VAR CF0947 NO. CONTACTS FROM CHALLENGER CAND

VAR CF0947    NO. CONTACTS FROM CHALLENGER CAND
              COLUMNS 777-777
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 8 OR GE 9


        NUMBER OF SPECIFIED CONTACTS MADE WITH CHALLENGER TO RUNNING
        INCUMBENT CANDIDATE
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.

        DERIVED FROM VCF0920-926.

        See notes VCF0902 describing "incumbent" and "challenger" for 1982
        districts in which 2 incumbents ran.

        This variable does not count contacts other than the 7 NES-specified
        contacts (met personally/ attended meeting/ talked to staff/ received
        mail/ read about in newspaper or magazine/ heard on radio/ saw on TV)

        Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'
        neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area)
        variables 946-947 have been coded INAP 8.

        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.  Incumbent not running or running unopposed
               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:  782023-782030
        1980:  800929-800935
        1982:  820186-820193,820213-820220,820223-820230
        1984:  840946-840953
        1986:  860231-860238
        1988:  880726-880733
        1990:  900249-900256
        1992:  925502-925509,925513-925520
        1994:  940503-940509,940514-940520


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