VAR CF9070 AGREE WITH RUNNING INCUMB LEGISL VOTING

VAR CF9070    AGREE WITH RUNNING INCUMB LEGISL VOTING
              COLUMNS 974-974
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 8


        Now we would like your opinion about the way <running U.S. House
        incumbent representative> has voted on bills that have come up in the
        U.S. House of Representatives in Washington.

        1982:  Would you say that you generally agreed or generally disagreed
        with the way s/he has voted on bills, have you agreed sometimes but
        disagreed others, or haven't you thought much about this?

        1986,1988:  Would you say that you have generally agreed with the way
        s/he has voted on bills, agreed and disagreed about equally, generally
        disagreed, or haven't paid much attention to this?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        If the U.S. House representative in R's district was NOT running for
        re-election (i.e., was 'retiring'), then this question does not
        apply   (0 coded).

        The 1978 version of this variable was not coded comparably.

        Note the difference in wording 1982 (code 3).

        The 1982 dataset included variables for 2 running incumbents due to
        redistricting in two congressional districts (19 cases affected).  For
        this year, the running incument who represented R's sampling location
        BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered R's 'incumbent' for
        Cumulative Data File definition.  See note VCF0902 describing the
        congressional districts affected and designation of candidates as the
        (running) 'incumbent.'

        If there was no running incumbent and no post IW, then 9 (no post) has
        been coded.

               1.   AGREED
               3.   AGREED AND DISAGREED ABOUT EQUALLY (1982: AGREE SOMETIMES,
                        DISAGREE SOMETIMES)
               5.   DISAGREED

               8.   Haven't paid much attention (1986,1988); haven't thought
                    much about this (1982)
               9.   NA; INAP, no post IW (1988); question not used
               0.   No running incumbent (includes Washington D.C.)

        1982:  207,244,261    1986:  294       1988:  794


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