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Military Spending (1) 1972-1976
  '72 '74 '76
Cut Military Spending : 35 ** 18
Continue at Least Same: 57 ** 76
Don't Know, Other : 8 ** 6
N   1167   2849

PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4D.3a
Source: The American National Election Studies
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QUESTION TEXT:

"Some people believe that our armed forces are already powerful enough
and that we should spend less money for defense. Others feel that
military spending should at least continue at the present level. How
do you feel - should military spending be cut, or should it continue
at least at the present level?"


Graph of Response:


Percent among demographic groups who responded:

 
 

This question is variable VCF0828 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)


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