THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Have Economic Policies of Federal Government Made Things Better/Worse  1984-1996


                           '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96 
 
              Made Better   34   23   19   **    4   17   23 
            No Difference   38   48   53   **   50   65   58 
               Made Worse   21   21   22   **   42   15   17 
                        8    7    8    7   **    4    3    2
                          ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 

                       N  2243 2174 2038      2486 1783 1713  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4E.5
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     (1988,1992-later: "Over the past year) Would you say that the economic
     policies of the federal government have made the nation's economy
     better, worse, or haven't they made much difference either way?"
     (IF BETTER/WORSE:) "Would you say the economy is much better/worse or
     somewhat better/worse?"
       


     This question is variable VCF9044A 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