VAR CF0989 SALIENCE - MAJOR PARTY HSE CANDS
COLUMNS 667 - 668
NUMERIC
MD EQ 99
MAJOR PARTY HOUSE CANDIDATE SALIENCE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
Major party House candidate salience is the sum of all 'likes' and
'dislikes' about both the Democratic and Republican House candidates:
[VCF0980+VCF0981] + [VCF0984+VCF0985], which is the same as:
VCF0983+VCF0987.
0. zero mentions
.
.
16. sixteen or more mentions
99. MD (codes 6-9 in any of: VCF0980,VCF0981,VCF0984,VCF0985)
1978: 160-179 1980: 892-911 1982: 148-167
1984: 908-927 1986: 184-203 1988: 674-697
1990: 198-221 1992: 5401-5424 1994: 401-424
1996: 961044-961067 1998: 980275-980298
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