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Important Differences Between 2 Parties 1952-2020
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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 | '06 | '08 | '10 | '12 | '14 | '16 | '18 | '20 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Difference | 41 (724) |
** | ** | ** | 43 (789) |
** | 44 (641) |
56 (718) |
44 (589) |
** | 44 (485) |
** | 42 (1212) |
** | 34 (473) |
** | 30 (288) |
44 (470) |
35 (613) |
48 (471) |
35 (785) |
42 (757) |
35 (253) |
41 (528) |
33 (512) |
** | 20 (208) |
** | 21 (437) |
** | 18 (1010) |
** | 16 (582) |
** | 10 (723) |
| Yes, a Difference | 50 (876) |
** | ** | ** | 50 (915) |
** | 55 (797) |
40 (517) |
52 (700) |
** | 46 (513) |
** | 47 (1349) |
** | 58 (816) |
** | 63 (610) |
48 (516) |
60 (1056) |
45 (444) |
60 (1350) |
50 (899) |
64 (465) |
56 (718) |
64 (993) |
** | 76 (803) |
** | 78 (1635) |
** | 81 (4405) |
** | 83 (3024) |
** | 90 (6558) |
| Don't Know, Depends | 9 (157) |
** | ** | ** | 6 (114) |
** | 1 (11) |
4 (53) |
4 (58) |
** | 10 (115) |
** | 10 (299) |
** | 8 (117) |
** | 8 (78) |
9 (93) |
6 (104) |
6 (61) |
5 (117) |
7 (131) |
2 (12) |
3 (33) |
2 (38) |
** | 5 (49) |
** | 2 (35) |
** | 1 (52) |
** | 1 (22) |
** | 0 (0) |
| N | 1757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1818 | 0 | 1449 | 1288 | 1347 | 0 | 1113 | 0 | 2860 | 0 | 1406 | 0 | 976 | 1079 | 1773 | 976 | 2252 | 1787 | 730 | 1279 | 1543 | 0 | 1060 | 0 | 2107 | 0 | 5467 | 0 | 3628 | 0 | 7280 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 2B.4.
Source: VCF0501 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0009z
Link to see data by mode (2012, 2016)
Percent among demographic groups who responded:
Question Text:
"Do you think there are any important differences in what the Republicans and Democrats stand for?"
Note:
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.