VAR CF0973 RECALL HOUSE CANDIDATE NAME #1
COLUMNS 645 - 645
NUMERIC
MD GE 9
Do you happen to remember the names of the candidates for Congress--
that is, for the House of Representatives in Washington-- [1996-later:
Who ran in the November election from this district?] that ran in this
district in November? (IF YES:)
Who were they? (1ST MENTION)
[1996-later:] What is (NAME'S) party?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
Note that 1958, 1964-1974 data were not coded comparably.
NOTE: 972-976 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).
In 1978, the second part of code 7 does not apply: it was combined
with other missing data (code 9).
1. NAME:valid, PARTY: correct
2. NAME:valid, PARTY: incorrect
3. NAME:valid, PARTY: DK/NA
4. NAME:invalid, PARTY: any
5. NAME:invalid, PARTY: DK/NA
6. NAME:DK/NA, PARTY: any
7. NAME:DK, PARTY: DK/NA;
NAME:NA, PARTY: DK/NA;
R SAYS S/HE RECALLS NO NAMES IN VCF0972
9. INAP, abbrev. telephone IW (1984); no post IW (1980, 1984,
1988, 1992, 1996); Washington D.C. ; short form
(1992); NA if R remembers any names (9 in VCF0972); NA name
and DK party (1978 only); question not used
1978: 118 1980: 826 1982: 102
1984: 741 1986: 107 1988: 569
1990: 111 1992: 5113 1994: 214
1996: 961010 1998: 980227
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