THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Elections Make the Government Pay Attention 1964-2008 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Not Much' Percent of group: '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '08 Males 7 9 9 9 7 12 11 9 12 ** 22 ** 17 ** 11 ** 14 12 14 9 6 13 Females 6 9 8 9 8 11 10 11 13 ** 19 ** 18 ** 11 ** 17 13 13 8 9 9 Whites 7 10 9 7 7 11 10 10 12 ** 19 ** 15 ** 11 ** 16 11 13 7 6 10 Blacks 6 3 5 18 11 16 9 12 16 ** 20 ** 29 ** 16 ** 12 19 14 20 18 12 Grade Sch./Some High Sch. 8 15 14 15 11 19 17 14 20 ** 23 ** 27 ** 13 ** 23 18 29 23* 25* 31* High School Diploma 5 8 7 9 7 11 10 12 14 ** 22 ** 20 ** 14 ** 18 17 17 12 8 13 Some College, no Degree 9 3 8 8 5 8 9 7 9 ** 18 ** 16 ** 10 ** 14 10 9 6 7 11 College Degree/ Post-grad 6 4 4 1 6 6 5 3 9 ** 16 ** 9 ** 7 ** 9 6 9 4 4 6 Income 0-16 Percentile 10 14 13 20 10 16 13 16 19 ** 22 ** 24 ** 15 ** 16 15 20 ** 14 15 Income 17-33 Percentile 5 10 9 12 10 14 12 11 13 ** 21 ** 20 ** 14 ** 16 17 16 ** 6 12 Income 34-67 Percentile 5 10 8 9 7 8 9 9 12 ** 18 ** 17 ** 9 ** 19 13 14 ** 7 10 Income 68-95 Percentile 7 6 7 5 5 10 8 8 8 ** 19 ** 12 ** 10 ** 11 10 7 ** 5 9 Income 96-100 Percentile 4 1 6 0* 5 1 5 5 12 ** 13 ** 11* ** 6 ** 8 4 10 ** 3 9 Professionals 7 ** 7 5 7 8 9 7 9 ** 18 ** 14 ** 9 ** 10 8 9 ** 5 ** White Collar 3 ** 8 8 6 7 6 9 10 ** 22 ** 17 ** 10 ** 21 13 15 ** 6 ** Blue Collar 8 ** 10 12 8 14 12 12 15 ** 20 ** 19 ** 15 ** 15 18 19 ** 9 ** Unskilled 6* ** 5* 20* 11* 14* 20 7 10* ** 24 ** 33* ** 13* ** 23* 23* 13* ** 16* ** Farmers 11 ** 16 16* 11 16 10 5* 10* ** 26 ** 24 ** 6 ** 20* 0* 13* ** 3* ** Housewives 5 ** 7 8 8 12 12 12 14 ** 18 ** 16 ** 12 ** 21 12 12 ** 9 ** Union Households 5 11 8 11 8 12 11 11 13 ** 20 ** 17 ** 9 ** 18 10 10 10 7 10 Non-Union Households 7 8 9 9 7 11 10 10 12 ** 20 ** 18 ** 12 ** 15 13 14 9 7 11 South 6 10 9 11 7 12 12 12 11 ** 20 ** 20 ** 13 ** 15 11 13 12 8 11 Nonsouth 7 9 8 9 8 11 10 9 13 ** 20 ** 16 ** 10 ** 16 13 14 7 7 11 Born 1991 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 9 Born 1975-1990 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 0* ** 18 14 15 9 8 12 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 8 7 ** 19 ** 17 ** 13 ** 19 13 14 10 7 10 Born 1943-1958 14* 10 9 14 5 9 8 9 13 ** 18 ** 15 ** 10 ** 12 13 13 6 4 12 Born 1927-1942 6 6 8 6 7 11 12 10 9 ** 22 ** 16 ** 12 ** 12 11 10 8 11 15 Born 1911-1926 5 9 7 6 8 11 12 10 16 ** 23 ** 21 ** 11 ** 17 12 19 10 11 ** Born 1895-1910 6 7 11 12 11 16 10 10 13 ** 22 ** 25 ** 12 ** 30* 14* 0* 57* ** ** Born before 1895 13 25 13 20* 10 14 8 20* 10* ** 25* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 4 10 8 11 8 11 10 10 13 ** 20 ** 20 ** 10 ** 14 10 13 10 11 10 Independents 12 12 13 11 10 19 15 16 18 ** 24 ** 24 ** 21 ** 23 21 23 29 17 17 Republicans (incl leaners) 9 5 7 5 5 7 9 7 9 ** 18 ** 12 ** 10 ** 16 13 11 3 1 10 Liberals ** ** ** ** 6 12 6 8 12 ** 17 ** 16 ** 7 ** 12 12 6 6 11 6 Moderates ** ** ** ** 7 7 6 7 12 ** 23 ** 16 ** 11 ** 18 10 8 7 8 12 Conservatives ** ** ** ** 7 12 10 8 10 ** 18 ** 13 ** 12 ** 12 11 9 5 2 11 * 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 5C.2.1 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 05AUG10