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VAR CF0906 DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER

VAR CF0906    DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER                          
              COLUMNS 566  - 568                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 990 OR GE 997                                             

        HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE - Feeling Thermometer                      
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        SEE FULL TEXTS PRECEDING V.201.                                       
                                                                              
        Name of Democratic candidate from election held during year of IW was 
        given.                                                                
                                                                              
        In one district in 1992, two Republican 'incumbents' ran against each 
        other (LA06) due to redistricting, but neither candidate had          
        previously represented the geographic area corresponding to the       
        reconfigured district.  As a result, this race has been treated as    
        an open race.  In House-level thermometers, likes/dislikes, contact   
        etc., one Republican candidate (always the same one) has been folded  
        into the data normally pertaining to the Democratic candidate. VCF0902
        (type of race) code 45 can be used to filter out such 1992 Republican 
        cases.                                                                
                                                                              
        Responses referring to an independent or 'other' candidate are not    
        recorded here for districts having only one major party candidate     
        (e.g. type race 23 in VCF0902).                                       
                                                                              
        NOTE:  906-909 have not been altered as a result of corrections to    
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).                 
                                                                              
        In 1996, the order of thermometers for all individuals except         
        Presidential candidates was randomized. In 1998, the order of         
        thermometers for all individuals except President was randomized.     
                                                                              
               0-100.   Degrees as given                                      
                                                                              
             990. No Democratic candidate                                     
             997. R doesn't recognize name                                    
             998. DK where to rate; can't judge                               
             999. NA; refused; INAP, no post IW (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992,      
                  1996); abbreviated telephone IW (1984); Washington D.C.;    
                  short form IW (1992); question not used                     
                                                                              
        1978:  782005   1980:  800855   1982:  820132                         
        1984:  840753   1986:  860136   1988:  880601                         
        1990:  900145   1992:  925311   1994:  940301                         
        1996:  960278   1998:  980239                                         
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001