VAR CF9116 CHALL HSE CAND-7PT LIBERAL/CONSERV SCALE COLUMNS 857 - 857 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 8 We hear a lot of talk these days about liberals and conservatives. Here is a 7-point scale on which the political views that people might hold are arranged from extremely liberal to extremely conservative. Where would you place <challenger> on this scale? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R) LIBERAL/CONSERVATIVE-- HOUSE CHALLENGER CANDIDATE'S RATING 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 VCF9099, VCF9104. 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. EXTREMELY LIBERAL 2. LIBERAL 3. SLIGHTLY LIBERAL 4. MODERATE; MIDDLE OF ROAD 5. SLIGHTLY CONSERVATIVE 6. CONSERVATIVE 7. EXTREMELY CONSERVATIVE 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, 404, 405 1980: 740, 1049,1050 1982: 6,401,402 1986: 43, 388, 389 1990: 58,409,410 1994: 843,845 1996: 960375,960377 1998: 980407,980409 ==============================