THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Is One Party More Conservative 1960-2008 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Yes, Democrats' Percent of group: '60 '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '08 Males 9 ** 13 ** 8 17 14 ** 16 ** ** ** 14 ** 14 17 12 ** ** ** ** ** 17 17 Females 12 ** 14 ** 9 16 16 ** 18 ** ** ** 16 ** 12 18 12 ** ** ** ** ** 17 16 Whites 11 ** 13 ** 8 16 14 ** 15 ** ** ** 12 ** 11 16 10 ** ** ** ** ** 13 13 Blacks 15 ** 17 ** 15 18 27 ** 28 ** ** ** 31 ** 20 22 23 ** ** ** ** ** 31 33 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 9 ** 14 ** 9 20 16 ** 20 ** ** ** 22 ** 16 21 24 ** ** ** ** ** 37* 36* High School Diploma 15 ** 15 ** 10 18 16 ** 20 ** ** ** 16 ** 16 22 16 ** ** ** ** ** 26 25 Some College, no Degree 8 ** 15 ** 9 13 14 ** 18 ** ** ** 14 ** 10 15 9 ** ** ** ** ** 13 16 College Degree/ Post-grad 3 ** 6 ** 5 5 9 ** 5 ** ** ** 9 ** 4 6 4 ** ** ** ** ** 5 2 Income 0-16 Percentile 12 ** 17 ** 12 15 19 ** 22 ** ** ** 21 ** 17 21 20 ** ** ** ** ** 33 29 Income 17-33 Percentile 12 ** 15 ** 9 15 17 ** 22 ** ** ** 22 ** 15 24 19 ** ** ** ** ** 24 23 Income 34-67 Percentile 11 ** 15 ** 10 21 13 ** 18 ** ** ** 15 ** 13 17 12 ** ** ** ** ** 16 16 Income 68-95 Percentile 11 ** 11 ** 6 15 14 ** 14 ** ** ** 9 ** 8 14 6 ** ** ** ** ** 10 7 Income 96-100 Percentile 4 ** 6 ** 6 6 14* ** 4 ** ** ** 10 ** 2* 8* 2 ** ** ** ** ** 4 2 Professionals 3 ** 11 ** 6 10 11 ** 11 ** ** ** 12 ** 8 14 6 ** ** ** ** ** 9 ** White Collar 12 ** 13 ** 10 16 18 ** 17 ** ** ** 14 ** 9 18 11 ** ** ** ** ** 18 ** Blue Collar 14 ** 16 ** 11 20 17 ** 20 ** ** ** 17 ** 18 22 17 ** ** ** ** ** 19 ** Unskilled 9* ** 16* ** 16* 38* 33* ** 20 ** ** ** 19* ** 19* 9* 21* ** ** ** ** ** 38* ** Farmers 8 ** 10 ** 5 15 13* ** 16 ** ** ** 19* ** 15 29* 13 ** ** ** ** ** 33* ** Housewives 12 ** 13 ** 8 17 14 ** 18 ** ** ** 11 ** 14 11 14 ** ** ** ** ** 20 ** Union Households 17 ** 16 ** 9 22 14 ** 17 ** ** ** 13 ** 13 20 14 ** ** ** ** ** 17 17 Non-Union Households 9 ** 13 ** 9 15 16 ** 17 ** ** ** 15 ** 12 17 12 ** ** ** ** ** 17 16 South 13 ** 14 ** 8 15 20 ** 19 ** ** ** 18 ** 15 22 16 ** ** ** ** ** 22 16 Nonsouth 10 ** 13 ** 9 17 13 ** 17 ** ** ** 14 ** 11 16 10 ** ** ** ** ** 15 16 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 17 Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 0* ** ** ** ** ** 17 19 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 18 ** 13 21 14 ** ** ** ** ** 20 14 Born 1943-1958 ** ** 19* ** 15 21 13 ** 18 ** ** ** 14 ** 12 18 10 ** ** ** ** ** 12 12 Born 1927-1942 13 ** 14 ** 10 17 18 ** 16 ** ** ** 12 ** 14 14 10 ** ** ** ** ** 17 32 Born 1911-1926 11 ** 13 ** 6 16 14 ** 15 ** ** ** 17 ** 13 16 14 ** ** ** ** ** 35 ** Born 1895-1910 11 ** 12 ** 8 15 15 ** 20 ** ** ** 19 ** 10 17* 21 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Born before 1895 9 ** 17 ** 6 6 16* ** 19 ** ** ** 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 16 ** 16 ** 12 24 22 ** 26 ** ** ** 23 ** 17 26 17 ** ** ** ** ** 23 23 Independents 4 ** 16 ** 5 9 7 ** 11 ** ** ** 12 ** 6 8 10 ** ** ** ** ** 32 20 Republicans (incl leaners) 5 ** 8 ** 5 6 8 ** 6 ** ** ** 7 ** 9 8 6 ** ** ** ** ** 8 6 Liberals ** ** ** ** ** ** 13 ** 13 ** ** ** 17 ** 9 10 8 ** ** ** ** ** 13 10 Moderates ** ** ** ** ** ** 15 ** 19 ** ** ** 18 ** 12 20 11 ** ** ** ** ** 21 21 Conservatives ** ** ** ** ** ** 14 ** 14 ** ** ** 9 ** 12 15 11 ** ** ** ** ** 9 9 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group 2008 NOTE: open-ended coding of occupation is not yet complete. .................... Table 2B.5.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10