The ANES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior
The Guide provides immediate access to tables and graphs that display the ebb and flow of public opinion, electoral behavior, and choice in American politics over time. It serves as a resource for political observers, policy makers, and journalists, teachers, students, and social scientists. The Guide are produced from data in the ANES Cumulative Data File.
- Table 1B.1a. Religion (1), 4 categories
- Table 1B.1b. Religion (2), 7 categories
- Table 1B.1c. Religion (3), 8 categories
- Table 1B.2a. Attitudes about the Origin of the Bible (1), 4 categories
- Table 1B.2b. Attitudes about the Origin of the Bible (2), 3 categories
- Table 1B.3. Religion an Important Part of Life
- Table 1B.4. Religious Guidance in Day-to-Day Living
- Table 1B.5a. Church Attendance (1), 4 categories
- Table 1B.5b. Church Attendance (2), 5 categories
- Table 2B.1. Average Feelings Toward Parties
- Table 2B.2. Average Feeling Thermometer Rating Toward Parties
- Table 2B.3. Which Party Best Able to Handle Most Important Problem
- Table 2B.4. Important Differences Between 2 Parties
- Table 2B.5. Is One Party More Conservative
- Table 2B.6. Which Party Better Able to Keep U.S. Out of War
- Table 2B.7. Which Party More Likely to Favor a Strong Government
- Table 4A.1. Power of the Federal Government
- Table 4A.2. Government Support for Health Care
- Table 4A.3. Government Health Insurance
- Table 4A.4a. Government Guaranteed Job and Standard of Living (1), yes/no
- Table 4A.4b. Government Guaranteed Job and Standard of Living (2), 7 point scale
- Table 4A.5. Government Services and Spending
- Table 4B.1. Change in Situation of Blacks
- Table 4B.2. Pace of Civil Rights Leaders' Actions
- Table 4B.3. Favor Desegregation or Segregation
- Table 4B.4. Aid to Blacks/Minorities
- Table 4B.5. Federal Government Ensure School Integration
- Table 4B.6. Busing to Achieve School Integration
- Table 4B.7. Open Housing
- Table 4B.8. Government See to Fair Treatment in Jobs
- Table 4E.1. Condition of Nation's Economy Over the Last Year
- Table 4E.2. Condition of Nation's Economy Over the Next Year
- Table 4E.3. Respondent's Financial Situation Over the Last Year
- Table 4E.4. Respondent's Financial Situation Over the Next Year
- Table 4E.5. Have Economic Policies of Federal Government Made Things Better/Worse
- Table 6D.1. Watched Campaign on TV
- Table 6D.2. Listened to Campaign Radio Programs
- Table 6D.3. Read Magazine Articles on the Campaign
- Table 6D.4. Read about Campaign in Newspapers
- Table 6D.5. General Interest in Public Affairs
- Table 6D.6. Interest in Current Campaign
- Table 6D.7. Care Who Wins Presidential Election
- Table 6D.8. Care Who Wins Congressional Election
- Table 6D.9. Expected Closeness of Presidential Race
- Table 7B.1. Has Democratic Presidential Candidate Made Respondent Feel Angry
- Table 7B.2. Has Democratic Presidential Candidate Made Respondent Feel Afraid
- Table 7B.3. Has Democratic Presidential Candidate Made Respondent Feel Hopeful
- Table 7B.4. Has Democratic Presidential Candidate Made Respondent Feel Proud
- Table 7B.5. Has Republican Presidential Candidate Made Respondent Feel Angry
- Table 7B.6. Has Republican Presidential Candidate Made Respondent Feel Afraid
- Table 7B.7. Has Republican Presidential Candidate Made Respondent Feel Hopeful
- Table 7B.8. Has Republican Presidential Candidate Made Respondent Feel Proud
- Table 7C.1. Democratic Presidential Candidate Inspiring
- Table 7C.2. Democratic Presidential Candidate Knowledgeable
- Table 7C.3. Democratic Presidential Candidate Moral
- Table 7C.4. Democratic Presidential Candidate Strong Leader
- Table 7C.5. Republican Presidential Candidate Inspiring
- Table 7C.6. Republican Presidential Candidate Knowledgeable
- Table 7C.7. Republican Presidential Candidate Moral
- Table 7C.8. Republican Presidential Candidate Strong Leader
How to Cite
The American National Election Studies (www.electionstudies.org). THE ANES GUIDE TO PUBLIC OPINION AND ELECTORAL BEHAVIOR. These materials are based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers SES 1444721, 2014-2017, the University of Michigan, and Stanford University. Any opinions, findings and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding organizations.
Notes
** A double asterisk indicates the question was not asked in that year’s study or that there are no respondents available in that year who answered the question.
– A dash indicates the particular response option was not available in that year.
__ An underline indicates that 50 or fewer total respondents for that subgroup answered the question.
Most of the time, the numbers in the display table are percentages — the percentage of respondents in each Election Study that had given each of the responses listed. When this is the case, Percentage Within Study Year appears under the table.
In some instances, the average response is displayed for each year, rather than percentages by response category. If averages rather than percentages are being displayed, AVERAGE WITHIN STUDY YEAR will appear under the table.