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? ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ==============================