THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Power of the Federal Government  1964-2000


                           '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00 
 
     Govt. Not Too Strong   36   27   30   33   27   **   20   14   15   **   22   **   19   **   17   **   **   **   17 
       Govt. Too Powerful   30   39   40   31   41   **   49   43   49   **   32   **   33   **   40   **   **   **   39 
  Don't Know, No Interest   34   34   29   36   32   **   31   43   36   **   46   **   47   **   43   **   **   **   44
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                       N  1569 1286 1552 1499 1318      2856 2276 1405       973      1772      2200                1540  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4A.1
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Some people are afraid the government in Washington is getting too
     powerful for the good of the country and the individual person.
     Others feel that the government in Washington is not getting too
     strong (1964,1966,1970: has not gotten too strong for the good of
     the country)."
     1964-1972: "Have you been interested enough in this to favor one side
     over the other?"/ 1976-1992: "Do you have an opinion on this or not?"
     ALL YEARS: (IF YES:) "What is your feeling, do you think the
     government is getting too powerful or do you think the
     government is not getting too strong?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0829 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