THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Government See to Fair Treatment in Jobs 1964-2004 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Govt. See to It' Percent of group: '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 Males 37 ** 39 ** 43 ** ** ** ** ** ** 21 33 ** 36 ** 29 ** 38 ** 36 Females 41 ** 38 ** 40 ** ** ** ** ** ** 18 27 ** 34 ** 31 ** 33 ** 31 Whites 33 ** 33 ** 37 ** ** ** ** ** ** 16 25 ** 30 ** 26 ** 30 ** 26 Blacks 87 ** 82 ** 83 ** ** ** ** ** ** 38 54 ** 63 ** 61 ** 64 ** 60 Grade School 45 ** 39 ** 41 ** ** ** ** ** ** 15 22 ** 28 ** 20 ** 24 ** 49* High School 37 ** 36 ** 37 ** ** ** ** ** ** 16 24 ** 31 ** 25 ** 34 ** 28 Some College, no Degree 33 ** 38 ** 44 ** ** ** ** ** ** 20 31 ** 35 ** 31 ** 33 ** 30 College Degree/ Post-grad 41 ** 45 ** 55 ** ** ** ** ** ** 27 46 ** 46 ** 42 ** 43 ** 45 Income 0-16 Percentile 44 ** 44 ** 47 ** ** ** ** ** ** 21 31 ** 39 ** 33 ** 40 ** 45 Income 17-33 Percentile 44 ** 34 ** 40 ** ** ** ** ** ** 16 30 ** 35 ** 32 ** 33 ** 26 Income 34-67 Percentile 38 ** 37 ** 39 ** ** ** ** ** ** 19 28 ** 36 ** 24 ** 30 ** 33 Income 68-95 Percentile 36 ** 39 ** 42 ** ** ** ** ** ** 21 34 ** 34 ** 33 ** 38 ** 27 Income 96-100 Percentile 32 ** 41 ** 41 ** ** ** ** ** ** 23 26* ** 35 ** 41 ** 49 ** 43 Professionals 32 ** 38 ** 45 ** ** ** ** ** ** 24 39 ** 39 ** 34 ** 39 ** 42 White Collar 38 ** 34 ** 41 ** ** ** ** ** ** 16 28 ** 34 ** 34 ** 35 ** 25 Blue Collar 43 ** 39 ** 43 ** ** ** ** ** ** 19 26 ** 32 ** 26 ** 34 ** 33 Unskilled 56* ** 56* ** 58* ** ** ** ** ** ** 20 26 ** 35 ** 13* ** 31* ** 52* Farmers 43 ** 40 ** 43 ** ** ** ** ** ** 16 34 ** 22 ** 15* ** 37* ** 59* Housewives 38 ** 37 ** 34 ** ** ** ** ** ** 15 17 ** 34 ** 25 ** 26 ** 23 Union Households 46 ** 41 ** 41 ** ** ** ** ** ** 21 31 ** 34 ** 34 ** 35 ** 34 Non-Union Households 37 ** 37 ** 41 ** ** ** ** ** ** 19 29 ** 35 ** 29 ** 35 ** 33 South 34 ** 38 ** 43 ** ** ** ** ** ** 18 31 ** 37 ** 31 ** 35 ** 38 Nonsouth 40 ** 38 ** 41 ** ** ** ** ** ** 20 28 ** 34 ** 30 ** 35 ** 32 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 38* ** 33 ** 45 ** 35 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 23 28 ** 37 ** 27 ** 32 ** 33 Born 1943-1958 35* ** 39 ** 48 ** ** ** ** ** ** 21 34 ** 38 ** 35 ** 40 ** 37 Born 1927-1942 43 ** 43 ** 41 ** ** ** ** ** ** 19 27 ** 34 ** 28 ** 28 ** 26 Born 1911-1926 39 ** 37 ** 38 ** ** ** ** ** ** 14 26 ** 26 ** 28 ** 29 ** 44 Born 1895-1910 36 ** 37 ** 37 ** ** ** ** ** ** 11 19 ** 24 ** 20* ** 6* ** ** Born before 1895 30 ** 22 ** 42 ** ** ** ** ** ** 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 45 ** 44 ** 46 ** ** ** ** ** ** 23 35 ** 42 ** 37 ** 44 ** 42 Independents & Apoliticals 46 ** 35 ** 41 ** ** ** ** ** ** 14 20 ** 29 ** 20 ** 28 ** 35 Republicans (incl leaners) 25 ** 29 ** 34 ** ** ** ** ** ** 17 26 ** 27 ** 23 ** 25 ** 23 Liberals ** ** ** ** 65 ** ** ** ** ** ** 27 47 ** 51 ** 48 ** 46 ** 53 Moderates ** ** ** ** 36 ** ** ** ** ** ** 19 28 ** 35 ** 30 ** 37 ** 32 Conservatives ** ** ** ** 35 ** ** ** ** ** ** 18 28 ** 29 ** 25 ** 27 ** 22 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4B.8.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05