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