THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Is One Party More Conservative  1960-2004


                           '60  '62  '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
           Yes, Democrats   11   **   14   **    9   16   15   **   17   **   **   **   15   **   12   18   12   **   **   **   **   **   17 
         Yes, Republicans   61   **   59   **   63   51   57   **   54   **   **   **   53   **   57   44   57   **   **   **   **   **   68 
No, Both Same, Don't Know   28   **   27   **   28   33   28   **   29   **   **   **   32   **   31   38   31   **   **   **   **   **   15
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                       N  1811      1435      1339 1496 1109      2818                 972      1772  974 2251                          1059  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 2B.5
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1960-1976: "Would you say that one of the parties (1972: either
     party) is more conservative or more liberal than the other
     (1970-1976: at the national level?)?"
     (IF YES:) "Which party is more conservative?"
     (IF NO in 1960,1968/ IF NO or DK in 1964,1970,1972,1976:) "Do you
     think that people generally consider the Democrats or the Republicans
     more conservative or wouldn't you want to guess about that?"
     1984 and later: "Would you say that either one of the parties
     is more conservative than the other at the national level?"
     (IF YES:) "Which party is more conservative?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0502 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