VAR CF0948 NO. CONTACTS FROM HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAND

VAR CF0948    NO. CONTACTS FROM HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAND
              COLUMNS 779-779
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 8 OR GE 9


        NUMBER OF SPECIFIED CONTACTS MADE WITH DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
        -------------------------------------------------------------------

        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        DERIVED FROM VCF0929-935.

        This variable does not count contacts other than the 7 NES-specified
        contacts (met personally/ attended meeting/ talked to staff/ received

        In one district in 1992, two Republican 'incumbents' ran against each
        other (LA06) due to redistricting, but neither candidate had
        previously represented the geographic area corresponding to the
        reconfigured district.  As a result, this race has been treated as
        an open race.  In House-level thermometers, likes/dislikes, contact
        etc., one Republican candidate (always the same one) has been folded
        into the data normally pertaining to the Democratic candidate. VCF0902
        (type of race) code 45 can be used to filter out such 1992 Republican
        cases.

        Responses referring to an independent or 'other' candidate are not
        recorded here for districts having only one major party candidate
        (e.g. type race 23 in VCF0902).

        NOTE:  946-949 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).

               0.   No contacts
               1.   One contact
               2.   Two contacts
               3.   Three contacts
               4.   Four contacts
               5.   Five contacts
               6.   Six contacts
               7.   Seven contacts

               8.   Democrat not running
               9.   NA; DK; INAP, no post IW (1980,1984,1988,1992); Washington
                    D.C.; telephone IW (1984); short form IW (1992);
                    question not used

      1978:  782033-782040
      1980:  800918-800925,800929-800936,800939-800946
      1982:  820176-820183,820186-820193,820213-820220,820267-820274
      1984:  840936-840943,840946-840953,840968-840975
      1986:  860220-860227,860231-860238,860241-860248
      1988:  880715-880722,880726-880733,880736-880743
      1990:  900238-900245,900249-900256,900259-900266
      1992:  925502-925509
      1994:  940503-940509


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