'64 | '66 | '68 | '70 | '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '08 | '12 | |
Few Big Interests : | 29 | 33 | 40 | 50 | 53 | 66 | 66 | 67 | 70 | 61 | 55 | ** | 64 | 71 | 75 | 76 | 69 | 64 | 61 | 48 | 56 | 69 | 79 |
Benefit of All : | 64 | 53 | 51 | 41 | 38 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 29 | 39 | ** | 31 | 24 | 20 | 19 | 27 | 32 | 35 | 51 | 40 | 29 | 19 |
Don't Know, Depends: | 7 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 6 | ** | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
N | 1443 | 1276 | 1336 | 1496 | 2273 | 2500 | 2839 | 2263 | 1593 | 1397 | 1898 | 1761 | 1952 | 2228 | 1757 | 1490 | 1271 | 1530 | 1276 | 1061 | 2101 | 5878 |
PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 5A.2
Source: The American National Election Studies
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"Would you say the government is pretty much run by a few big
interests looking out for themselves or that it is run for the
benefit of all the people?"
This question is variable VCF0605 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset.
(Table generated: 11NOV15)
NOTE:
2012 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.
For 2012, the 'Don't Know/Other' category represents face-to-face
Don't Know cases only (in the 2012 Web instrument, a Don't Know
category was not present).
Consult the Cumulative Data File codebook for complete question text and annotation.
Weight variable VCF0009z was used to produce this table
(see weight documentation)
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