Which Party Best Able to Handle Most Important Problem 1972 -2008
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| '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | '94 | '96 | '98 | '00 | '02 | '04 | '06 | '08 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 23 (242) |
** | 34 (753) |
17 (367) |
10 (134) |
29 (391) |
24 (438) |
23 (483) |
23 (396) |
** | 39 (768) |
16 (271) |
23 (173) |
27 (310) |
27 (230) |
** | ** | ** | ** |
| Not Much Difference | 42 (432) |
** | 46 (1024) |
60 (1294) |
43 (575) |
44 (589) |
43 (782) |
54 (1118) |
53 (898) |
** | 47 (929) |
54 (944) |
57 (419) |
56 (647) |
46 (397) |
** | ** | ** | ** |
| Republicans | 25 (257) |
** | 12 (277) |
16 (348) |
40 (542) |
22 (293) |
31 (565) |
18 (370) |
21 (361) |
** | 13 (256) |
28 (491) |
20 (147) |
16 (186) |
22 (193) |
** | ** | ** | ** |
| Don't Know, Other | 10 (99) |
** | 8 (171) |
7 (144) |
7 (95) |
5 (69) |
2 (45) |
5 (104) |
3 (43) |
** | 2 (37) |
2 (32) |
0 (2) |
1 (16) |
5 (43) |
** | ** | ** | ** |
| N | 1030 | 0 | 2225 | 2153 | 1346 | 1342 | 1830 | 2075 | 1698 | 0 | 1990 | 1738 | 741 | 1159 | 863 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 2B.3.
Source: VCF9012 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Percent among demographic groups who responded:
Question Text:
(IF R HAS MENTIONED A 'MOST IMPORTANT PROBLEM' IN THE NATION:) "Which political party do you think would be most likely to get the government to do a better job in dealing with this problem (1972: to be helpful on this problem) --the Republicans, the Democrats, or wouldn't there be much difference between them?"