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Pace of Civil Rights Leaders' Action 1964-1992
  '64 '66 '68 '70 '72 '74 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92
Too Slowly : 5 5 7 12 8 9 8 ** 13 ** 12 14 15 11 17
About Right : 25 19 27 35 41 44 47 ** 48 ** 55 59 56 54 55
Too Fast : 63 65 63 49 46 41 39 ** 33 ** 30 24 25 27 25
Don't Know, Other: 6 12 3 5 5 6 5 ** 6 ** 3 2 4 8 3
N   1542 1279 1528 800 2677 2447 2826   1374   945 1072 1757 978 2220

PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4B.2
Source: The American National Election Studies
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QUESTION TEXT:

"Some say that the civil rights people have been trying to push too
fast. Others feel they haven't pushed fast enough. How about you:
Do you think that civil rights leaders are trying to push too fast,
are going too slowly, or are they moving about the right speed?"


Graph of Response:


Percent among demographic groups who responded:

 
 

This question is variable VCF0814 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
Weight variable VCF0011A was used to produce this table (see weight documentation)

(Table generated: 27NOV05)


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