VAR CF0983 SALIENCE - HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE COLUMNS 656 - 657 NUMERIC MD EQ 99 SALIENCE OF DEMOCRATIC HOUSE CANDIDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. This is the number of Democratic House candidate 'likes' plus the number of Democratic House candidate 'dislikes' (VCF0980+VCF0981). 0. zero mentions . . 8. eight or more mentions 99. MD (codes 6-9 in VCF0980,981) 1978: 160-169 1980: 892-901 1982: 148-157 1984: 908-917 1986: 184-193 1988: 674-685 1990: 198-209 1992: 5401-5412 1994: 401-412 1996: 961044-961055 1998: 980275-980286 ==============================