THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Military Spending (2), 7-point scale 1980-2004 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Decrease (1,2,3)' Percent of group: '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 Males 9 27 28 32 29 42 42 34 24 ** 12 ** 14 Females 10 30 28 35 29 33 39 34 28 ** 14 ** 18 Whites 8 28 28 33 28 38 41 33 27 ** 14 ** 15 Blacks 17 34 31 37 35 36 42 38 30 ** 11 ** 20 Grade School 10 14 28 26 23 21 24 27 22 ** 11* ** 12 High School 8 23 23 29 26 28 33 30 21 ** 10 ** 13 Some College, no Degree 9 32 30 36 30 44 46 36 27 ** 17 ** 17 College Degree/ Post-grad 13 45 39 46 38 62 57 42 40 ** 16 ** 21 Income 0-16 Percentile 13 23 31 30 25 23 39 30 31 ** 8 ** 20 Income 17-33 Percentile 10 30 32 35 28 35 37 34 20 ** 15 ** 17 Income 34-67 Percentile 8 28 29 34 32 38 41 37 26 ** 15 ** 18 Income 68-95 Percentile 10 31 28 33 27 45 42 34 28 ** 13 ** 13 Income 96-100 Percentile 8 34 21 40 28* 47 57 44 32 ** 12* ** 16 Professionals 11 35 34 40 33 53 52 40 33 ** 19 ** 24 White Collar 10 29 28 36 30 40 41 34 24 ** 11 ** 10 Blue Collar 9 23 27 29 26 32 36 31 21 ** 10 ** 14 Unskilled 22* 31* 24* 14 25 26 25 42 33* ** 21* ** 13* Farmers 6* 14* 16 39 36 29 25 16* 30* ** 0* ** 16* Housewives 8 25 23 28 24 22 31 26 27 ** 11 ** 13 Union Households 10 32 33 35 32 36 41 40 30 ** 15 ** 18 Non-Union Households 9 27 27 33 28 38 41 32 26 ** 13 ** 15 South 9 22 22 26 22 25 32 27 21 ** 9 ** 14 Nonsouth 10 31 30 37 32 43 45 38 29 ** 15 ** 17 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** 69* 37 25 ** 18 ** 22 Born 1959-1974 14 39 31 35 36 40 43 38 31 ** 15 ** 16 Born 1943-1958 10 36 30 37 31 42 45 37 29 ** 10 ** 16 Born 1927-1942 10 28 26 30 23 30 33 27 20 ** 11 ** 8 Born 1911-1926 9 20 25 29 23 33 37 24 17 ** 12 ** 12 Born 1895-1910 6 7 26 32 29 20 33 15* 21* ** 0* ** ** Born before 1895 0* 0* 33* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 13 34 38 43 37 43 48 42 32 ** 17 ** 24 Independents & Apoliticals 7 29 27 27 30 24 36 30 24 ** 11 ** 16 Republicans (incl leaners) 6 18 16 23 19 33 33 26 19 ** 8 ** 6 Liberals 22 64 49 57 50 65 64 59 54 ** 33 ** 30 Moderates 8 31 29 36 34 39 42 35 23 ** 11 ** 15 Conservatives 6 23 21 25 21 36 36 28 20 ** 7 ** 7 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4D.3b.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05