VAR CF0902 TYPE OF HOUSE RACE COLUMNS 561 - 562 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 TYPE OF HOUSE RACE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. IMPORTANT NOTE: NES samples are not designed to be representative at the Congressional district level. Samples include cases from only some U.S. Congressional districts; for most congressional districts in which interviewing actually takes place, only a small number of interviews are taken. THIS VARIABLE IS AVAILABLE FOR 1970, 1974 AND 1976 AS WELL AS 1978- 1990. SEE NOTE ['WARNING'] BELOW. The codes used in this variable differ slightly from the type of race codes in the original 1978, 1980, and 1984-later study vars. Code amendments (collapsing codes 61-69 together with codes 51-59) were due to the necessity of incorporating 1982 codes, which were somewhat different from other years. Codes 40 and 49 apply to 1982 only, when, as a result of redistricting, 2 incumbents were running in several congressional districts. These 1982 districts were: NY17 (18 cases) and SD98 [at large] (1 case). For Cumulative Data File variables referent to "the incumbent" and "the challenger" (i.e. vars 908-927,946,947,950- 960,991,993-1003-1005,1012), the incumbent who represented R's sampling location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered R's 'incumbent' in these variables and the other candidate (incumbent previously not representing R's sample location) has been considered the 'challenger' to the running incumbent. For 1982 cases in NY17 (code 40), this means that the Democratic incumbent has been considered "the incumbent" and the Republican incumbent has been designated as "the challenger." For the 1982 case in SD98 (code 49), the Republican incumbent has been regarded "the incumbent" and the Democratic incumbent as "the challenger." In one district in 1992 (LA06), two Republican 'incumbents' ran against each other due to redistricting, but neither candidate had previously represented the actual geographic area. As a result, this race has been designated a unique type (45) and neither candidate has been treated as an 'incumbent.' In all House-level feeling thermometers, likes/ dislikes, contact etc. the 1992 LA06 race has been treated as if it had been an open race: data for one Republican candidate [always the same candidate] has been folded into the variable normally reserved for the Democratic candidate. A note has been provided in each variable in which this approach has been taken for 1992 LA06 data. 1992 Special Note: Late in 1994, in conjunction with field work for the 1994 NES, it became apparent that in 71 cases of the 1992 NES Study an incorrect CD number had been assigned. These errors affect all questions related to House race which are administered according to assigned-CD candidate names. In the introduction to this codebook is a listing of 1992 (pre) case IDs with correct congressional districts, however no data have been changed in this file as a result. Users of CDF data can delete these cases from affected vars if desired. Note that the 1978 data in this variable do not exactly match the data in the original 1978 NES dataset: several congressional districts in 1978 were not accurately coded by NES for type of House race. MS03 was coded as 14 in the original 1978 data but should have been coded 12 (24 cases); NY19 was coded as 12 in the original 1978 data but should have been coded 14 (9 cases); NY38 was coded as 21 but should have been coded 24 (14 cases). In VCF0902 these cases have been corrected. However, note that in other Cumulative Data File 900s-series congressional vars except for VCF0904, VCF0905 and VCF1004-1014, candidate-level data (e.g., contact vars, thermometers, likes/dislikes continue to accord with the original 1978 dataset's incorrectly designated type of race for MS03, NY19 and NY38. 1984 corrections: 1 case in TX 22 and 1 case in WA01 were mistakenly coded 65 in the original dataset and have been corrected to 55 here. Also, 1 case in WI05 was mistakenly coded 13 and has been corrected to 14 here. 1 case in OH08 and 1 case in WI09 were mistakenly coded 12 and have been corrected to 21 here. Finally, 4 cases in CA38 were incorrectly coded (1 as 13, 3 as 21) and have been corrected to 12 here. These changes have been reflected in VCF1004 and VCF1005 where necessary. For 1992 'panel' cases, this provides the type of race for the 1992 congressional district of R's original address (address when sample selection was made in 1990) rather than the address to which R may have moved by the time of the 1992 interview(s). For 1994 and 1996, codes represent in all cases type of race in CD of interview location [see note VCF0900 and VCF0901] for the current Study year. WARNING: In 1970, 1974 and 1976, no type of race var was present in the original NES datasets. Data for these years have been added to VCF0902 by implementing a case-by-case determination of type of race for every R's congressional district through consultation of reference materials. The resultant data in VCF0902 for these years have been checked somewhat, but perfect accuracy cannot be guaranteed due to the nature of attempting case-by-case coding. The possibility of some error must be recognized, and the type of race established in VCF0902 (and data in VCF0904-905 by derivation) for 1970, 1974 and 1976 should be used with caution and at the user's risk. If you find errors, please notify NES staff. 1996 note: 14 Pre interviews were conducted before the status of the congressional race in R's district assumed its final form. These cases are flagged in 1996 Study variable V960127, and the race type projected at the time the Pre interview was administered is documented in 1996 Study variable V960128. (In such cases Pre survey data are consistent with V960128.) 1998 note: 2 districts had the incorrect type of race identified, and the 1998 instrument was administered according to the incorrect type of House race. Cumulative Data File variables utilize 1998 data which have not had corrections made: In 1998, cases in AL07 should have been type race 14 (instead of 24); cases in CA41 should have been type race 55 (instead of 12). 12. Democratic incumbent running--Republican challenger 13. Democratic incumbent--other challenger 14. Democratic incumbent running--unopposed 19. Democratic incumbent running--Republican challenger and others 21. Republican incumbent running--Democratic challenger 23. Republican incumbent--other challenger 24. Republican incumbent running--unopposed 29. Republican incumbent running--Democratic challenger and others 31. Other incumbent running--Democratic challenger 32. Other incumbent running--Republican challenger 34. Other incumbent running--unopposed 40. Democratic and Republican incumbents running--no other candidate (1982 only: see note above) 45. Two Republican incuments running (1992 only: see note above) 49. Democratic and Republican incumbents running--other candidate (1982 only: see note above) 51. No incumbent Repr. running--Democratic candidate unopposed 52. No incumbent Repr. running--Republican candidate unopposed 53. No incumbent Repr. running--other candidate unopposed 55. No incumbent Repr. running--Democratic and Republican candidates 56. No incumbent Repr. running--Republican and other candidates 57. No incumbent Repr. running--Democratic and other candidates 59. No incumbent Repr. running--Democratic and Republican and other candidates 85. No identifiable incumbent, Democratic and Republican candidates in open race due to redistricting (1992 ONLY) 00. INAP, Washington D.C.; California (1974 only, due to redistricting type of race could not be determined); question not used 1978: 780004 1980: 800740 1982: 820006 1984: 840059 1986: 860043 1988: 880050 1990: 900058 1992: 923021 1994: 940017 1996: 960097 1998: 980065 ==============================