VAR CF0961 R EVER CONTACT CONGRESSMAN

VAR CF0961    R EVER CONTACT CONGRESSMAN
              COLUMNS 794-794
              NUMERIC
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9


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

        NOTE:  961-971 have not been altered as a result of corrections to
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).

        In 1990, for New Jersey congressional district 01, the U.S. Represent-
        ative was neither 'retiring' nor running at the time of the 1990
        general elections.  The Representative from NJ01 had campaigned for
        and been elected to another office in 1989, and the office of
        Representative in NJ 01 was not (in effect) occupied until after the
        1990 elections.

               1.   Yes
               5.   No

               9.   DK; NA; INAP, no post IW (1980); District of Columbia
                    (1986); question not used
               0.   No recent incumbent  (1990, NJ01:  10 cases)

        1978:  780227       1980:  800959      1986:  860282
        1990:  900303


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