THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Time of Presidential Election Vote Decision  1948-2004


                           '48  '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 
 
           Knew All Along   41   32   **   45   **   25   **   18   **   21   **   33   **   20   **   20   **   30   **   15   **   19   **   28   **   12   **   33 
 When Candidate Announced    0    4   **   15   **    6   **   23   **   14   **   11   **   14   **   20   **   22   **   17   **   21   **   23   **   32   **   22 
       During Conventions   31   32   **   19   **   31   **   25   **   24   **   18   **   21   **   18   **   18   **   29   **   14   **   13   **   10   **   14 
          Post-Convention   15   21   **   12   **   26   **   21   **   19   **   24   **   22   **   15   **   17   **   22   **   22   **   17   **   23   **   15 
 Last 2 weeks of campaign   10    9   **    7   **    9   **    9   **   14   **    8   **   17   **   17   **   10   **   12   **   17   **   12   **   18   **   13 
             Election Day    3    2   **    2   **    3   **    4   **    7   **    5   **    7   **    9   **    4   **    5   **    8   **    7   **    5   **    2
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                       N   382 1202      1230      1385      1089       960      1487      1638       984      1391      1199      1653      1055      1096       796  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 9A.3
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "How long before the election did you decide that you were going to
     vote the way you did?"
       


     This question is variable VCF0712 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