THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Favor Desegregation or Segregation 1964-1978 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'In Between' Percent of group: '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 Males 45 ** 48 38 42 ** 51 56 Females 44 ** 46 42 46 ** 48 53 Whites 47 ** 50 45 46 ** 53 57 Blacks 20 ** 20 19 30 ** 24 35 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 39 ** 42 39 48 ** 49 38 High School Diploma 46 ** 51 44 49 ** 53 56 Some College, no Degree 51 ** 50 39 40 ** 50 62 College Degree/ Post-grad 41 ** 35 29 31 ** 37 50 Income 0-16 Percentile 36 ** 42 39 42 ** 47 45 Income 17-33 Percentile 43 ** 48 38 43 ** 50 52 Income 34-67 Percentile 45 ** 48 42 48 ** 50 56 Income 68-95 Percentile 48 ** 51 41 44 ** 52 63 Income 96-100 Percentile 50 ** 33 35* 41 ** 42 54 Professionals 48 ** 47 34 42 ** 46 55 White Collar 48 ** 50 45 43 ** 52 56 Blue Collar 45 ** 46 41 45 ** 51 55 Unskilled 17* ** 46* 23* 32* ** 43 46 Farmers 33 ** 34 42* 40 ** 56 57* Housewives 44 ** 49 45 49 ** 49 54 Union Households 44 ** 48 44 49 ** 55 56 Non-Union Households 44 ** 46 40 43 ** 48 54 South 36 ** 47 44 44 ** 47 50 Nonsouth 47 ** 47 39 45 ** 50 56 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 69 Born 1943-1958 38* ** 51 41 41 ** 49 56 Born 1927-1942 44 ** 46 38 40 ** 48 54 Born 1911-1926 44 ** 46 37 53 ** 51 50 Born 1895-1910 46 ** 48 47 48 ** 50 53 Born before 1895 44 ** 44 38* 36 ** 41 42* Democrats (incl leaners) 42 ** 42 36 42 ** 48 50 Independents 43 ** 51 40 48 ** 52 54 Republicans (incl leaners) 49 ** 54 49 47 ** 51 62 Liberals ** ** ** ** 26 ** 37 44 Moderates ** ** ** ** 49 ** 54 59 Conservatives ** ** ** ** 47 ** 51 62 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group .................... Table 4B.3.2 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10