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   36   25   20   **    4   18   23 
            No Difference   41   52   57   **   52   67   60 
               Made Worse   22   23   23   **   44   16   17
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                       N  2077 1993 1895      2392 1727 1672  



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:  20AUG10