THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Are Government Officials Crooked  1958-2004


                           '58  '60  '62  '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04 
 
              Quite a Few   24   **   **   29   **   25   32   36   45   42   39   47   **   32   **   40   48   46   52   44   41   36   30   35 
                 Not Many   44   **   **   49   **   52   49   45   42   40   42   41   **   50   **   45   40   44   39   47   46   49   56   53 
               Hardly Any   26   **   **   18   **   19   16   14   10   13   13    9   **   14   **   11    9    9    8    9   12   13   14   10 
               Don't Know    6   **   **    4   **    4    3    4    3    5    6    4   **    4   **    4    3    2    1    1    1    2    0    2
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                       N  1774           1438      1330 1489 2268 2498 2832 2266 1600      1905      1764 1957 2234 1765 1495 1275 1539 1297 1058  



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



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "Do you think that quite a few of the people running the government
     are (1958-1972: a little) crooked, not very many are, or do you
     think hardly any of them are crooked (1958-1972: at all)?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0608 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