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Condition of Nation's Economy Over the Last Year  1980-2004

PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Stayed Same'



     Percent of group:      '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
                     Males   14   21   29   40   49   21   26   37   42   34   41   24   30 
                   Females   12   16   37   43   51   24   20   39   47   42   46   22   32  
 
                    Whites   12   19   32   42   50   21   24   37   44   39   46   24   32 
                    Blacks   17   15   41   40   51   27   18   38   47   39   38   13   30  
 
              Grade School   21   20   40   52   53   37   27   53   33   43   43   15   14 
               High School   13   19   38   41   53   23   22   41   47   39   45   28   34 
   Some College, no Degree    9   15   31   37   47   20   20   35   46   37   42   22   30 
 College Degree/ Post-grad   12   20   23   44   45   14   27   31   41   39   44   17   31  
 
    Income 0-16 Percentile   18   19   41   52   54   28   25   42   46   36   45   **   28 
   Income 17-33 Percentile   13   18   33   40   49   27   20   41   42   41   46   **   26 
   Income 34-67 Percentile   13   20   33   42   48   20   24   38   47   38   41   **   33 
   Income 68-95 Percentile   10   17   31   39   51   19   24   34   45   36   41   **   30 
  Income 96-100 Percentile    5   11   20   31   41*  14   26   35   41   45   49   **   28  
 
             Professionals   13   20   27   40   50   15   23   29   43   37   44   **   27 
              White Collar   10   14   32   40   45   20   22   38   45   38   47   **   34 
               Blue Collar   15   20   37   41   52   25   23   41   44   40   38   **   33 
                 Unskilled   14*  14*  39   50   64*  32   17   44   38*  40*  48*  **   30* 
                   Farmers   13*  22*  38   34   63   26   35   59*  43*  24*  70*  **   32* 
                Housewives   11   18   36   45   48   27   21   44   53   43   53   **   31  
 
          Union Households   13   14   34   41   51   23   18   35   43   35   37   17   31 
      Non-Union Households   13   20   33   42   50   22   24   38   45   39   45   24   31  
 
                     South   14   21   38   46   51   28   26   41   45   38   43   24   34 
                  Nonsouth   12   17   32   40   50   20   22   36   44   39   44   23   30  
 
        Born 1975 or later   **   **   **   **   **   **   23*  44   48   36   39   19   25 
            Born 1959-1974   10   26   39   47   54   25   23   38   47   40   44   26   31 
            Born 1943-1958   13   17   32   40   47   18   24   37   43   40   43   23   36 
            Born 1927-1942   10   15   30   35   54   20   23   33   43   36   48   19   30 
            Born 1911-1926   16   17   35   47   46   24   20   43   44   36   50   30   32 
            Born 1895-1910   14   26   35   45   52   43   29   23*  30*  67*  26*  17*  ** 
          Born before 1895   20*  29*  75*  **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **  
 
  Democrats (incl leaners)   17   16   36   40   49   21   17   38   39   37   40   16   27 
Independents & Apoliticals   13   16   40   45   48   24   20   35   46   33   40   30   30 
Republicans (incl leaners)    7   23   28   43   52   24   32   38   52   42   50   29   36  
 
                  Liberals   18   15   33   40   48   12   16   29   37   33   43   12   24 
                 Moderates   11   17   35   43   48   21   21   40   45   38   50   25   33 
             Conservatives   10   19   26   37   48   21   28   36   47   40   46   27   33



 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group
** indicates question not asked or no cases within group



Table 4E.1.2
Source:  The American National Election Studies
NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed.  See Table 1A.3
       

Table generated:  27NOV05