THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Military Spending (1)  1972-1976


                           '72  '74  '76 
 
    Cut Military Spending   35   **   18 
   Continue at Least Same   57   **   76 
        Don't Know, Other    8   **    6
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                       N  1167      2849  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4D.3a
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Some people believe that our armed forces are already powerful enough
     and that we should spend less money for defense. Others feel that
     military spending should at least continue at the present level. How
     do you feel - should military spending be cut, or should it continue
     at least at the present level?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0828 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