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VAR CF0947 NO. CONTACTS FROM CHALLENGER CAND

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                                                   
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        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                                    
                                                                              
                                                                              
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Walter Mebane
Mon Nov 12 02:55:58 EST 2001