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VCF0950 Has R Ever Contacted Running House Incumbent

QUESTION:
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Have you (or anyone in your family living here) ever contacted
[running U.S. House incumbent] or anyone in his/her office?

VALID_CODES:
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1.   Yes
5.   No

MISSING_CODES:
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9.   NA; DK; no Post IW; Washington D.C.; abbrev.
     telephone IW (1984); short form IW (1992)
0.   Incumbent not running
Inap. question not used

NOTES:
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GENERAL NOTE:
Districts where the incumbent was not running have been coded 0.
1984 NOTE:
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.

WEIGHT:
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VCF0009/VCF0009a

TYPE:
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Numeric  Dec 0

SOURCE_VARS:
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1978:  780227
1980:  800959  
1982:  820196,820233,820250
1984:  840956  
1986:  860282
1988:  880780
1990:  900303
1992:  925701  
1994:  940628


Walter Mebane 2005-11-03