VAR CF1006 1ST RECALL HOUSE CANDIDATE - CAND CODE COLUMNS 696 - 697 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 97 Do you happen to remember the names of the candidates for Congress-- that is, for the House of Representatives in Washington--who ran in this district this November [1996-later: the November election from this district]? (IF YES:) Who were they? What was [1996:-later:] <House candidate's> party? FIRST CANDIDATE RECALL-- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. In the original NES datasets 1978 and later, the recall variables which appeared had codes comparable to the codes appearing in CDF vars 1006-1008. Prior to 1978, however, recall vars in NES datasets were coded quite differently, and translating pre-1978 recall data into CF VCF1006-1008 data involves lengthy case-by-case consultation to reference sources for type of race in R's congressional district. Among pre-1978 studies, recall data have been incorporated into CF vars 1006-1008 from 1970 and 1974 only. NO attempt has been made to include recall data from NES studies prior to 1970. (NOTE: recall questions were not asked in 1976, and redistricting which took place 1970 (and 1974): every House candidate in U.S. congressional elections was assigned a unique candidate number. Correct names of candidates given by R in response to the recall question were coded within the original 1970 dataset by that individual candidate number. Indications are that, if the name mentioned by the respondent was not on a complete list of candidates and candidate numbers which existed for R's STATE, then the response was simply coded as 'incorrect.' However, it is not apparent that any attempt was made to ascertain whether a name "correctly" given was actually a correct name from the congressional race in R's own district: if R correctly named a candidate from another-- or wrong-- district within the state, the response was still included among 'correct' responses. For cumulative file vars 1006-1008, individual candidate numbers within the original 1970 recall var have been examined on a case-by-case basis to determine if the candidate number given by R corresponded to a name from the race in R's own congressional district. If so, the response has been included as a recall. If not, the response has been coded as no recall (99 MD). This same procedure was followed for including 1974 data in VCF1006-1008, although the original study's method for handling individual candidate codes of names outside R's district of residence was not specifically described in any 1974 study documentation. Additional note for 1970 and 1974: to create the specific candidate-type codes which appear in CDF VCF1006-1008, each correctly recalled name (once determined appropriate to R's congressional district) was checked individually according to type of race to determine the named candidate's exact status (e.g., Republican incumbent, etc.). WARNING: The procedures used in the creation of VCF1006-1008 for 1970 and 1974 produced data that have been checked somewhat, but perfect accuracy cannot be completely guaranteed due to the nature of attempting case-by-case correction. In addition, in years prior to 1978, no 'type of race' var was present in original NES datasets: data have been added to 'type of race' Cumulative Data File var 902 for 1970 and 1974 (and also 1976) using another lengthy, case-by-case procedure. Although the resultant 'type of race' data have also been checked to some extent, the possibility of some error must be recognized; the 'type of race' established for 1970 and 1974 --and, as a further result, data in VCF1006-1008 for 1970 and 1974 (which have been built using type-of-race data)-- should be used with caution and at the user's risk. If you find errors, please notify NES staff. 31. Democratic candidate in race without running incumbent 32. Republican candidate in race without running incumbent 33. Democratic incumbent 34. Republican incumbent 35. Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent 36. Republican challenger to Democratic incumbent 80. Independent/liberal/conservative/minor party candidate [not used after 1988: combined into code 97] 97. Name given not on candidate list for House 99. R says s/he remembers names but when asked for name replies DK or NA; R says s/he does not remember any (or DK/NA if remembers any) names; INAP, Washington D.C.; California (1974 only, due to redistricting type of race could not be determined); no post IW (1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996); short form (1992) 00. INAP, question not used 1970: 203 1974: 2215 1978: 116 1980: 924 1982: 100 1984: 738 1986: 1-4 1988: 566 1990: 108 1992: 5110 1994: 211 1996: 961007 1998: 980224 ==============================