The ANES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior

Republican Presidential Candidate Knowledgeable 1980 -2008

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Data Table

  '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00 '02 '04 '06 '08
Extremely Well 22
(318)		 ** 29
(619)		 ** 22
(425)		 ** 22
(525)		 ** 20
(337)		 ** 16
(274)		 ** 19
(227)		 ** 23
(257)
Quite Well 49
(718)		 ** 48
(1036)		 ** 61
(1184)		 ** 61
(1486)		 ** 63
(1030)		 ** 55
(945)		 ** 41
(487)		 ** 55
(615)
Not Too Well 21
(316)		 ** 16
(352)		 ** 15
(281)		 ** 15
(367)		 ** 15
(245)		 ** 22
(372)		 ** 26
(316)		 ** 17
(189)
Not Well at All 8
(119)		 ** 7
(152)		 ** 2
(46)		 ** 2
(58)		 ** 2
(33)		 ** 7
(118)		 ** 14
(167)		 ** 5
(58)
N 1471 0 2159 0 1936 0 2436 0 1645 0 1709 0 1197 0 1119

Percentage Within Study Year
Table 7C.6.
Source: VCF0366 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset, weighted with VCF0009z

Percent among demographic groups who responded:

Quite Well/ Extremely Well
Not Too Well/ Not Well at All

Question Text:

"Think about {the republican presidential candidate}. In your opinion, does the phrase KNOWLEDGEABLE describe {the republican presidential candidate} extremely well, quite well, not too well or not well at all?"

Note:

This question was administered to a half-sample in 2008.

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