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Contacted to Register or Vote  1984-2002

PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'No'



     Percent of group:      '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02 
 
                     Males   66   67   65   71   63   74   61   74   57   49 
                   Females   67   69   68   70   63   67   63   72   56   49  
 
                    Whites   68   70   68   72   64   70   62   73   59   51 
                    Blacks   63   62   55   64   59   73   56   68   42   41  
 
              Grade School   87   81   74   86   77   75   69   84   75   63* 
               High School   68   72   69   72   66   74   67   73   60   53 
   Some College, no Degree   59   61   62   63   56   64   53   69   48   46 
 College Degree/ Post-grad   62   61   63   68   60   67   63   73   54   44  
 
    Income 0-16 Percentile   66   69   72   72   66   78   64   76   65   ** 
   Income 17-33 Percentile   67   71   72   72   64   70   58   74   52   ** 
   Income 34-67 Percentile   65   70   65   71   62   69   64   69   57   ** 
   Income 68-95 Percentile   66   64   63   67   58   68   59   73   51   ** 
  Income 96-100 Percentile   66   57   56*  62   66   65   68   76   66   **  
 
             Professionals   65   62   63   69   62   72   61   72   51   ** 
              White Collar   65   69   63   66   63   65   64   71   58   ** 
               Blue Collar   69   70   71   73   62   71   66   79   60   ** 
                 Unskilled   59*  68   62*  75   71*  71   61*  71*  62*  ** 
                   Farmers   77   75   69   86   78   85*  45*  71*  47*  ** 
                Housewives   71   75   71   70   65   70   68   71   60   **  
 
          Union Households   64   66   60   67   60   67   59   69   48   42 
      Non-Union Households   68   69   68   71   64   71   63   73   57   50  
 
                     South   69   73   72   75   66   74   65   78   60   56 
                  Nonsouth   66   66   64   69   62   68   60   70   54   46  
 
        Born 1975 or later   **   **   **   **   15*  71   39   68   34   42 
            Born 1959-1974   51   62   61   67   57   67   61   73   59   46 
            Born 1943-1958   62   68   64   67   59   73   64   74   59   52 
            Born 1927-1942   72   66   69   76   71   68   65   68   58   55 
            Born 1911-1926   78   73   70   76   72   75   66   79   67   57 
            Born 1895-1910   87   88   81   84   77   70*  78*  85*  77*  75* 
          Born before 1895  100* 100*  **   **   **   **   **   **   **   **  
 
  Democrats (incl leaners)   64   66   68   67   61   68   63   71   54   47 
Independents & Apoliticals   73   77   70   79   68   75   65   82   62   59 
Republicans (incl leaners)   68   68   64   72   65   71   61   72   57   49  
 
                  Liberals   60   60   64   63   53   66   58   71   53   45 
                 Moderates   65   70   67   72   65   68   64   70   49   49 
             Conservatives   68   65   62   68   64   67   58   73   57   47



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



Table 6C.2.2
Source:  The American National Election Studies
NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed.  See Table 1A.3
       

Table generated:  27NOV05