THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Which Party Had Most Members of Congress Before the Election  1958-2008


                           '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04  '08 
 
Incorrect, Don't Know, No   53   36   **   36   31   30   50   36   **   39   41   29   68   45   67   41   51   41   30   27   34   49   72   46   60 
                  Correct   47   64   **   64   69   70   50   64   **   61   59   71   32   55   33   59   49   59   70   73   66   51   28   54   40
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                       N  1810 1826      1443 1285 1343 1503 1110      2394 2287 1405 1404 1934 2172 1774 1972 2251 1772 1504 1281 1544 1314 1061 2109  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 1C.1
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1958-1968: "Do you happen to know which party had the most Congressmen
     in Washington before the election this/last month?" (IF NECESSARY:)
     "Which one?"
     1970 and later: "Do you happen to know which party had the most members
     in the House of Representatives in Washington before the elections
     (this/last) month?" (IF NECESSARY:) "Which one?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0729 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0009A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  09AUG10