Average Feelings Toward Parties 1952-2004
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| '52 | '54 | '56 | '58 | '60 | '62 | '64 | '66 | '68 | '70 | '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | |
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| Democratic Party | 0.1 | ** | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ** | 0.4 | ** | -0.2 | ** | 0.1 | ** | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | -0.3 | 0.2 | ** | 0.4 | ** | 0.3 |
| Republican Party | 0.1 | ** | 0.1 | -0.3 | 0.1 | ** | -0.2 | ** | 0 | ** | -0.2 | ** | -0.3 | 0 | 0 | -0.3 | 0 | -0.1 | 0 | -0.4 | -0.4 | 0 | -0.1 | ** | -0.1 | ** | -0.2 |
| Net Pro Dem. - Pro Rep. | 0 | ** | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | ** | 0.6 | ** | -0.1 | ** | 0.2 | ** | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | -0.3 | 0.4 | ** | 0.4 | ** | 0.4 |
Table 2B.1.
Source: VCF0316,VCF0320,VCF0322 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Percent among demographic groups who responded:
Question Text:
"Is there anything in particular that you like about the Democratic party? What is that? Anything else?"
"Is there anything in particular that you don't like about the Democratic party? What is that? Anything else?"
"Is there anything in particular that you like about the Republican party? What is that? Anything else?"
"Is there anything in particular that you don't like about the Republican party? What is that? Anything else?"
Note:
Affect (feelings) toward the Democratic Party is the number of Democratic party 'likes' minus the number of Democratic party 'dislikes.'
Affect (feelings) toward the Republican Party is the number of Republican Party 'likes' minus the number of Republican Party 'dislikes.'
The Net affect (Pro Dem. - Pro Rep.) toward parties is the difference between two sums: the sum of Democratic party 'likes' and Republican party 'dislikes' MINUS the sum of Democratic party 'dislikes' and Republican party 'likes.'
While likes-dislikes questions continued to be included in our questionnaires, we ceased coding them in 2008 and so 2004 is the last year which appears in this table; since that time, they are only available in redacted open-ended form so that users can code them in different ways that suit their individual purposes.