Table 2B.1
Average Feelings Toward Parties  1952-2004


                           '52  '54  '56  '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
         Democratic Party   .1   **   .5   .5   .5   **   .4   **  -.2   **   .1   **   .2   .1   .2   .3   .3   .2   .3   .2   .3  -.3   .2   **   .4   **   .3
         Republican Party   .1   **   .1  -.3   .1   **  -.2   **    0   **  -.2   **  -.3    0    0  -.3    0  -.1    0  -.4  -.4    0  -.1   **  -.1   **  -.2
  Net Pro Dem. - Pro Rep.    0   **   .4   .8   .4   **   .6   **  -.1   **   .2   **   .5   .2   .2   .6   .3   .4   .2   .6   .6  -.3   .4   **   .4   **   .4


     Source:  The National Election Studies

     "Is there anything in particular that you like about the Democratic
     party? What is that? Anything else?"
     "Is there anything in particular that you don't like about the
     Democratic party? What is that? Anything else?"
     "Is there anything in particular that you like about the Republican
     party? What is that? Anything else?"
     "Is there anything in particular that you don't like about the
     Republican party? What is that? Anything else?"
     

     Affect (feelings) toward the Democratic Party is the number of
     Democratic party 'likes' minus the number of Democratic party
     'dislikes.'
     Affect (feelings) toward the Republican Party is the number of
     Republican Party 'likes' minus the number of Republican Party
     'dislikes.'
     The Net affect (Pro Dem. - Pro Rep.) toward parties is the
     difference between two sums:  the sum of Democratic party 'likes'
     and Republican party 'dislikes'  MINUS the sum of Democratic party
     'dislikes' and Republican party 'likes.'
       
     This represents variables VCF0316,VCF0320,VCF0322 in the NES 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.

Table generated:  27NOV05