THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Condition of Nation's Economy Over the Next Year 1980-2008 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Get Worse' Percent of group: '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '08 Males 25 18 22 22 24 60 19 16 14 20 22 ** 17 30 Females 36 24 19 25 21 57 19 17 13 18 15 ** 17 32 Whites 31 19 19 22 22 62 18 17 14 22 18 ** 16 34 Blacks 28 38 31 31 21 48 24 19 8 8 18 ** 21 24 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 29 27 24 26 22 45 17 13 11 15 19 ** 23 12* High School Diploma 32 24 20 23 21 56 19 17 14 19 16 ** 17 30 Some College, no Degree 30 17 19 22 23 62 20 18 14 17 22 ** 17 30 College Degree/ Post-grad 31 17 21 25 25 67 18 14 11 23 18 ** 18 35 Income 0-16 Percentile 29 27 26 24 21 44 19 19 10 11 21 ** 21 29 Income 17-33 Percentile 33 23 20 25 20 53 17 13 14 15 16 ** 19 31 Income 34-67 Percentile 30 20 20 20 21 62 18 16 13 23 19 ** 16 34 Income 68-95 Percentile 32 17 17 23 25 64 21 18 14 20 21 ** 15 27 Income 96-100 Percentile 28 17 16 30 18* 70 13 17 12 25 23 ** 13 41 Professionals 29 17 18 25 25 65 19 15 12 24 19 ** 20 ** White Collar 33 19 20 22 21 57 17 20 13 20 18 ** 11 ** Blue Collar 30 24 23 26 21 56 20 16 12 18 21 ** 19 ** Unskilled 26* 28* 36* 19 25 52 24 9 20* 23* 18* ** 18* ** Farmers 41* 22* 15 22 20 61 19 17* 26* 0* 14* ** 15* ** Housewives 31 23 16 18 23 56 18 18 19 15 10 ** 19 ** Union Households 31 25 25 25 21 61 22 21 12 20 18 ** 21 24 Non-Union Households 31 20 19 23 22 58 18 15 13 19 18 ** 16 32 South 32 18 21 19 20 54 17 14 10 15 19 ** 15 29 Nonsouth 30 23 20 25 23 61 20 18 15 21 18 ** 18 32 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 31 Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** 8* 20 8 13 13 ** 12 33 Born 1959-1974 31 21 19 22 23 55 19 17 13 18 21 ** 19 33 Born 1943-1958 34 23 19 24 25 65 21 18 16 21 20 ** 17 29 Born 1927-1942 30 23 21 26 20 61 20 16 11 20 16 ** 21 14* Born 1911-1926 29 18 22 22 18 54 14 10 10 20 12 ** 19 ** Born 1895-1910 21 16 24 16 15 37 13 23* 12* 9* 47* ** ** ** Born before 1895 25* 0* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 27 28 27 26 25 60 18 16 8 15 14 ** 23 31 Independents 38 22 27 29 31 60 23 23 25 23 21 ** 25 35 Republicans (incl leaners) 33 10 10 18 17 55 18 16 18 23 23 ** 8 29 Liberals 27 29 28 26 27 63 22 17 10 16 14 ** 24 36 Moderates 29 19 21 23 25 57 19 15 11 15 19 ** 17 34 Conservatives 35 15 13 23 18 63 18 17 17 28 22 ** 13 29 * 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 4E.2.3 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10