THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Politics is Too Complicated  1988-2000

PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Neither (1988-later only)'



     Percent of group:      '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00 
 
                     Males   10   11    7   10   11    8    6 
                   Females    7    8    7    8    9    6    8  
 
                    Whites    8    9    7    8    9    6    7 
                    Blacks    8    6    7   10    9    8    8  
 
              Grade School    6    5    4    2    9    2    4 
               High School    8   10    9   10   11    8    8 
   Some College, no Degree    8   12    7   11    9    6    8 
 College Degree/ Post-grad    9   10    6    7    8    8    4  
 
    Income 0-16 Percentile    9    9    9   10   14    6   11 
   Income 17-33 Percentile    4   11    7    7   13    4   11 
   Income 34-67 Percentile    9   10    8    9   10    9    6 
   Income 68-95 Percentile    8   10    7    9    6    8    4 
  Income 96-100 Percentile    9*  11    7   10    7   10    3  
 
             Professionals    8    8    6    7    9    6    6 
              White Collar    7   13    8   10    7    7    6 
               Blue Collar    9   10    7   10   12    9    7 
                 Unskilled   12*  11   14*  15   18*   0*  10* 
                   Farmers    9   13   10   12*  13*   0*  14* 
                Housewives    7    4    6    8    9    4   12  
 
          Union Households    8   11    8   12    7    7    4 
      Non-Union Households    8    9    7    9   10    7    8  
 
                     South   10    8    8    8   10    7    7 
                  Nonsouth    8   10    7   10    9    7    7  
 
        Born 1975 or later   **   **   15*  22   16   12   13 
            Born 1959-1974   10   11   11   12   10    9    8 
            Born 1943-1958    9   10    6    8    7    6    5 
            Born 1927-1942   10    8    6    4    9    5    5 
            Born 1911-1926    5    7    5    7   12    5    6 
            Born 1895-1910    2    9    3    7*  18*   0*   0* 
          Born before 1895   **   **   **   **   **   **   **  
 
  Democrats (incl leaners)    8    9    7    9    9    8    9 
Independents & Apoliticals   13   12    7   11   14    8    7 
Republicans (incl leaners)    8   10    7    8   10    7    5  
 
                  Liberals    7    8    7    7    5   10    7 
                 Moderates   10   12    7   12   15    5    6 
             Conservatives    6    8    7    8    8    6    5



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



Table 5B.1.3
Source:  The American National Election Studies
NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed.  See Table 1A.3
       

Table generated:  27NOV05