VAR CF0993 NUMBER OF LIKES - HOUSE INCUMBENT CAND
COLUMNS 674 - 674
NUMERIC
MD EQ 6 OR GE 7
Is there anything in particular that you liked about <U.S. House
incumbent candidate> What is that? Anything else?
SUMMARY: NUMBER OF LIKES -- INCUMBENT HOUSE CANDIDATE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
FOR ALL YEARS, THISVAR HAS BEEN BUILT FROM VCF0980,VCF0984.
SEE VCF0980,VCF0984.
The 1982 dataset included 2 sets of contact vars for 2 running
incumbents due to redistricting in two congressional districts (19
cases affected). For this year, the incumbent who represented R's
sampling location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered
R's 'incumbent' for Cumulative Data File definition. The other
candidate, the incumbent previously representing another Congressional
district (i.e., not previously representing the district of R's sample
location) has been considered the 'challenger' to the running
incumbent. See notes VCF0902 describing congressional districts
affected and designation of candidates as "the incumbent" and "the
challenger" in these cases.
Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'
neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area) this
variable has been coded INAP 8.
NOTE: VCF0993-996 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).
Four possible mentions were coded in all original NES datasets except
1988 and later, which coded 5.
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 running incumbent 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: 4,160-164,170-174
1980: 740,892-896,902-906
1982: 6,148-152,158-162
1984: 59,908-912,918-922
1986: 43,184-188,194-198
1988: 674-679,686-691
1990: 198-203,210-215
1992: 5401-5406,5413-5418
1994: 401-406,413-418
1996: 961044-961049,961056-961061
1998: 980275-980280,980287-980292
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