THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Which Party Best Able to Handle Most Important Problem 1972-2000 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Democrats' Percent of group: '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 Males 26 ** 34 17 10 27 21 23 21 ** 38 13 20 26 24 Females 21 ** 34 17 10 31 26 24 25 ** 39 18 26 27 29 Whites 20 ** 31 14 7 25 22 21 19 ** 36 14 23 23 25 Blacks 53 ** 66 44 28 59 44 38 38 ** 52 26 35 51 41 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 24 ** 41 24 20 37 28 30 27 ** 42 24 22* 40 18* High School Diploma 21 ** 35 17 9 31 23 23 23 ** 39 14 24 22 26 Some College, no Degree 27 ** 30 16 8 26 23 23 22 ** 39 15 21 31 25 College Degree/ Post-grad 29 ** 28 15 9 25 26 21 24 ** 38 18 25 27 32 Income 0-16 Percentile 26 ** 43 22 17 34 35 30 29 ** 45 19 36 22 33 Income 17-33 Percentile 21 ** 40 21 10 35 28 25 31 ** 44 21 24 30 29 Income 34-67 Percentile 22 ** 36 17 10 32 25 22 24 ** 40 16 21 27 24 Income 68-95 Percentile 25 ** 30 12 6 24 19 22 18 ** 33 11 18 27 28 Income 96-100 Percentile 18 ** 13 10 1 21 10 12 14* ** 32 11 22* 24 29* Professionals 23 ** 26 15 9 24 25 22 24 ** 41 16 25 27 29 White Collar 29 ** 36 17 8 23 22 20 22 ** 37 17 29 25 28 Blue Collar 25 ** 40 20 11 37 25 27 23 ** 41 14 19 33 24 Unskilled 47* ** 41 15 16* 32* 24* 25 23* ** 43* 25* 29* 17* 20* Farmers 12* ** 30 23* 4* 30* 19 16 21 ** 24 5* 6* 4* 19* Housewives 19 ** 31 14 10 26 22 20 24 ** 36 12 10 19 23 Union Households 25 ** 43 21 11 36 29 31 27 ** 44 22 29 36 30 Non-Union Households 23 ** 31 16 9 27 22 21 23 ** 38 14 22 25 26 South 23 ** 35 17 12 31 24 21 24 ** 37 13 24 26 26 Nonsouth 24 ** 33 17 9 28 24 24 23 ** 40 17 23 27 27 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 33* 19 35* 20 21 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** 19 13 24 26 19 23 ** 34 15 18 22 23 Born 1943-1958 31 ** 36 15 8 29 23 23 25 ** 39 17 24 29 29 Born 1927-1942 22 ** 28 17 11 29 23 25 21 ** 38 13 25 30 32 Born 1911-1926 21 ** 34 18 11 34 26 28 22 ** 47 18 28 35 34 Born 1895-1910 16 ** 40 22 9 23 20 23 21 ** 39 9* 38* 32* 0* Born before 1895 19* ** 28* 17* 25* 0* 100* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 38 ** 54 30 17 49 44 40 42 ** 61 28 38 45 47 Independents 9 ** 21 4 4 8 12 7 9 ** 26 8 0 7 8 Republicans (incl leaners) 9 ** 11 2 2 4 5 7 6 ** 13 4 7 7 6 Liberals 44 ** 57 25 20 51 46 37 43 ** 62 38 50 46 51 Moderates 24 ** 32 16 8 32 24 22 25 ** 40 14 18 26 29 Conservatives 13 ** 18 11 5 15 12 17 13 ** 23 8 11 14 15 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group .................... Table 2B.3.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10