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QUESTION:
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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
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)
VALID_CODES:
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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
MISSING_CODES:
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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
Inap. question not used
NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
The respondent has been considered a partisan if R was 'strong', 'weak'
or 'leaning'.
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 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.
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: e.g., when R
declares R voted for a Democrat when R lives in a Congressional
district in which only a Republican incumbent ran in the House
election: in such a case, VCF1011-1013 are coded as if R did indeed
vote for a Democrat.
1968 NOTE:
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 variable.
WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a
TYPE:
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Numeric Dec 0
SOURCE_VARS:
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1968: 680120,680323
1970: 700184,700215
1972: 720140,720485
1974: 742204,742322
1976: 763174,763673
1978: 780433,780474
1980: 800266,800998
1982: 820291,820506
1984: 840318,840792
1986: 860267,860300
1988: 880274,880768
1990: 900289,900320
1992: 923634,925623
1994: 940655,940614
1996: 961089
1998: 980313
2000: 000523,001263
2002: 023038x,025020,025028a
2004: 043116,045018x,045031x,045033x
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03