THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Important Difference in What Democratic and Republican Parties Stand For  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 
 
            No Difference   41   **   **   **   43   **   44   56   44   **   44   **   42   **   34   **   30   44   35   48   35   42   35   41   33   **   20 
        Yes, a Difference   50   **   **   **   50   **   55   40   52   **   46   **   47   **   58   **   63   48   60   45   60   50   64   56   64   **   76 
      Don't Know, Depends    9   **   **   **    6   **    1    4    4   **   10   **   10   **    8   **    8    9    6    6    5    7    2    3    2   **    5
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                       N  1757                1818      1449 1288 1347      1113      2859      1406       976 1079 1773  976 2252 1787  730 1279 1542      1060  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 2B.4
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Do you think there are any important differences in what the
     Republicans and Democrats stand for?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0501 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:  27NOV05