THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Change in Situation of Blacks 1964-1994 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'A Lot' Percent of group: '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 Males 42 40 51 55 57 ** 59 ** ** ** 48 41 38 36 34 31 Females 39 39 49 49 54 ** 59 ** ** ** 42 37 33 33 34 29 Whites 38 39 49 54 56 ** 62 ** ** ** 47 43 39 36 36 31 Blacks 57 39 61 41 44 ** 32 ** ** ** 28 20 16 23 16 24 Grade School 37 40 46 55 47 ** 59 ** ** ** 42 43 44 49 45 35 High School 40 41 51 51 56 ** 61 ** ** ** 47 42 38 36 37 35 Some College, no Degree 46 38 50 52 62 ** 57 ** ** ** 44 38 31 34 31 28 College Degree/ Post-grad 42 31 53 47 56 ** 55 ** ** ** 40 30 28 24 25 22 Income 0-16 Percentile 35 37 45 59 55 ** 60 ** ** ** 43 37 34 32 36 35 Income 17-33 Percentile 38 34 46 47 47 ** 56 ** ** ** 41 41 38 35 33 27 Income 34-67 Percentile 41 42 50 51 55 ** 59 ** ** ** 49 39 38 36 34 31 Income 68-95 Percentile 43 40 55 51 58 ** 61 ** ** ** 40 38 32 36 34 28 Income 96-100 Percentile 46 39 53 53* 63 ** 61 ** ** ** 56* 34* 16* 29* 28 20 Professionals 40 ** 47 53 60 ** 58 ** ** ** 44 35 31 29 31 28 White Collar 46 ** 54 48 60 ** 61 ** ** ** 44 41 30 37 35 29 Blue Collar 42 ** 52 52 52 ** 58 ** ** ** 45 39 42 37 37 34 Unskilled 58* ** 56* 64* 48* ** 65 ** ** ** 48* 40* 29* 12* 43* 43 Farmers 23 ** 53 53* 51 ** 46 ** ** ** 37* 40* 56 57* 35 26* Housewives 39 ** 47 52 54 ** 62 ** ** ** 50 47 34 32 31 27 Union Households 45 42 51 51 53 ** 58 ** ** ** 41 41 38 35 33 36 Non-Union Households 39 38 50 52 56 ** 60 ** ** ** 46 38 34 34 34 29 South 42 44 59 56 62 ** 65 ** ** ** 46 44 40 42 40 35 Nonsouth 40 38 47 50 53 ** 57 ** ** ** 44 36 33 31 31 28 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 0* 27 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 35 24 25 26 26 24 Born 1943-1958 38* 42 51 51 52 ** 52 ** ** ** 40 35 31 29 31 28 Born 1927-1942 41 38 49 48 59 ** 59 ** ** ** 48 45 41 43 40 36 Born 1911-1926 44 41 54 53 56 ** 65 ** ** ** 55 51 48 45 45 43 Born 1895-1910 36 39 45 56 53 ** 65 ** ** ** 51 61 44 67* 42 53* Born before 1895 36 38 48 56* 57 ** 59 ** ** ** 100* 0* ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 44 41 51 51 53 ** 56 ** ** ** 42 36 32 33 30 29 Independents & Apoliticals 31 37 49 43 52 ** 58 ** ** ** 38 37 37 27 33 30 Republicans (incl leaners) 37 37 48 57 59 ** 64 ** ** ** 50 44 38 38 38 32 Liberals ** ** ** ** 55 ** 54 ** ** ** 45 25 23 23 22 19 Moderates ** ** ** ** 58 ** 56 ** ** ** 47 44 36 38 36 32 Conservatives ** ** ** ** 59 ** 69 ** ** ** 49 46 42 39 38 33 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4B.1.3 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05