THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Listened to Campaign Radio Programs  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   30   **   55   **   58   **   52   **   59   **   57   **   55   54   53   54   55   59   69   **   63   **   62   **   62   **   49 
                      Yes   70   **   45   **   42   **   48   **   41   **   43   **   45   46   47   46   45   41   31   **   37   **   38   **   38   **   51
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                       N  1708      1758      1823      1444      1335      1116      2395 2291 1406 1401 1941 2170 2040      2310      1499      1539      1061  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 6D.2
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     1952,1956: "How about radio--did you listen to any speeches or
     discussions about the campaign on the radio?" (1952 only: IF YES:)
     Would you say you listened quite a lot or not very much.)"
     1960-1988,1992: (1960-1988: "How about radio.) Did you listen to any
     speeches or discussions about the campaign on the radio?"
     1960-1980,1984-1988,1992,1996: (IF YES:) "How many programs about the
     campaign did you listen to (1996: would you way you listened to) on
     the radio--a good many, several, or just one or two?"
       

     NOTE:  
     Cases where R responded Yes but, when asked how many programs,
     volunteered 'None,' are coded No.

     This question is variable VCF0725 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