VAR CF0949 NO. CONTACTS FROM HOUSE REPUBLICAN CAND
COLUMNS 620 - 620
NUMERIC
MD EQ 8 OR GE 9
NUMBER OF SPECIFIED CONTACTS MADE WITH REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
DERIVED FROM VCF0938-944.
This variable does not count contacts other than the 7 NES-specified
contacts (met personally/ attended meeting/ talked to staff/ received
In one district in 1992, two Republican 'incumbents' ran against each
other (LA06) due to redistricting, but neither candidate had
previously represented the geographic area corresponding to the
reconfigured district. As a result, this race has been treated as
an open race. In House-level thermometers, likes/dislikes, contact
etc., one Republican candidate (always the same one) has been folded
into the data normally pertaining to the Democratic candidate [SEE
VCF0948]. VCF0902 (type of race) code 45 can be used to filter such
1992 Republican cases from "Democratic" variables.
Responses referring to an independent or 'other' candidate are not
recorded here for districts having only one major party candidate
(e.g. type race 23 in VCF0902).
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. Republican not running
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: 782043-782050
1980: 800918-800925,800929-800936,800939-800956
1982: 820176-820183,820186-820193,820223-820230,820277-820284
1984: 840936-840943,840946-840953,840978-840985
1986: 860220-860227,860231-860238,860251-860258
1988: 880715-880722,880726-880733,880746-880753
1990: 900238-900247,900249-900258,900269-900278
1992: 925513-925520
1994: 940514-940520
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