THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR
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Is the Government Run for the Benefit of All  1964-2008


                           '64  '66  '68  '70  '72  '74  '76  '78  '80  '82  '84  '86  '88  '90  '92  '94  '96  '98  '00  '02  '04  '08 
 
        Few Big Interests   29   33   40   50   53   66   66   67   70   61   55   **   64   71   75   76   69   64   61   48   56   69 
           Benefit of All   64   53   51   41   38   25   24   24   21   29   39   **   31   24   20   19   27   32   35   51   40   29 
      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
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                       N  1443 1276 1336 1496 2273 2500 2839 2263 1593 1397 1898      1761 1952 2228 1757 1490 1271 1530 1276 1061 2101  



PERCENTAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR
Table 5A.2
Source:  The American National Election Studies



     QUESTION TEXT:

     "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.
     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:  05AUG10