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Have Economic Policies of Federal Government Made Things Better/Worse 1984-1996
  '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96
Made Better : 34 23 19 ** 4 17 23
No Difference: 38 48 53 ** 50 65 58
Made Worse : 21 21 22 ** 42 15 17
8: 7 8 7 ** 4 3 2
N   2243 2174 2038   2486 1783 1713

PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 4E.5
Source: The American National Election Studies
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QUESTION TEXT:

(1988,1992-later: "Over the past year) Would you say that the economic
policies of the federal government have made the nation's economy
better, worse, or haven't they made much difference either way?"
(IF BETTER/WORSE:) "Would you say the economy is much better/worse or
somewhat better/worse?"


Graph of Response:


Percent among demographic groups who responded:

 
 

This question is variable VCF9044A 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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