VAR CF0947 NO. CONTACTS FROM CHALLENGER CAND COLUMNS 616 - 616 NUMERIC MD EQ 8 OR GE 9 NUMBER OF SPECIFIED CONTACTS MADE WITH CHALLENGER TO RUNNING INCUMBENT CANDIDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ==============================