VAR CF0950 R EVER CONTACT RUNNING INCUMBENT

VAR CF0950    R EVER CONTACT RUNNING INCUMBENT                                
              COLUMNS 622  - 622                                              
              NUMERIC                                                         
              MD EQ 0 OR GE 9                                                 

        Have you (or anyone in your family living here) ever contacted        
        <running U.S. House incumbent> or anyone in his/her office?           
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        USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.                        
                                                                              
        The 1982 dataset included 2 sets of contact vars for 2 running        
        incumbents due to redistricting in two congressional districts (19    
        cases affected).  For this year, the incumbent who represented R's    
        sampling location BEFORE the 1982 redistricting has been considered   
        R's 'incumbent' for Cumulative Data File definition.  The other       
        candidate, the incumbent previously representing another Congressional
        district (i.e., not previously representing the district of R's sample
        location) has been considered the 'challenger' to the running         
        incumbent.  See notes VCF0902 describing congressional districts      
        affected and designation of candidates as "the incumbent" and "the    
        challenger" in these cases.                                           
                                                                              
        Note that for 1992 redistricted LA06 (2 Republican 'incumbents'       
        neither of whom had previously represented the geographic area)       
        variables 950-960 have been coded INAP 0.                             
                                                                              
        NOTE:  950-960 have not been altered as a result of corrections to    
        1978 data for type of House race (see notes VCF0902).                 
                                                                              
        Districts where the incumbent was not running have been coded 0.      
                                                                              
        For 1984:  if R was in a district where the U.S. House representative 
        was not running for re-election BUT the interview administered was an 
        abbreviated telephone IW, then VCF0950-960 have been coded 9, not 0.  
                                                                              
               1.   Yes                                                       
               5.   No                                                        
                                                                              
               9.   NA; DK; INAP, no post IW (1980,1984,1988,1992); Washington
                    D.C. ; abbrev. telephone IW (1984); short form            
                    IW (1992); question not used                              
               0.   INAP, incumbent not running                               
                                                                              
        1978:  780227    1980:  800959    1982:  820196,820233,820250         
        1984:  840956    1986:  860282    1988:  880780                       
        1990:  900303    1992:  925701    1994:  940628                       
                                                                              
                                                                              
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