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1958,1964,1966: Do you happen to know if (either/the) candidate is already in Congress? 1968: Do you happen to know if (either one of these candidates/if he) is already in Congress: 1978 AND LATER: Do you happen to know if [candidate in district where only 1 candidate ran] / either [first candidate in district where 2 candidates ran] or [second candidate in district where 2 candidates ran] was already in the U.S. House of Representatives before the election?
Knows whether a House candidate was already in office · Asked in 16 waves, 1958–2000 · 26,408 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped as not asked: 9 'NA; no major party candidate running; abbrev. telephone (1984); Washington D.C.; short form (1992)'. Kept and flagged: 5 (dk). Codebook notes: 1968 NOTE: In 1968, 27 respondents were administered incorrect candidate names; these casea are coded 9. 1996 NOTE: For districts with 2 major party candidates, the order in which the Democratic and Republican House candidate names were read within the question text was randomized. 1998 NOTE: same as 1996 2000 NOTE: same as 1996
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 2000 Time Series Study Source variable: V001353a,V001354. | 2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22 | mixed | 1,807 | 1,550 |
| ANES 1998 Time Series Study Source variable: V980299,V980301. | 1998-11-04 to 1998-12-23 | mixed | 1,281 | 1,272 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V961068,V961070. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,503 |
| ANES 1994 Time Series Study Source variable: V940431,V940434. | 1994-11-09 to 1995-01-08 | mixed | 1,795 | 1,777 |
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V925435,V925438. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,027 |
| ANES 1990 Time Series Study Source variable: V900231,V900234. | 1990-11-06 to 1991-01-21 | face to face | 1,980 | 1,961 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880708,V880711. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 1,772 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Yes, candidate was/ one candidate was/ (some years: [see VCF0978]: both) |
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| No, candidate wasn’t/neither candidate was |
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| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 92% | 8% | 1550 | ±3 | |
| Protestant | 93% | 7% | 803 | ±4 | |
| Catholic | 93% | 7% | 398 | ±6 | |
| Jewish † | 95% | 5% | 40 | ±17 | |
| Other faith | 77% | 23% | 72 | ±13 | |
| None | 86% | 14% | 224 | ±7 |
ANES 2000 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860213,V860216. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 2,162 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840929,V840932. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 1,911 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820169. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,398 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800912. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,395 |
| ANES 1978 Time Series Study Source variable: V780180. | 1978-11-08 to 1979-01-25 | face to face | 2,304 | 2,297 |
| ANES 1968 Time Series Study Source variable: V680383. | 1968-09-06 to 1969-01-28 | face to face | 1,557 | 1,308 |
| ANES 1966 Time Series Study Source variable: V660093. | 1966-11-08 to 1967-02-01 | face to face | 1,291 | 1,276 |
| ANES 1964 Time Series Study Source variable: V640312. | 1964-09-07 to 1965-02-01 | face to face | 1,571 | 1,428 |
| ANES 1958 Time Series Study Source variable: V580097. | 1958-11-05 to 1958-12-25 | face to face | 1,450 | 1,371 |