THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Have Economic Policies of Federal Government Made Things Better/Worse 1984-1996 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Made Better' Percent of group: '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 Males 40 29 25 ** 5 19 24 Females 29 17 13 ** 3 16 22 Whites 38 25 20 ** 4 16 22 Blacks 10 9 10 ** 4 23 26 Grade School 10 9 10 ** 6 9 28 High School 29 17 14 ** 4 14 19 Some College, no Degree 43 29 23 ** 3 21 22 College Degree/ Post-grad 49 35 29 ** 4 24 31 Income 0-16 Percentile 18 11 13 ** 4 14 24 Income 17-33 Percentile 24 17 11 ** 3 19 22 Income 34-67 Percentile 38 22 20 ** 3 18 20 Income 68-95 Percentile 45 33 24 ** 4 19 24 Income 96-100 Percentile 59 47 32* ** 3 21 35 Professionals 45 32 25 ** 4 23 29 White Collar 35 24 21 ** 3 17 21 Blue Collar 27 18 15 ** 4 16 20 Unskilled 22 23 11 ** 2 6 23* Farmers 37 7 28 ** 5 16* 25* Housewives 30 15 11 ** 3 7 14 Union Households 30 23 16 ** 3 19 28 Non-Union Households 35 22 19 ** 4 17 22 South 29 20 18 ** 6 15 23 Nonsouth 36 24 19 ** 3 18 23 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** 15* 10 17 Born 1959-1974 34 23 19 ** 4 15 21 Born 1943-1958 41 26 20 ** 4 21 24 Born 1927-1942 33 27 18 ** 4 16 23 Born 1911-1926 26 13 15 ** 2 18 28 Born 1895-1910 19 5 17 ** 6 10* 22* Born before 1895 25* 0* ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 18 14 9 ** 2 23 32 Independents & Apoliticals 27 17 14 ** 2 12 16 Republicans (incl leaners) 56 36 31 ** 7 11 11 Liberals 30 21 14 ** 2 38 35 Moderates 31 21 17 ** 3 18 25 Conservatives 54 32 29 ** 7 14 18 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 4E.5.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05