988:  274,768         1990:  289,320
       1992:  3634,5623       1994:  655,614         1996:  961089
       1998:  980313          2000:  000523,001263


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