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QUESTION:
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There are many ways in which (U.S. Representatives/congressional
candidates) can have contact with the people from their districts. On
this page are some of these ways.
Think of [incumbent candidate] (who has been the U.S. Representative/
who ran for the U.S. House of Representatives) from this district.
Have you come into contact with or learned anything about (him/her)
through any of these ways? (LIST SHOWN TO R)
VALID_CODES:
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1. Yes
5. No, no contact at all
MISSING_CODES:
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9. NA; no Post IW; Washington D.C.; abbreviated IW (1984);
short form IW (1992)
0. No incumbent candidate running
Inap. question not used
NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
Districts in which the respondent's U.S. House Representative was not
running for re-election have been coded 0.
1984 NOTE:
If R was in a district where no incumbent was running BUT the interview
administered was a telephone IW, then VCF0910-917 have been coded 9,
not 0. If R was in a district where no incumbent was running BUT the
interview administered was an abbreviated telephone IW, then VCF0918
has been coded 9, not 0.
WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a
TYPE:
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Numeric Dec 0
SOURCE_VARS:
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1978: 782033
1980: 800918
1982: 820176,820213,820223
1984: 840936
1986: 860220
1988: 880715
1990: 900238
1992: 925502,925513
1994: 940502,940513
Walter Mebane
2005-11-03