THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Which Party Had Most Members of Congress After the Election  1958-1984


                           '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84 
 
Incorrect, Don't Know, No   23   45   **   21   79   51   46   44   **   42   60   85   46   49 
                  Correct   77   55   **   79   21   49   54   56   **   58   40   15   54   51
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                       N  1810 1819      1442 1282 1343 1504 1110      2392 2283 1405 1405 1930  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 1C.2
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1958-1968: "Do you happen to know which party elected the most
     Congressmen in the elections this/last month?" (IF YES:) "Which one?"
     1970-1984: "Do you happen to know which party elected the most members
     to the House of representatives in the elections this/last month?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0730 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