VAR CF9024 STRENGTH - HOUSE VOTE PREFERENCE

VAR CF9024    STRENGTH - HOUSE VOTE PREFERENCE
              COLUMNS 908-908
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 8


        (ASKED OF Rs WHO VOTED):  Here is a list of candidates for the major
        races in this district.  How about the election for the House of
        Representative in Washington?  Did you vote for a candidate for the
        U.S. House of Representatives?  (IF YES:) Who did you vote for?

        Would you say that your preference for this candidate was strong or
        not strong?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        THISVAR IS A FOLLOWUP TO VCF0707,735,736.

        In the original 1984 and 1988 datasets only, Rs who refused to
        identify /DK who they voted for had valid codes in this variable,
        which are retained.  In the original 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1990
        datasets only, Rs coded NA for House vote had valid codes in this
        variable, which are retained.

        In 1984, 3 cases in the original dataset which were abbreviated
        telephone IWs were placed in the wrong MD code (0).  They are
        correctly coded here (9).

             1.   STRONG
             5.   NOT STRONG

             8.   DK
             9.   NA; INAP, no post IW (1980,1984,1988,1992); abbrev.
                  telephone IW (1984); short form (1992); question not used
             0.   R did not vote or DK/NA/refused to say if voted; R voted but
                  did not vote (or DK/NA/refused to say if voted) for House
                  candidate; R voted for House but DK/refused to say who voted
                  for (not 1984,1988); R voted for House but NA who voted for
                  (not 1980-1990); special districts with no House race in
                  1978 (1978, 4 districts:  LA03, LA07, FL08, FL10); special
                  districts with no House race in 1980 (1980, 2 districts:
                  LA03, LA07)

        1978:  475      1980:  999       1984:  794
        1988:  769      1990:  290       1992:  5624


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