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Which Party Better Able to Keep U.S. Out of War  1956-2004


                           '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 
 
                Democrats    7   **   15   **   38   11   13   16   14   **   **   **   26   18   22   16   17   **   18   **   12   **   20   **   42 
                     Same   45   **   47   **   46   57   50   61   50   **   **   **   51   62   48   64   52   **   59   **   69   **   60   **   39 
              Republicans   41   **   30   **   12   15   24   14   28   **   **   **   17   13   25   16   27   **   20   **   18   **   17   **   16 
      Don't Know, Depends    7   **    8   **    4   17   13    9    8   **   **   **    6    7    5    5    5   **    3   **    1   **    4   **    3
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                       N  1754      1914      1560 1284 1553  835 1357                1605 1414 2245 2155 2037      2484       851      1806      1208  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 2B.6
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Looking ahead, do you think the problem of keeping out of war
     (1966-1972: a bigger war) would be handled better in the next four
     years (1966-1970: two years) by the Republicans, or by the Democrats,
     or about the same by both?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0522 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
     Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
     Weight variable VCF0010A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation).

     Table generated:  27NOV05