Jan07.zip

Sample Design: • Includes standard RDD sample plus oversample of 395 respondents from 30 districts that flipped party control in 2006. • Oversample identified using Cook Political Report (Dec 13, 2006). • Weighting: • variable adjusts for oversample and should be used for full dataset analysis. • Constructed Variables: • : Binary indicator for flipped districts (1 = flipped, 0 = did not flip). • : Coded party of district representative (1 = Republican, 2 = Democratic, 3 = Newly Democratic). • Geographic Variables: • Based on self-reported ZIP codes; original sample geography retained with prefix . • DC respondents excluded from flipped district analysis (). • Privacy Protocols: ZIP codes, counties, and phone numbers removed from public dataset. • SPSS Syntax Highlights: • Logical construction of using congressional district codes (). • Conditional recoding of based on incumbent party and flip status. • Frequency distributions used to validate constructed variables.