THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Which Party More Likely to Favor a Strong Government 1964-2000 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'No Difference/ Don't Know,No Interest' Percent of group: '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 Males 49 ** 52 ** 62 ** 65 70 59 ** 67 ** 68 ** 69 ** ** ** 61 Females 63 ** 64 ** 69 ** 76 79 69 ** 77 ** 81 ** 81 ** ** ** 73 Whites 57 ** 59 ** 67 ** 72 74 62 ** 71 ** 75 ** 75 ** ** ** 66 Blacks 52 ** 55 ** 60 ** 68 81 78 ** 83 ** 74 ** 80 ** ** ** 81 Grade School 70 ** 69 ** 71 ** 77 84 74 ** 85 ** 88 ** 84 ** ** ** 85 High School 59 ** 62 ** 70 ** 76 81 74 ** 78 ** 81 ** 81 ** ** ** 76 Some College, no Degree 46 ** 45 ** 55 ** 65 67 54 ** 66 ** 68 ** 73 ** ** ** 63 College Degree/ Post-grad 31 ** 41 ** 53 ** 56 57 46 ** 58 ** 64 ** 66 ** ** ** 56 Income 0-16 Percentile 66 ** 68 ** 70 ** 75 81 75 ** 84 ** 81 ** 80 ** ** ** 83 Income 17-33 Percentile 62 ** 65 ** 61 ** 78 78 73 ** 77 ** 76 ** 81 ** ** ** 70 Income 34-67 Percentile 60 ** 59 ** 70 ** 72 75 62 ** 71 ** 74 ** 74 ** ** ** 67 Income 68-95 Percentile 47 ** 52 ** 61 ** 66 72 55 ** 68 ** 70 ** 71 ** ** ** 59 Income 96-100 Percentile 41 ** 42 ** 56 ** 53 55 49 ** 61 ** 71* ** 71 ** ** ** 43 Professionals 39 ** 44 ** 53 ** 62 64 53 ** 62 ** 70 ** 69 ** ** ** 58 White Collar 56 ** 56 ** 59 ** 72 75 63 ** 70 ** 73 ** 72 ** ** ** 72 Blue Collar 59 ** 66 ** 69 ** 71 79 71 ** 78 ** 79 ** 81 ** ** ** 74 Unskilled 58* ** 44* ** 67* ** 70 78 67* ** 81* ** 79* ** 74* ** ** ** 85* Farmers 57 ** 58 ** 73* ** 83 86* 61* ** 81* ** 71* ** 85 ** ** ** 72* Housewives 66 ** 65 ** 73 ** 80 79 71 ** 80 ** 84 ** 78 ** ** ** 64 Union Households 58 ** 61 ** 70 ** 74 75 65 ** 74 ** 73 ** 81 ** ** ** 70 Non-Union Households 57 ** 58 ** 64 ** 70 75 64 ** 72 ** 76 ** 75 ** ** ** 68 South 61 ** 60 ** 67 ** 75 75 62 ** 73 ** 79 ** 78 ** ** ** 67 Nonsouth 56 ** 58 ** 65 ** 70 75 66 ** 73 ** 74 ** 75 ** ** ** 69 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 92* ** ** ** 76 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 77 78 ** 84 ** 79 ** 77 ** ** ** 71 Born 1943-1958 69* ** 58 ** 65 ** 72 75 67 ** 70 ** 72 ** 76 ** ** ** 63 Born 1927-1942 57 ** 59 ** 67 ** 69 73 54 ** 70 ** 77 ** 74 ** ** ** 61 Born 1911-1926 52 ** 56 ** 68 ** 67 77 67 ** 71 ** 76 ** 75 ** ** ** 72 Born 1895-1910 61 ** 62 ** 65 ** 77 75 64 ** 76 ** 78 ** 74 ** ** ** 100* Born before 1895 61 ** 59 ** 59* ** 77 72* 67* ** 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 62 ** 63 ** 65 ** 70 76 70 ** 75 ** 75 ** 78 ** ** ** 78 Independents & Apoliticals 73 ** 71 ** 86 ** 83 92 79 ** 83 ** 91 ** 84 ** ** ** 86 Republicans (incl leaners) 42 ** 47 ** 58 ** 67 63 51 ** 67 ** 71 ** 69 ** ** ** 50 Liberals ** ** ** ** 49 ** 59 68 59 ** 74 ** 67 ** 73 ** ** ** 71 Moderates ** ** ** ** 68 ** 73 77 67 ** 66 ** 77 ** 75 ** ** ** 78 Conservatives ** ** ** ** 60 ** 61 63 49 ** 62 ** 66 ** 67 ** ** ** 46 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 2B.7.3 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05