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VAR CF0990 RELATIVE SALIENCE- MAJOR PARTY HSE CANDS

VAR CF0990    RELATIVE SALIENCE- MAJOR PARTY HSE CANDS                        
              COLUMNS 669  - 671                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 999

        RELATIVE SALIENCE OF MAJOR PARTY HOUSE CANDIDATES                     
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        Relative salience of major party House candidates is the sum of       
        'likes' and 'dislikes' about the Democratic House candidate MINUS the 
        sum of 'likes' and 'dislikes' about the Republican House candidate:   
        [VCF0980+VCF0981] - [VCF0984+VCF0985], which is the same as:          
        VCF0983-VCF0987.                                                      
                                                                              
                -8. Eight or more Republican mentions, no Democratic mentions 
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                 0.                                                           
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                +8. Eight or more Democratic mentions, no Republican mentions 
                                                                              
                                                                              
        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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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001