THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Military Spending (1) 1972-1976 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Cut' Percent of group: '72 '74 '76 Males 36 ** 17 Females 34 ** 18 Whites 34 ** 17 Blacks 47 ** 22 Grade School 30 ** 12 High School 32 ** 15 Some College, no Degree 37 ** 19 College Degree/ Post-grad 53 ** 32 Income 0-16 Percentile 30 ** 15 Income 17-33 Percentile 33 ** 19 Income 34-67 Percentile 37 ** 18 Income 68-95 Percentile 38 ** 18 Income 96-100 Percentile 33 ** 23 Professionals 40 ** 24 White Collar 47 ** 18 Blue Collar 30 ** 16 Unskilled 38* ** 18 Farmers 28* ** 10 Housewives 31 ** 14 Union Households 38 ** 17 Non-Union Households 35 ** 18 South 23 ** 13 Nonsouth 40 ** 19 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** Born 1943-1958 45 ** 25 Born 1927-1942 37 ** 17 Born 1911-1926 29 ** 12 Born 1895-1910 34 ** 10 Born before 1895 18* ** 13 Democrats (incl leaners) 41 ** 21 Independents & Apoliticals 32 ** 16 Republicans (incl leaners) 29 ** 13 Liberals 63 ** 37 Moderates 33 ** 18 Conservatives 27 ** 11 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4D.3a.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05