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Contacted to Register or Vote  1984-2002

PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Yes'



     Percent of group:      '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02 
 
                     Males   34   33   35   29   37   26   39   26   43   51 
                   Females   33   31   32   30   37   33   37   28   44   51  
 
                    Whites   32   31   32   28   36   30   38   27   41   49 
                    Blacks   37   38   45   36   41   27   44   32   58   59  
 
              Grade School   13   19   26   14   23   25   31   16   25   37* 
               High School   32   28   31   29   34   26   33   27   40   47 
   Some College, no Degree   41   39   38   37   44   36   47   31   52   54 
 College Degree/ Post-grad   38   39   37   32   40   33   37   27   46   56  
 
    Income 0-16 Percentile   34   31   28   28   34   22   36   24   35   ** 
   Income 17-33 Percentile   33   29   28   28   36   30   42   26   48   ** 
   Income 34-67 Percentile   35   30   35   29   38   31   36   31   43   ** 
   Income 68-95 Percentile   34   36   37   33   42   32   41   27   49   ** 
  Income 96-100 Percentile   34   43   44*  38   34   35   32   24   34   **  
 
             Professionals   35   38   37   31   38   28   39   28   49   ** 
              White Collar   35   31   37   34   37   35   36   29   42   ** 
               Blue Collar   31   30   29   27   38   29   34   21   40   ** 
                 Unskilled   41*  32   38*  25   29*  29   39*  29*  38*  ** 
                   Farmers   23   25   31   14   22   15*  55*  29*  53*  ** 
                Housewives   29   25   29   30   35   30   32   29   40   **  
 
          Union Households   36   34   40   33   40   33   41   31   52   58 
      Non-Union Households   33   31   32   29   36   29   37   27   43   50  
 
                     South   31   27   28   25   34   26   35   22   40   44 
                  Nonsouth   34   34   36   31   38   32   40   30   46   54  
 
        Born 1975 or later   **   **   **   **   85*  29   61   32   66   58 
            Born 1959-1974   50   38   39   33   43   33   39   27   41   54 
            Born 1943-1958   38   32   36   33   41   27   36   26   41   48 
            Born 1927-1942   28   34   31   24   29   32   35   32   42   45 
            Born 1911-1926   22   27   30   24   28   25   34   21   33   43 
            Born 1895-1910   13   12   19   16   23   30*  22*  15*  23*  25* 
          Born before 1895    0*   0*  **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **  
 
  Democrats (incl leaners)   36   34   33   33   39   32   37   29   46   53 
Independents & Apoliticals   27   23   30   21   32   25   35   18   38   41 
Republicans (incl leaners)   32   32   36   28   35   29   39   28   43   51  
 
                  Liberals   40   40   36   37   47   34   42   30   47   55 
                 Moderates   35   30   33   28   35   32   36   30   51   51 
             Conservatives   32   35   38   32   36   33   42   27   43   53



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



Table 6C.2.1
Source:  The American National Election Studies
NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed.  See Table 1A.3
       

Table generated:  27NOV05