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Average Feelings Toward Parties 1952-2004
  '52 '54 '56 '58 '60 '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04
Democratic Party : .1 ** .5 .5 .5 ** .4 ** -.2 ** .1 ** .2 .1 .2 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 -.3 .2 ** .4 ** .3
Republican Party : .1 ** .1 -.3 .1 ** -.2 ** 0 ** -.2 ** -.3 0 0 -.3 0 -.1 0 -.4 -.4 0 -.1 ** -.1 ** -.2
Net Pro Dem. - Pro Rep. : 0 ** .4 .8 .4 ** .6 ** -.1 ** .2 ** .5 .2 .2 .6 .3 .4 .2 .6 .6 -.3 .4 ** .4 ** .4

PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 2B.1
Source: The American National Election Studies
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FOR EXPLANATION OF SCALE SEE NOTE BELOW
2008 NOTE: Open-ended text has not yet been coded for 2008; a revision of open-end master codes was initiated as part of the 2008 study.

QUESTION TEXT:

"Is there anything in particular that you like about the Democratic
party? What is that? Anything else?"
"Is there anything in particular that you don't like about the
Democratic party? What is that? Anything else?"
"Is there anything in particular that you like about the Republican
party? What is that? Anything else?"
"Is there anything in particular that you don't like about the
Republican party? What is that? Anything else?"


Graph of Average for:


Percent among demographic groups who responded:


 
 
NOTE: Affect (feelings) toward the Democratic Party is the number of
Democratic party 'likes' minus the number of Democratic party
'dislikes.'
Affect (feelings) toward the Republican Party is the number of
Republican Party 'likes' minus the number of Republican Party
'dislikes.'
The Net affect (Pro Dem. - Pro Rep.) toward parties is the
difference between two sums: the sum of Democratic party 'likes'
and Republican party 'dislikes' MINUS the sum of Democratic party
'dislikes' and Republican party 'likes.'

This question is variable VCF0316 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
Weight variable VCF0009a was used to produce this table (see weight documentation)

(Table generated: 16AUG10)


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