THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Change in Situation of Blacks 1964-1994 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Some' Percent of group: '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 Males 36 37 33 35 33 ** 31 ** ** ** 39 41 43 46 48 45 Females 39 40 36 37 37 ** 33 ** ** ** 42 45 47 47 45 46 Whites 39 38 35 34 34 ** 31 ** ** ** 40 42 45 46 47 47 Blacks 32 46 32 46 47 ** 49 ** ** ** 50 48 51 49 48 43 Grade School 38 33 32 31 35 ** 28 ** ** ** 34 31 34 36 37 34 High School 38 36 35 37 36 ** 31 ** ** ** 41 41 44 46 46 43 Some College, no Degree 36 46 37 35 32 ** 36 ** ** ** 43 47 47 45 48 50 College Degree/ Post-grad 40 57 36 43 38 ** 36 ** ** ** 40 48 51 53 49 51 Income 0-16 Percentile 38 39 36 29 33 ** 30 ** ** ** 36 38 41 44 41 36 Income 17-33 Percentile 39 36 36 37 40 ** 33 ** ** ** 44 39 45 45 51 49 Income 34-67 Percentile 40 39 34 38 37 ** 34 ** ** ** 40 44 45 48 46 47 Income 68-95 Percentile 38 39 35 37 35 ** 32 ** ** ** 45 49 48 46 47 49 Income 96-100 Percentile 36 47 32 38* 29 ** 35 ** ** ** 28* 47* 64* 55* 47 39 Professionals 39 ** 36 35 32 ** 34 ** ** ** 43 48 48 51 46 48 White Collar 39 ** 35 38 33 ** 34 ** ** ** 45 41 52 46 48 49 Blue Collar 35 ** 33 37 37 ** 32 ** ** ** 37 41 39 44 45 44 Unskilled 19* ** 30* 21* 38* ** 28 ** ** ** 38* 40* 45* 72* 35* 32 Farmers 38 ** 33 36* 35 ** 35 ** ** ** 43* 40* 36 26* 50 46* Housewives 39 ** 36 33 36 ** 29 ** ** ** 38 38 49 49 47 45 Union Households 36 34 36 36 37 ** 34 ** ** ** 43 41 43 46 51 46 Non-Union Households 38 41 34 35 35 ** 32 ** ** ** 40 43 46 47 46 46 South 37 35 28 32 29 ** 29 ** ** ** 39 38 41 41 41 41 Nonsouth 38 40 37 37 38 ** 34 ** ** ** 42 45 48 49 49 48 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 69* 39 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 47 52 50 49 50 48 Born 1943-1958 35* 37 34 38 39 ** 40 ** ** ** 44 45 48 52 45 44 Born 1927-1942 36 42 37 37 33 ** 30 ** ** ** 40 38 44 41 47 46 Born 1911-1926 39 38 32 38 35 ** 28 ** ** ** 35 38 38 41 41 44 Born 1895-1910 41 40 37 31 35 ** 25 ** ** ** 31 27 40 19* 36 31* Born before 1895 34 33 32 26* 28 ** 28 ** ** ** 0* 0* ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 36 36 36 37 38 ** 34 ** ** ** 41 46 46 49 47 47 Independents & Apoliticals 42 35 31 41 34 ** 29 ** ** ** 41 40 42 46 44 36 Republicans (incl leaners) 39 45 34 32 33 ** 31 ** ** ** 41 39 46 44 46 46 Liberals ** ** ** ** 39 ** 36 ** ** ** 38 48 50 53 49 55 Moderates ** ** ** ** 33 ** 37 ** ** ** 40 43 46 49 45 47 Conservatives ** ** ** ** 34 ** 26 ** ** ** 41 40 44 46 47 46 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4B.1.2 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05