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VAR CF9024 STRENGTH - HOUSE VOTE PREFERENCE

VAR CF9024    STRENGTH - HOUSE VOTE PREFERENCE                                
              COLUMNS 746  - 746                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 8                                                 

        (ASKED OF Rs WHO VOTED):  Here is a list of candidates for the major  
        races in this district.  How about the election for the House of      
        Representative in Washington?  Did you vote for a candidate for the   
        U.S. House of Representatives?  (IF YES:) Who did you vote for?       
                                                                              
        Would you say that your preference for this candidate was strong or   
        not strong?                                                           
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        THISVAR IS A FOLLOWUP TO VCF0707,735,736.                             
                                                                              
        In the original 1984 and 1988 datasets only, Rs who refused to        
        identify /DK who they voted for had valid codes in this variable,     
        which are retained.  In the original 1980, 1984, 1988 and 1990        
        datasets only, Rs coded NA for House vote had valid codes in this     
        variable, which are retained.                                         
                                                                              
        In 1984, 3 cases in the original dataset which were abbreviated       
        telephone IWs were placed in the wrong MD code (0).  They are         
        correctly coded here (9).                                             
                                                                              
             1.   STRONG                                                      
             5.   NOT STRONG                                                  
                                                                              
             8.   DK                                                          
             9.   NA; INAP, no post IW (1980,1984,1988,1992); abbrev.         
                  telephone IW (1984); short form (1992); question not used   
             0.   R did not vote or DK/NA/refused to say if voted; R voted but
                  did not vote (or DK/NA/refused to say if voted) for House   
                  candidate; R voted for House but DK/refused to say who voted
                  for (not 1984,1988); R voted for House but NA who voted for 
                  (not 1980-1990); special districts with no House race in    
                  1978 (1978, 4 districts:  LA03, LA07, FL08, FL10); special  
                  districts with no House race in 1980 (1980, 2 districts:    
                  LA03, LA07)                                                 
                                                                              
        1978:  475      1980:  999       1984:  794                           
        1988:  769      1990:  290       1992:  5624                          
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001