THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ General Interest in Public Affairs 1964-2004 PERCENT AMONG DEMOGRAPHIC GROUPS WHO RESPONDED: 'Only Now and Then' Percent of group: '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 Males 13 14 15 ** 13 10 15 23 20 16 22 19 20 19 18 19 21 25 23 16 22 Females 20 20 21 ** 18 16 20 27 26 25 24 28 29 26 24 27 31 25 34 27 24 Whites 17 17 18 ** 15 13 18 25 23 21 22 24 24 24 21 22 26 24 26 22 22 Blacks 14 23 20 ** 23 24 18 25 23 21 27 28 27 21 19 25 24 25 43 21 26 Grade School 23 19 23 ** 20 13 21 24 16 18 24 25 29 23 19 26 21 20 33 28* 12* High School 18 22 22 ** 19 17 22 29 28 27 27 29 30 27 25 26 28 30 33 28 24 Some College, no Degree 11 10 13 ** 10 13 17 24 24 19 21 22 22 25 21 22 29 25 32 19 28 College Degree/ Post-grad 5 5 6 ** 6 6 6 15 14 13 15 16 17 11 14 17 21 16 19 15 19 Income 0-16 Percentile 20 17 21 ** 19 18 25 29 24 22 27 26 30 23 20 23 28 24 42 ** 26 Income 17-33 Percentile 20 21 22 ** 19 18 21 27 25 27 23 32 28 27 26 28 27 28 33 ** 23 Income 34-67 Percentile 16 19 19 ** 17 14 20 27 26 22 25 25 26 20 22 24 26 27 26 ** 26 Income 68-95 Percentile 15 18 16 ** 13 10 15 24 22 17 19 19 24 24 19 20 26 24 25 ** 22 Income 96-100 Percentile 6 9 18 ** 11 6 8 14 16 15 14 22 22* 23 22 8 17 18 21 ** 15 Professionals 10 ** 8 ** 9 8 10 20 17 15 18 17 19 15 16 17 21 19 24 ** 22 White Collar 16 ** 20 ** 12 20 20 27 28 25 24 24 28 27 25 29 27 24 31 ** 21 Blue Collar 20 ** 23 ** 20 15 21 28 23 23 24 27 28 26 24 23 30 26 31 ** 24 Unskilled 13* ** 35* ** 11* 14* 14 27 30* 13* 25* 31 26* 25 24* 27 42* 41* 55* ** 38* Farmers 14 ** 15 ** 21 16 21 9* 17* 14* 37 31 31 18 18 31* 22* 49* 7* ** 27* Housewives 19 ** 22 ** 18 13 21 25 25 27 24 30 29 27 20 23 26 28 29 ** 23 Union Households 20 20 22 ** 16 12 19 27 25 26 24 22 21 29 20 25 31 23 26 31 20 Non-Union Households 16 17 17 ** 16 14 18 24 23 20 23 25 27 22 21 23 25 25 30 20 24 South 13 14 13 ** 18 14 17 22 19 19 23 25 27 21 20 24 27 28 30 23 25 Nonsouth 18 19 20 ** 15 14 19 26 25 22 23 24 25 24 21 23 26 23 29 22 23 Born 1975 or later ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 46* 27 32 43 44 36 30 Born 1959-1974 ** ** ** ** ** ** ** 36 38 26 30 32 31 26 27 29 33 29 34 24 30 Born 1943-1958 24* 23 24 ** 17 19 23 30 27 25 27 25 27 24 23 22 25 21 23 21 20 Born 1927-1942 17 22 18 ** 16 13 18 24 20 18 21 21 25 18 13 20 22 19 26 12 15 Born 1911-1926 16 15 20 ** 14 10 13 21 18 17 14 18 17 20 15 15 15 15 17 7 3 Born 1895-1910 18 14 17 ** 15 10 15 15 16 16 17 23 23 26 15 7* 7* 0* 0* 55* ** Born before 1895 19 16 14 ** 18 15 27 23* 20* 29* 0* 0* ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Democrats (incl leaners) 19 20 18 ** 15 13 18 25 23 20 25 26 26 22 20 26 29 24 30 22 23 Independents & Apoliticals 19 15 27 ** 20 17 24 27 24 25 23 24 25 23 25 25 36 27 31 27 22 Republicans (incl leaners) 13 16 16 ** 15 13 16 24 23 21 21 22 25 24 21 19 21 25 28 20 24 Liberals ** ** ** ** 7 14 17 25 22 15 18 23 22 15 14 22 26 21 28 25 19 Moderates ** ** ** ** 17 13 19 24 22 20 23 22 29 25 19 25 28 25 30 19 29 Conservatives ** ** ** ** 11 9 11 22 20 17 16 19 22 18 21 15 21 21 20 19 21 * numbers followed by an asterisk indicate 50 or fewer total respondents within group ** indicates question not asked or no cases within group Table 6D.5.2 Source: The American National Election Studies NOTE: variable used for race grouping has changed. See Table 1A.3 Table generated: 27NOV05