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QUESTION:
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1958,1964,1966:
Do you happen to know if (either/the) candidate is already in Congress?
(IF YES AND 2 MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT:) Which {candidate} was
that?
1968:
Do you happen to know if (either one of these candidates/if he) is
already in Congress? (IF YES AND 2 MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT:)
Which one?
1978 AND LATER:
Do you happen to know if [candidate in district where only 1 candidate
ran] / either [first candidate in district where 2 candidates ran] or
[second candidate in district where 2 candidates ran] was already in the
U.S. House of Representatives before the election?
(IF YES AND 2 MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES IN DISTRICT:) Which {candidate} was
that?
VALID_CODES:
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1. CORRECT: correct incumbency status; correct candidate
[districts w/incumbents running with major party
opposition]
2. INCORRECT: incorrect incumbency status; incorrect
candidate [districts w/incumbents running with major
party opposition]
MISSING_CODES:
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9. DK if incumbent; DK which is incumbent; NA if
incumbent; NA which is incumbent; no major party
candidate running; no Post IW; abbrev. telephone IW
(1984); Washington D.C.; short form (1992)
Inap. question not used
NOTES:
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See VCF0977.
GENERAL NOTE:
If no incumbent was running in R's district and R replied "yes" (1 or
2 major party candidates), then 2 has been coded. If an incumbent was
running unopposed in R's district and R answered "yes," then 1 has
been coded.
If an incumbent was running with major party opposition in R's district
and R answered "yes," then R has been coded according to whether R
correctly identified WHICH candidate was the incumbent.
If R responded that "both" candidates were incumbents but R did not
live in one of the districts where two 'incumbents' were actually
running (due to redistricting), then R's response has been considered
'incorrect'. If, however, there actually were two 'incumbents' in R's
congressional district, then an answer of 'both' OR an answer of either
of the two incumbents' names has been considered 'correct'.
2000 DATA:
1 case where respondent's district was NA and 3 cases where respondent
district was misidentified have been coded 9.
WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a
TYPE:
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Numeric Dec 0
SOURCE_VARS:
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1958: 580097
1964: 640312
1966: 660094
1968: 680385
1978: 780180,780181
1980: 800913
1982: 820172
1984: 840929,840932
1986: 860213,860216
1988: 880709,880712
1990: 900232,900235
1992: 925436,925439
1994: 940432,940435
1996: 961068,961070
1998: 980299,980301
2000: 000194,001353b,001354
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03