Have you or your family members at home ever contacted the House incumbent or the office?

Ever contacted running House incumbent or office · Asked in 9 waves, 1978–1994 · 14,932 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped as not asked: 0 'Incumbent not running'. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 9 in 1984, 1992. Kept and flagged: 9 (other_missing). Codebook notes: 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.