VAR CF0948 NO. CONTACTS FROM HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAND
COLUMNS 618 - 618
NUMERIC
MD EQ 8 OR GE 9
NUMBER OF SPECIFIED CONTACTS MADE WITH DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
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USE WEIGHT VARIABLE VCF0009/VCF0009A/VCF0009B.
DERIVED FROM VCF0929-935.
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. VCF0902
(type of race) code 45 can be used to filter out such 1992 Republican
cases.
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. Democrat 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: 782033-782040
1980: 800918-800925,800929-800936,800939-800946
1982: 820176-820183,820186-820193,820213-820220,820267-820274
1984: 840936-840943,840946-840953,840968-840975
1986: 860220-860227,860231-860238,860241-860248
1988: 880715-880722,880726-880733,880736-880743
1990: 900238-900245,900249-900256,900259-900266
1992: 925502-925509
1994: 940503-940509
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