THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Tried to Influence How Others Vote 1952-2004 '52 '54 '56 '58 '60 '62 '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 No 73 ** 72 83 67 82 69 78 67 73 68 85 63 79 64 77 68 79 71 83 63 78 72 81 66 71 52 Yes 27 ** 28 17 33 18 31 22 33 27 32 15 37 21 36 23 32 21 29 17 37 22 28 19 34 29 48 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ N 1708 1762 1784 1828 1287 1447 1286 1346 1505 2189 2523 2400 2291 1406 1402 1939 2172 1774 1976 2254 1787 1503 1280 1544 1317 1061 PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR Table 6B.1 Source: The American National Election Studies QUESTION TEXT: "During the campaign, did you talk to any people and try to show them why they should vote for (1984 and later: or against) one of the parties or candidates?" This question is variable VCF0717 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