THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Contacted by Either Major Party 1956-2004 '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 Yes 17 ** 22 ** 26 23 25 ** 29 23 28 30 24 31 24 25 24 19 20 25 26 27 35 41 43 No 83 ** 78 ** 74 77 75 ** 71 77 72 70 76 69 76 75 76 81 80 75 74 73 65 59 57 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ N 1741 1792 1438 1263 1338 1119 2523 2394 2279 1405 1399 1937 2158 1774 1970 2252 1782 1502 1276 1543 1280 1052 PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR Table 6C.1a Source: The American National Election Studies QUESTION TEXT: "Did anyone from one (1956,1960,1964,1966,1968: either) of the political parties call you up or come around and talk to you about the (1956,1960,1964,1966,1968: during the) campaign (1976ff: this year)?" (IF YES:) "Which party was that (1956,1960: were they from)?" This question is variable VCF9030A 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