VAR CF0950 R EVER CONTACT RUNNING INCUMBENT

VAR CF0950    R EVER CONTACT RUNNING INCUMBENT
              COLUMNS 783-783
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9


        Have you (or anyone in your family living here) ever contacted
        <running U.S. House incumbent> or anyone in his/her office?
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        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.

        Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'
        neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area)
        variables 950-960 have been coded INAP 0.

        NOTE:  950-960 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).

        Districts where the incumbent was not running have been coded 0.

        For 1984:  if R was in a district where the U.S. House representative
        was not running for re-election BUT the interview administered was an
        abbreviated telephone IW, then VCF0950-960 have been coded 9, not 0.

               1.   Yes
               5.   No

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

        1978:  780227    1980:  800959    1982:  820196,820233,820250
        1984:  840956    1986:  860282    1988:  880780
        1990:  900303    1992:  925701    1994:  940628


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