VAR CF0908 INCUBENT HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER
COLUMNS 572 - 574
NUMERIC
MD EQ 990 OR GE 997
RUNNING HOUSE INCUMBENT CANDIDATE -- Feeling Thermometer
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
SEE VCF0906.
The 1982 dataset included 2 thermometer vars for 2 running incumbents
due to redistricting in two congressional districts (19 cases
affected). For this year, the incumbent who represented R's sampling
location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered R's
'incumbent' for Cumulative Data File definition. The other candidate
(incumbent previously not representing R's sample location) was
considered the 'challenger' to the running incumbent.
Name of running incumbent candidate from election held during year of
IW was given.
Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'
neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area) this
variable has been coded 990.
NOTE: 906-909 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).
0 -100. Degrees as given
990. incumbent is not running
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);
abbreviated telephone IW (1984); Washington D.C.;
short form IW (1992); question not used
1978: 782007 1980: 800855,800856 1982: 820132,820133
1984: 840753,840754 1986: 860136,860137 1988: 880601,880602
1990: 900145,900146 1992: 925311,925312 1994: 940238,940239
1996: 960278,960279 1998: 980239,980240
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