VAR CF0984 NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE REP CANDIDATE

VAR CF0984    NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE REP CANDIDATE                           
              COLUMNS 658  - 658                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 6 OR GE 7                                                 

        Is/Was there anything in particular that you liked about <U.S. House  
        Republican candidate>? What is/was that? Anything else?               
                                                                              
        SUMMARY:  NUMBER OF LIKES -- REPUBLICAN HOUSE CANDIDATE               
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        Republican candidate's name from election held during year of IW was  
        given.                                                                
                                                                              
        Four possible mentions were coded in all original NES datasets except 
        1988 and later, which coded 5.                                        
                                                                              
        Rs who responded "no" to "Is there anything in particular that you    
        liked about the US House Republican candidate?" have been coded here  
        as 0 mentions.  "DK" responses to this question and "I don't know     
        anything about this candidate" responses have been maintained as MD   
        codes, unlike VCF0401-402 and VCF0405-406, because of the very high   
        numbers of respondents falling into these categories [for consistency,
        NA responses to this question has also been retained as MD].  In      
        addition, if R responded "yes" to "Is there anything in particular    
        that you liked about the US House Republican candidate" but R provided
        no mentions (DK or NA in first mention), then s/he has been coded in  
        the corresponding MD category in VCF0984.                             
                                                                              
        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 [SEE    
        VCF0980-981].  VCF0902 (type of race) code 45 can be used to filter   
        such 1992 Republican cases from "Democratic" variables.               
                                                                              
        For 1984 and 1992:  if R was in a district where no Republican        
        candidate was running BUT the interview administered was an           
        abbreviated telephone interview (1984) or a short form interview      
        (1992), then VCF0984 has been coded 9, not 8.                         
                                                                              
        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: VCF0984-987 have not been altered as a result of corrections to 
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).                 
                                                                              
        1998 note:  1 case (0062) that was coded "yes" in the 1998 study data 
        as response whether there was anything R liked about the Republican   
        House candidate should have been coded "I don't know anything about   
        this candidate" but has been correctly categorized in variables       
        VCF0984 and VCF0985.                                                  
                                                                              
        In 1996 and 1998, randomization occurred for the order in which the   
        Democratic and Republican House candidate names were administered for 
        the set of 'likes/dislikes' questions; note that for each candidate   
        'likes' preceded 'dislikes,' and both 'likes' and 'dislikes' questions
        were administered for one candidate before questions concerning the   
        next candidate were begun.                                            
                                                                              
             0.   Zero positive mentions (likes)                              
            1.   One positive mention (likes)                                 
            2.   Two positive  mentions (likes)                               
            3.   Three positive mentions (likes)                              
            4.   Four or more positive mentions (likes)                       
                                                                              
            6.   "I don't know anything about this candidate" (VOLUNTEERED)   
            7.   DK if liked anything about candidate; liked something        
                 about candidate but DK what                                  
            8.   No Republican candidate in R's district (includes Washington 
                 D.C.)                                                        
            9.   NA if liked anything about candidate; liked something about  
                 candidate but NA what; INAP, no post IW (1980, 1984, 1988,   
                 1992, 1996); abbrev. telephone IW (1984); short form (1992); 
                 question not used                                            
                                                                              
        1978:  170-174          1980:  902-906      1982:  158-162            
        1984:  918-922          1986:  194-198      1988:  686-691            
        1990:  210-215          1992:  5413-5418    1994:  413-418            
        1996:  961056-961061                        1998:  980287-980292      
                                                                              
                                                                              
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