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Appendix C Variables Constructed from Survey Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2009

Regina Smyth
Regina Smyth
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Affiliate (did the candidate affiliate with a political party)

  1. 1 V5.01 = 1 (Partisan)

  2. 0 Otherwise (Independent)

Campaign HQ (was the candidate's HQ located in the party HQ)

  1. 0 HQ99 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (no)

  2. 1 HQ99 = 3 (yes)

Career Goal (candidate's interest in a political career: higher = stronger)

  1. 0 V4.15 = 3, 4

  2. 1 V4.15 = 2

  3. 2 V4.15 = 1

Center (did the candidate affiliate with NDR, Fatherland, Unity, Yabloko)

  1. 1 Constructed from V5.13 (yes)

  2. 0 Otherwise (no)

Dirty (have elections become dirtier since 1990)

  1. 1 V4.29 = 1 (yes)

  2. 0 Otherwise (no)

District Information (candidate's information about voters: higher = better information)

  1. 0 V6.47 = 0, 5

  2. 1 V6.47 = 4

  3. 2 V6.47 = 3

  4. 3 V6.47 = 2

  5. 4 V6.47 = 1

District Selection (how did candidate run for office)

  1. 0 Affiliate = 0 (independent)

  2. 1 Affiliate = 1 and V6.02 = 1 (partisan, district-only)

  3. 2 Affiliate = 1 and V6.02 = 2 (partisan, district, and list)

  4. 3 Affiliate = 1 and V6.03 = 3 (partisan, list-only)

Door (did candidate campaign door to door extensively)

  1. 1 V6.40 = 1 (yes)

  2. 0 Otherwise (no)

Elected Leader (did the candidate hold a leadership position in the city government or legislature)

  1. 0 Otherwise (no)

  2. 2 V4.03 = 1 or V4.08 = 1 or V4.11 = 1 (yes)

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Candidate Strategies and Electoral Competition in the Russian Federation
Democracy without Foundation
 , pp. 223 - 228
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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