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VCF0910 Did R Have Contact with House Running Incumbent

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