THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Do People in Government Waste Tax Money 1958-2004 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Not very Much' Percent of group: '58 '60 '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 Males 11 ** ** 7 ** 5 3 2 1 3 2 2 2 3 ** 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 Females 9 ** ** 6 ** 3 4 2 1 3 2 2 2 4 ** 3 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 2 Whites 10 ** ** 5 ** 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 2 3 ** 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 Blacks 19 ** ** 19 ** 8 6 4 1 7 5 7 7 7 ** 5 4 3 8 6 5 4 8 5 Grade School 12 ** ** 9 ** 6 3 5 2 6 5 4 4 10 ** 6 5 6 9 1 5 6 0* 6* High School 10 ** ** 6 ** 4 4 2 1 3 1 2 2 3 ** 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 5 3 Some College, no Degree 8 ** ** 5 ** 3 4 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 ** 2 1 1 1 0 4 1 1 2 College Degree/ Post-grad 8 ** ** 6 ** 3 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 ** 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 0 Income 0-16 Percentile 15 ** ** 10 ** 7 4 4 4 10 3 6 6 6 ** 7 4 6 6 4 5 5 ** 7 Income 17-33 Percentile 12 ** ** 6 ** 4 4 2 1 3 3 1 4 4 ** 2 3 2 0 2 5 1 ** 1 Income 34-67 Percentile 12 ** ** 7 ** 4 4 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 ** 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 ** 2 Income 68-95 Percentile 8 ** ** 5 ** 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 1 2 ** 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 ** 1 Income 96-100 Percentile 4 ** ** 2 ** 2 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 2 ** 2* 3 2 1 0 2 0 ** 0 Professionals 8 ** ** 3 ** 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 ** 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 ** 1 White Collar 9 ** ** 7 ** 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 3 2 ** 1 1 1 0 0 4 3 ** 1 Blue Collar 12 ** ** 8 ** 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 4 ** 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 ** 1 Unskilled 13 ** ** 16* ** 5* 4* 3* 0* 9 0 2* 0* 5* ** 2* 7 0* 0 0* 7* 7* ** 0* Farmers 15 ** ** 17 ** 13 6 2 3 8 5* 0* 7* 2 ** 7 1 6 0* 6* 7* 0* ** 8* Housewives 9 ** ** 5 ** 3 4 2 1 3 2 3 2 7 ** 3 2 4 2 2 4 5 ** 9 Union Households 12 ** ** 8 ** 3 3 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 ** 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 Non-Union Households 10 ** ** 6 ** 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 2 4 ** 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 4 2 South 11 ** ** 8 ** 5 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 5 ** 4 3 3 3 3 5 3 6 3 Nonsouth 10 ** ** 6 ** 4 4 2 1 3 1 2 2 3 ** 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 0* 4 0 10 2 6 3 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 3 4 4 4 ** 4 2 3 2 1 4 3 4 1 Born 1943-1958 ** ** ** 5* ** 9 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 ** 2 2 1 1 3 2 3 2 2 Born 1927-1942 13 ** ** 7 ** 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 ** 4 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 Born 1911-1926 8 ** ** 6 ** 1 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 4 ** 2 3 1 5 1 3 3 4 9 Born 1895-1910 10 ** ** 7 ** 7 4 3 2 6 2 4 5 6 ** 1 2 5 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* ** Born before 1895 12 ** ** 5 ** 6 4 4 2 2 8* 0* 17* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 10 ** ** 9 ** 6 3 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 ** 3 2 2 3 1 4 3 4 2 Independents & Apoliticals 11 ** ** 6 ** 4 6 4 1 3 1 2 1 7 ** 2 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 4 Republicans (incl leaners) 10 ** ** 3 ** 2 3 2 2 3 0 2 2 3 ** 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 Liberals ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 2 2 1 2 3 2 3 ** 3 1 2 1 1 6 2 4 1 Moderates ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 3 1 2 1 1 2 3 ** 2 2 2 2 1 3 7 2 1 Conservatives ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 ** 2 1 2 1 1 2 0 3 1 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 5A.3.3 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05