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VAR CF1011 PARTISAN HOUSE VOTE FOR OWN PARTY

VAR CF1011    PARTISAN HOUSE VOTE FOR OWN PARTY                               
              COLUMNS 704  - 704                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9                                                 

        1968,1970:  How about the vote for Congressman.  Did you vote for a   
        candidate for Congress?  (IF YES:)  Who did you vote for?  Which party
        was that?                                                             
                                                                              
        1972:  How about the election for Congressman--that is, for the House 
        of Representatives in Washington?  Which party's candidate did you    
        vote for for Congressman?                                             
                                                                              
        1974,1976:  How about the election for Congressman--that is, for the  
        House of Representatives in Washington?  Did you vote for a candidate 
        for Congress?  Whom did you vote for?  Which party was that?          
                                                                              
        1978 and later:  Here is a list of candidates for the major races in  
        this district.  How about the election for the House of               
        Representatives in Washington.  Did you vote for a candidate for the  
        U.S. House of Representatives?  Who did you vote for?  (BALLOT CARD   
        SHOWN TO R)                                                           
                                                                              
        DID R VOTE FOR OWN MAJOR PARTY'S CANDIDATE?                           
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        R has been considered a "Democrat" if s/he was coded 'strong          
        Democrat,' 'weak Democrat,' or Democratic leaner in VCF0301; the      
        respondent has been considered a "Republican" if s/he was coded       
        'strong Republican,' 'weak Republican,' or Republican leaner in       
                                                                              
        VCF0301.  In 1978 and later, R selected name from ballot card.  When  
        R gave a name not on the candidate list, MD was coded, and party of   
        vote was undetermined.                                                
                                                                              
        In 1970-1976, every House candidate in U.S. congressional elections   
        was assigned a unique candidate number.  Rs who reported their House  
        vote were coded into two variables, the first of which recorded the   
        candidate number of the named candidate, if the name was correctly    
        given.  If the name mentioned by the respondent was not on the        
        complete list of candidates and candidate numbers, then the response  
        was simply coded as 'incorrect.'  The respondent was then asked for   
        the party of the candidate which s/he named.  VCF1011-1013 WERE BUILT 
        FOR 1970-1976 USING THE SECOND, OR "PARTY OF VOTE," VARIABLE (even in 
        cases where the party given by R was not appropriate for a correctly  
        rendered candidate name).  [NOTE:  if name given in 1970-1976 was     
        'incorrect' or DK/NA, "party of vote" variable was still used unless  
        missing data:  if "party of vote" was missing data and name was       
        'incorrect' or DK/NA, vote in VCF1011-1013 has been coded 9.]  Note   
        that VCF0707, VCF0736 vote vars were also created from this "party of 
        vote" variable for 1970-1976, but the vote data present in            
        VCF1011-1013 differ slightly from that in VCF0707 and VCF0736 in      
        1970-1976 for the following cases:  if R correctly gave the name      
        of a candidate who was on the complete list of candidates and         
        candidate numbers BUT did not provide any party designation (DK or    
        NA) in the followup 'party of vote' var, then the party of the        
        candidate correctly named in the first recall (name) var was          
         ascertained and incorporated into VCF1011-1013.  This procedure was  
        not undertaken for 1970-1976 in vars VCF0707 and VCF0736, which retain
        these cases as missing data.                                          
                                                                              
        In the 1968 NES dataset, R's response to the House vote question was  
        coded into a single summary variable which provided categories to     
        establish whether R provided a correct or incorrect Democratic House  
        candidate name, a correct or incorrect Republican House candidate     
        name, a party mention only, or a minor party/write-in/unidentifiable  
        candidate name.  This 1968 variable was accompanied by the following  
        note:  "When R's mention of candidate name and party were             
        inconsistent, the response was coded as if party were the dominant    
        element.  Example:  R mentioned 'Burke, a Democrat' but Burke was a   
        Republican.  Response was coded 'incorrect Republican candidate.'"    
        For VCF1011-1013, party of R's 1968 House vote was taken from this    
                                                                              
        Note that, because no ballot card was used, for 1968-1976 the party   
        for which R claimed to have voted in the House election is represented
        in VCF1011-1013 even for so-called 'impossible' cases:  i.e., when R  
        declares s/he voted for a Democrat when s/he lives in a Congressional 
        district in which only a Republican incumbent ran in the House        
        election.  In such a case, VCF1011-1013 would have been coded as if R 
        did indeed vote for a Democrat:  if R were a Democrat, then VCF1011   
        would have been coded 1 in this case; if R were a Republican, then    
        VCF1011 would have been coded 2.  Using the same example, VCF1012     
        would have been coded 2 (not 9) and VCF1013 would have been coded 2.  
                                                                              
               1.   R'S VOTE: for major party candidate from party same as R's
                               partisanship                                   
               2.   R'S VOTE:  for major party candidate from party different 
                               than R's partisanship                          
                                                                              
               9.  R did not vote or DK/NA if voted; R voted but not (or DK/NA
                   if) in House race; DK/NA who voted for;R has no major party
                   partisanship; R voted for candidate whose name was not on  
                   candidate list (1978-1988)or for third party candidate (all
                                                                              
       1968:  120,323         1970:  184,215      1972:  140,485              
       1974:  2204,2322       1976:  3174,3673    1978:  433,474              
       1980:  266,998         1982:  291,506      1984:  318,792              
       1986:  267,300         1988:  274,768      1990:  289,320              
       1992:  3634,5623       1994:  655,614      1996:  961089               
       1998:  980313                                                          
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001