VAR CF1003 RELATIVE SALIENCE -HSE INCUMBENT/CHALL
COLUMNS 691 - 693
NUMERIC
MD EQ 999
RELATIVE SALIENCE OF INCUMBENT AND CHALLENGER HOUSE
CANDIDATES
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
Relative salience of incumbent and challenger House candidates is the
sum of 'likes' and 'dislikes' about the incumbent House candidate
MINUS the sum of 'likes' and 'dislikes' about the challenger House
candidate: [VCF0993+VCF0994] - [VCF0997+VCF0998],
which is the same as: VCF0996-VCF1000.
-8. Eight or more challenger mentions, no incumbent mentions
.
0.
.
+8. Eight or more incumbent mentions, no challenger 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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