THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Military Spending (2), 7-point scale  1980-2004


                           '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
       Greatly Decrease 1    3    8    8    9    8   11    8   10    4   **    3   **    3 
                        2    2    8    9   10    9   11   12   10    8   **    3   **    5 
                        3    5   12   11   14   12   15   20   14   14   **    7   **    8 
                        4   15   26   28   27   29   29   29   33   28   **   22   **   23 
                        5   21   15   16   17   15   11   10   16   18   **   22   **   24 
                        6   20    7    9    7    8    4    4    6    9   **   14   **   13 
       Greatly Increase 7   20    4    7    5    6    4    3    3    5   **    9   **    9 
      DK, Haven't Thought   15   20   13   11   14   14   14    8   15   **   20   **   14
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                       N  1604 1402 2228 2166 2028 1966 2482 1776 1711       980      1212  



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



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Some people believe that we should spend much less money for defense.
     Others feel that defense spending should be greatly increased.
     Where would you place yourself on this scale or haven't you thought
     much about this?"  (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)
       


     This question is variable VCF0843 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