THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Government Services and Spending 1982-2004 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Cut Services/ Spending (1,2,3)' Percent of group: '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 Males 40 35 29 32 29 32 43 37 32 26 ** 25 Females 26 23 20 21 17 20 28 26 21 13 ** 15 Whites 35 31 27 28 25 29 38 37 29 22 ** 23 Blacks 15 11 10 11 9 11 17 10 18 5 ** 7 Grade School 18 16 18 14 14 15 23 18 26 18* ** 8 High School 27 25 20 20 18 18 27 24 22 13 ** 17 Some College, no Degree 35 30 26 31 27 29 42 35 26 19 ** 19 College Degree/ Post-grad 49 41 32 39 34 40 49 45 35 31 ** 27 Income 0-16 Percentile 18 15 17 11 11 13 18 16 21 6 ** 16 Income 17-33 Percentile 29 24 22 19 18 19 28 21 18 17 ** 16 Income 34-67 Percentile 32 28 23 28 22 25 38 34 28 19 ** 20 Income 68-95 Percentile 41 36 29 32 29 33 44 43 30 25 ** 26 Income 96-100 Percentile 54 46 31 49* 35 46 46 43 39 26* ** 29 Professionals 42 36 31 35 30 34 47 42 33 26 ** 21 White Collar 38 31 26 29 26 28 34 33 22 14 ** 21 Blue Collar 26 23 19 19 18 20 30 23 24 18 ** 17 Unskilled 15* 26* 14 17 20 18 38 8* 8* 24* ** 12* Farmers 35* 38 28 38 30 25 31* 42* 11* 31* ** 29* Housewives 29 21 18 18 16 18 30 35 31 14 ** 24 Union Households 30 25 18 21 18 24 33 25 20 15 ** 19 Non-Union Households 33 29 25 27 23 26 36 32 27 20 ** 20 South 36 26 24 24 19 25 34 28 25 19 ** 20 Nonsouth 31 29 23 26 24 26 36 32 27 19 ** 19 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** 8* 19 17 18 10 ** 14 Born 1959-1974 23 23 20 19 17 23 33 30 27 20 ** 20 Born 1943-1958 33 32 23 28 27 28 39 35 30 23 ** 23 Born 1927-1942 37 31 29 29 24 26 37 32 25 18 ** 20 Born 1911-1926 31 25 22 26 23 25 37 28 26 19 ** 21 Born 1895-1910 30 20 25 22 16 28 24* 29* 8* 56* ** ** Born before 1895 0* 0* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 21 15 15 17 17 14 22 18 19 8 ** 8 Independents & Apoliticals 30 28 18 16 16 17 24 20 20 15 ** 17 Republicans (incl leaners) 52 44 37 39 33 43 54 51 39 37 ** 34 Liberals 21 23 20 18 19 19 24 19 15 7 ** 7 Moderates 31 26 18 22 22 21 30 28 27 16 ** 12 Conservatives 54 47 41 43 38 46 58 52 40 43 ** 45 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4A.5.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05