THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR ______________________________________________________ Care Who Wins Presidential Election 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 Don't Care/Don't Know 33 ** 37 ** 35 ** 35 ** 35 ** 40 ** 43 ** 44 ** 35 ** 39 ** 25 ** 22 ** 24 ** 15 Care a Good Deal 67 ** 63 ** 65 ** 65 ** 65 ** 60 ** 57 ** 56 ** 65 ** 61 ** 75 ** 78 ** 76 ** 85 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ N 1763 1723 1873 1562 1496 2682 2844 1555 2241 2036 2477 1714 1807 1212 PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR Table 6D.7 Source: The American National Election Studies QUESTION TEXT: "Generally speaking, would you say that you personally care a good deal which party (1992 AND LATER: who) wins the presidential election this fall, or don't you care very much which party (1992 AND LATER: who) wins?" This question is variable VCF0311 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