THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Military Spending (2), 7-point scale 1980-2008 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Increase (5,6,7)' Percent of group: '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '08 Males 71 34 37 36 34 21 19 29 38 ** 54 ** 55 46 Females 53 20 26 24 25 18 15 21 25 ** 39 ** 40 29 Whites 63 28 32 30 29 19 16 26 31 ** 49 ** 50 39 Blacks 41 17 24 25 24 20 16 24 26 ** 33 ** 36 29 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 49 20 22 19 23 17 21 20 27 ** 38* ** 37 44* High School Diploma 61 27 31 30 31 23 20 26 34 ** 46 ** 48 40 Some College, no Degree 67 26 35 33 32 19 16 27 30 ** 45 ** 50 39 College Degree/ Post-grad 60 28 30 27 22 12 11 23 27 ** 47 ** 44 31 Income 0-16 Percentile 48 18 21 26 25 18 18 25 28 ** 37 ** 39 29 Income 17-33 Percentile 58 24 28 24 32 18 17 22 32 ** 35 ** 35 31 Income 34-67 Percentile 66 29 32 30 30 19 15 22 33 ** 47 ** 53 40 Income 68-95 Percentile 67 31 37 35 29 22 19 29 29 ** 54 ** 54 41 Income 96-100 Percentile 69 34 33 35 36* 27 14 22 26 ** 59* ** 50 43 Professionals 65 28 31 29 24 15 12 24 32 ** 46 ** 45 ** White Collar 58 24 29 29 27 21 16 26 26 ** 46 ** 50 ** Blue Collar 63 29 33 31 33 23 20 26 36 ** 50 ** 48 ** Unskilled 49* 26* 28* 38 30 14 25 21 13* ** 43* ** 36* ** Farmers 71* 28* 34 21 28 14 22 34* 25* ** 40* ** 61* ** Housewives 50 21 30 25 26 20 15 24 28 ** 35 ** 48 ** Union Households 62 24 31 28 29 23 17 19 24 ** 50 ** 45 38 Non-Union Households 60 27 31 29 29 19 17 26 33 ** 45 ** 48 37 South 64 31 34 33 34 24 22 31 37 ** 49 ** 49 39 Nonsouth 59 24 30 27 26 17 15 22 28 ** 44 ** 46 36 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 25 Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** 23* 17 30 ** 32 ** 38 38 Born 1959-1974 60 19 33 31 30 20 17 23 26 ** 45 ** 48 38 Born 1943-1958 60 29 32 30 30 21 15 24 32 ** 48 ** 51 51 Born 1927-1942 65 28 32 35 28 23 20 34 41 ** 50 ** 55 57* Born 1911-1926 59 25 31 22 26 15 16 22 33 ** 49 ** 36 ** Born 1895-1910 58 19 22 19 24 11 15 20* 26* ** 85* ** ** ** Born before 1895 30* 29* 33* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 55 20 22 22 20 18 14 18 25 ** 37 ** 31 29 Independents 54 19 27 33 22 20 17 17 26 ** 40 ** 43 26 Republicans (incl leaners) 73 40 43 38 40 22 21 35 41 ** 60 ** 69 52 Liberals 47 13 23 18 18 13 11 11 18 ** 35 ** 25 22 Moderates 64 23 30 30 26 18 18 21 34 ** 49 ** 46 39 Conservatives 73 41 43 39 40 25 21 36 41 ** 60 ** 66 51 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group 2008 NOTE: open-ended coding of occupation is not yet complete. .................... Table 4D.3b.2 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10