VAR CF9070 AGREE WITH RUNNING INCUMB LEGISL VOTING
COLUMNS 811 - 811
NUMERIC
MD EQ 0 OR GE 8
Now we would like your opinion about the way <running U.S. House
incumbent representative> has voted on bills that have come up in the
U.S. House of Representatives in Washington.
1982: Would you say that you generally agreed or generally disagreed
with the way s/he has voted on bills, have you agreed sometimes but
disagreed others, or haven't you thought much about this?
1986,1988: Would you say that you have generally agreed with the way
s/he has voted on bills, agreed and disagreed about equally, generally
disagreed, or haven't paid much attention to this?
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
If the U.S. House representative in R's district was NOT running for
re-election (i.e., was 'retiring'), then this question does not
apply (0 coded).
The 1978 version of this variable was not coded comparably.
Note the difference in wording 1982 (code 3).
The 1982 dataset included variables for 2 running incumbents due to
redistricting in two congressional districts (19 cases affected). For
this year, the running incument who represented R's sampling location
BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered R's 'incumbent' for
Cumulative Data File definition. See note VCF0902 describing the
congressional districts affected and designation of candidates as the
(running) 'incumbent.'
If there was no running incumbent and no post IW, then 9 (no post) has
been coded.
1. AGREED
3. AGREED AND DISAGREED ABOUT EQUALLY (1982: AGREE SOMETIMES,
DISAGREE SOMETIMES)
5. DISAGREED
8. Haven't paid much attention (1986,1988); haven't thought
much about this (1982)
9. NA; INAP, no post IW (1988); question not used
0. No running incumbent (includes Washington D.C.)
1982: 207,244,261 1986: 294 1988: 794
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