THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Change in Situation of Blacks 1964-1994 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Not Much' Percent of group: '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 Males 21 20 15 10 9 ** 9 ** ** ** 12 16 17 16 18 21 Females 18 16 14 12 7 ** 6 ** ** ** 12 14 17 16 19 23 Whites 21 18 15 10 8 ** 6 ** ** ** 10 12 14 16 16 20 Blacks 11 10 6 14 9 ** 18 ** ** ** 19 30 33 26 35 32 Grade School 21 19 18 13 13 ** 9 ** ** ** 8 16 16 8 13 22 High School 20 19 14 10 8 ** 6 ** ** ** 9 14 15 15 15 21 Some College, no Degree 18 14 13 11 6 ** 7 ** ** ** 13 12 21 18 20 22 College Degree/ Post-grad 17 10 11 10 5 ** 8 ** ** ** 19 20 20 22 25 26 Income 0-16 Percentile 21 17 17 11 10 ** 8 ** ** ** 12 20 21 18 21 25 Income 17-33 Percentile 20 24 16 13 11 ** 9 ** ** ** 10 14 15 20 14 23 Income 34-67 Percentile 18 15 15 10 7 ** 7 ** ** ** 10 15 17 14 19 20 Income 68-95 Percentile 19 20 10 11 6 ** 6 ** ** ** 14 10 18 16 18 22 Income 96-100 Percentile 17 13 15 6* 7 ** 4 ** ** ** 16* 15* 13* 16* 25 40 Professionals 19 ** 16 11 7 ** 7 ** ** ** 13 16 20 18 23 23 White Collar 15 ** 10 14 6 ** 5 ** ** ** 9 15 16 16 16 21 Blue Collar 20 ** 14 11 9 ** 8 ** ** ** 14 15 17 16 16 21 Unskilled 19* ** 7* 14* 14* ** 5 ** ** ** 14* 20* 24* 8* 20* 18 Farmers 36 ** 13 11* 11 ** 19 ** ** ** 10* 16* 7 11* 11 18* Housewives 19 ** 15 11 8 ** 5 ** ** ** 8 8 12 15 19 26 Union Households 17 21 12 13 8 ** 7 ** ** ** 14 15 17 17 15 17 Non-Union Households 20 16 15 10 8 ** 7 ** ** ** 11 15 17 16 19 24 South 20 17 13 12 9 ** 5 ** ** ** 11 15 17 13 17 22 Nonsouth 19 18 15 11 8 ** 8 ** ** ** 12 15 17 18 19 23 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 31* 34 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 15 21 24 22 23 26 Born 1943-1958 23* 17 16 11 8 ** 7 ** ** ** 15 17 20 17 22 26 Born 1927-1942 21 17 14 12 8 ** 9 ** ** ** 10 12 12 13 11 16 Born 1911-1926 16 16 12 8 8 ** 6 ** ** ** 6 8 11 11 11 10 Born 1895-1910 21 17 16 12 9 ** 6 ** ** ** 7 8 9 7* 16 13* Born before 1895 25 22 17 19* 9 ** 6 ** ** ** 0* 0* ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 18 19 12 11 8 ** 8 ** ** ** 15 15 21 16 22 23 Independents & Apoliticals 21 19 18 13 11 ** 9 ** ** ** 13 13 17 19 20 27 Republicans (incl leaners) 22 15 17 10 7 ** 4 ** ** ** 8 14 13 16 14 21 Liberals ** ** ** ** 6 ** 10 ** ** ** 15 23 26 23 28 26 Moderates ** ** ** ** 8 ** 6 ** ** ** 12 12 17 13 19 21 Conservatives ** ** ** ** 6 ** 4 ** ** ** 9 12 13 14 14 20 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4B.1.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05