The ANES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior

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Have Economic Policies of Federal Government Made Things Better/Worse 1984-1996
PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED :      'Made Better'


  % OF GROUP: '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Males 40 29 25 ** 5 19 24
Females 29 17 13 ** 3 16 22
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Whites 38 25 20 ** 4 16 22
Blacks 10 9 10 ** 4 23 26
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Grade School 10 9 10 ** 6 9 28
High School 29 17 14 ** 4 14 19
Some College, no Degree 43 29 23 ** 3 21 22
College Degree/ Post-grad 49 35 29 ** 4 24 31
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Income 0-16 Percentile 18 11 13 ** 4 14 24
Income 17-33 Percentile 24 17 11 ** 3 19 22
Income 34-67 Percentile 38 22 20 ** 3 18 20
Income 68-95 Percentile 45 33 24 ** 4 19 24
Income 96-100 Percentile 59 47 32 ** 3 21 35
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Professionals 45 32 25 ** 4 23 29
White Collar 35 24 21 ** 3 17 21
Blue Collar 27 18 15 ** 4 16 20
Unskilled 22 23 11 ** 2 6 23
Farmers 37 7 28 ** 5 16 25
Housewives 30 15 11 ** 3 7 14
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Union Households 30 23 16 ** 3 19 28
Non-Union Households 35 22 19 ** 4 17 22
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
South 29 20 18 ** 6 15 23
Nonsouth 36 24 19 ** 3 18 23
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** 15 10 17
Born 1959-1974 34 23 19 ** 4 15 21
Born 1943-1958 41 26 20 ** 4 21 24
Born 1927-1942 33 27 18 ** 4 16 23
Born 1911-1926 26 13 15 ** 2 18 28
Born 1895-1910 19 5 17 ** 6 10 22
Born before 1895 25 0 ** ** ** ** **
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Democrats (incl leaners) 18 14 9 ** 2 23 32
Independents & Apoliticals 27 17 14 ** 2 12 16
Republicans (incl leaners) 56 36 31 ** 7 11 11
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Liberals 30 21 14 ** 2 38 35
Moderates 31 21 17 ** 3 18 25
Conservatives 54 32 29 ** 7 14 18

    ___   (underline) indicates 50 or fewer total respondents within group
    **     indicates question not asked or no cases within group


Table 4E.5.1
Source: The American National Election Studies
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NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3

(Table generated: 09DEC05)