VAR CF9113 CHALL HSE CAND- 7PT AID TO BLACKS SCALE COLUMNS 854 - 854 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 8 Some people feel that the government in Washington should make every (1978: possible) effort to improve the social and economic position of blacks and other minority groups (1980: even if it means giving the preferential treatment). Others feel that the government should not make any special effort to help minorities because they should help themselves. Where would you place <challenger> on this scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R) GOVERNMENT AID TO BLACKS-- HOUSE CHALLENGER CANDIDATE'SRATING ON 7- POINT SCALE ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. For all years, this var has been built from placements of Democratic and Republican House candidates. SEE VCF9098, VCF9103. The 1982 dataset included 2 sets of contact vars for 2 running incumbents due to redistricting in two congressional districts (19 cases affected). For this year, the incumbent who represented R's sampling location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered R's 'incumbent' for Cumulative Data File definition. The other candidate, the incumbent previously representing another Congressional district (i.e., not previously representing the district of R's sample location) has been considered the 'challenger' to the running incumbent. See notes VCF0902 describing congressional districts affected and designation of candidates as "the incumbent" and "the challenger" in these cases. 1. GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP BLACKS/MINORITIES 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. BLACKS/MINORITIES GROUPS SHOULD HELP THEMSELVES 8. DK/DON'T RECOGNIZE 9. NA; INAP, no post IW (1980); question not used 0. Inap, R self-rating was DK or "Haven't thought much about it" (see above); no incumbent candidate in district race (incl. Washington DC); incumbent unopposed 1978: 4,377,378 1980: 740,1067,1068 1982: 6,419,420 ==============================