THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Liberal-Conservative Self-Identification  1972-2004


                           '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
        Extremely Liberal    1    2    1    2    2    1    2    1    2    1    2    1    1    2    2    2    2 
                  Liberal    7   11    7    8    6    6    7    6    6    7    8    6    7    7    9   12    9 
         Slightly Liberal   10    8    8   10    9    8    9   11    9    8   10    7   10    9    9    9   12 
 Moderate, Middle of Road   27   26   25   27   20   22   23   28   22   24   23   26   24   28   23   22   26 
    Slightly Conservative   15   12   12   14   13   13   14   15   15   14   15   14   15   15   12   10   13 
             Conservative   10   12   11   11   13   12   13   13   14   10   13   19   15   13   15   21   16 
   Extremely Conservative    1    2    2    2    2    2    2    2    3    2    3    3    3    2    3    4    3 
      DK, Haven't Thought   28   27   33   27   36   36   30   25   30   33   27   24   25   23   27   22   20
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                       N  2155 2478 2839 2284 1565 1400 2229 2170 2035 1967 2483 1783 1712 1280  849 1490 1059  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 3.1
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     ALL YEARS EXC. 2000 TELEPHONE AND 2002: "Here is (1972,1974: I'm
     going to show you) a 7-point scale on which the political views
     that people might hold are arranged from extremely liberal to
     extremely conservative."
     "Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you thought
     much about this?" (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)"
     2000 TELEPHONE AND 2002:  "When it comes to politics do you usually
     think of yourself as extremely liberal, liberal, slightly liberal,
     moderate or middle of the road, slightly conservative, extremely
     conservative, or haven't you thought much about this?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0803 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