VAR CF0909 CHALLENGER HOUSE CANDIDATE THERMOMETER
COLUMNS 575 - 577
NUMERIC
MD EQ 990 OR GE 997
CHALLENGER TO RUNNING HOUSE INCUMBENT -- 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 challenging 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 unopposed or 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: 782008 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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