VAR CF0610 DO OFFICIALS LOSE TOUCH COLUMNS 428 - 428 NUMERIC MD EQ 0 OR GE 9 'Generally speaking, those we elect to Congress in Washington lose touch with the people pretty quickly.' ------------------------------------------------------------------- USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B. SEE INTRODUCTORY TEXT OF VCF0609. The order in which questions VCF0609-VCF0618 appear may vary from year to year. 1. Agree 2. Disagree 9. DK; it depends; can't say; refused to say 0. NA; INAP, no post IW (1968,1976,1980); question not used 1968: 521 1970: 148(type 0) 1972: 273 1974: 2226 1976: 3819 1978: 355 1980: 1034 ==============================