THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Respondent's Financial Situation Over the Last Year 1962-2008 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Gotten Better' Percent of group: '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '08 Males 38 ** 35 37 36 38 32 37 39 37 32 46 45 47 42 34 41 49 55 35 26 47 33 Females 32 ** 35 31 29 34 26 33 31 29 29 41 36 39 36 27 37 43 49 31 22 40 31 Whites 36 ** 35 34 31 36 28 35 34 33 32 46 42 43 38 31 37 45 50 30 22 43 30 Blacks 19 ** 36 33 36 32 30 25 39 26 16 30 33 40 39 25 49 54 54 44 25 37 35 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 20 ** 22 20 24 27 20 25 20 26 18 19 20 20 22 14 31 27 43 19 18 25 26 High School Diploma 37 ** 38 33 33 34 29 33 32 28 26 40 36 41 36 27 37 41 47 30 20 40 30 Some College, no Degree 41 ** 42 43 34 48 29 42 42 36 34 51 43 49 47 34 40 51 55 36 27 48 31 College Degree/ Post-grad 50 ** 47 47 39 41 35 40 45 47 41 57 56 51 47 39 43 54 58 37 28 46 36 Income 0-16 Percentile 11 ** 21 14 22 28 21 23 24 24 19 27 27 32 34 21 35 42 47 19 ** 36 34 Income 17-33 Percentile 22 ** 26 25 23 34 23 26 32 27 27 33 33 35 31 24 34 43 45 27 ** 35 22 Income 34-67 Percentile 40 ** 36 34 33 37 28 36 35 35 30 46 40 44 41 33 36 45 48 35 ** 45 31 Income 68-95 Percentile 52 ** 45 50 39 43 35 43 42 40 38 59 53 51 44 38 47 55 60 43 ** 54 40 Income 96-100 Percentile 45 ** 48 47 65* 31* 35 41 51 39 40 61 72 64* 63 42 55 59 60 48 ** 50 36 Professionals ** ** ** 45 42 40 31 39 42 40 39 52 47 48 45 37 43 54 56 36 ** 46 ** White Collar ** ** ** 34 30 37 28 41 38 33 34 45 42 42 41 32 40 47 49 33 ** 41 ** Blue Collar ** ** ** 34 35 34 30 32 34 28 27 40 37 41 35 28 37 42 49 32 ** 44 ** Unskilled ** ** ** 20* 27* 29* 19* 36 26 40* 21* 37* 32 45 36 29 46 46* 30* 30* ** 44* ** Farmers ** ** ** 19 20* 33* 19 30 33* 45* 16* 39 30 28 40 22 26* 19* 61* 20* ** 43* ** Housewives ** ** ** 29 25 34 23 32 25 26 23 37 34 36 34 20 32 38 47 33 ** 38 ** Union Households ** ** 38 35 30 37 32 37 36 34 33 45 47 43 40 31 42 48 53 39 24 43 29 Non-Union Households ** ** 34 33 33 36 26 34 34 32 29 43 39 42 38 30 38 45 51 32 24 44 32 South 34 ** 29 31 33 37 27 33 33 35 29 41 39 41 41 33 42 54 54 32 26 48 36 Nonsouth 34 ** 37 34 31 35 28 35 35 31 30 44 41 43 38 29 37 41 51 33 23 41 29 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 43 Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 38* 52 68 63 43 35 53 32 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 41 43 47 60 54 61 54 43 48 60 64 40 32 55 30 Born 1943-1958 ** ** 66 60 47 53 39 48 49 41 39 56 50 52 42 35 43 46 51 33 18 41 18 Born 1927-1942 53 ** 45 45 39 39 30 35 29 30 24 40 34 33 31 20 25 28 36 23 10 22 14 Born 1911-1926 38 ** 35 33 27 27 23 25 24 24 19 21 18 16 19 11 18 20 32 12 6 18 ** Born 1895-1910 23 ** 23 13 19 21 11 17 16 19 22 16 13 19 15 17 8* 24* 19* 32* 0* ** ** Born before 1895 7 ** 10 5 24* 21* 29 21 15* 25* 0* 0* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 34 ** 36 33 32 33 29 31 35 33 26 32 37 35 37 25 43 52 56 39 23 33 26 Independents 39 ** 38 38 25 32 29 37 36 32 27 42 37 41 36 25 32 36 40 31 23 41 33 Republicans (incl leaners) 35 ** 33 33 35 41 25 38 33 32 39 57 47 52 43 39 35 40 49 26 24 56 40 Liberals ** ** ** ** ** 31 28 35 41 38 34 45 44 45 40 33 45 54 54 45 26 37 29 Moderates ** ** ** ** ** 40 26 36 34 32 29 39 39 41 41 25 38 48 53 35 24 42 27 Conservatives ** ** ** ** ** 40 32 40 36 33 38 56 43 48 41 37 37 43 50 31 25 53 40 * 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.3.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10