Is One Party More Conservative 1960 -2016
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| '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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes, Democrats | 11 (199) |
** | 14 (194) |
** | 9 (118) |
16 (244) |
15 (167) |
** | 17 (485) |
** | ** | ** | 15 (144) |
** | 12 (220) |
18 (173) |
12 (270) |
** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 17 (183) |
** | 16 (344) |
** | 10 (521) |
** | 13 (482) |
| Yes, Republicans | 61 (1109) |
** | 59 (851) |
** | 63 (840) |
51 (759) |
57 (633) |
** | 54 (1510) |
** | ** | ** | 53 (518) |
** | 57 (1010) |
44 (428) |
57 (1281) |
** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 68 (716) |
** | 67 (1404) |
** | 73 (3940) |
** | 73 (2620) |
| No, Both Same, Don't Know | 28 (503) |
** | 27 (390) |
** | 28 (381) |
33 (493) |
28 (309) |
** | 29 (823) |
** | ** | ** | 32 (310) |
** | 31 (542) |
38 (373) |
31 (700) |
** | ** | ** | ** | ** | 15 (161) |
** | 17 (359) |
** | 18 (966) |
** | 14 (493) |
| N | 1811 | 0 | 1435 | 0 | 1339 | 1496 | 1109 | 0 | 2818 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 972 | 0 | 1772 | 974 | 2251 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1060 | 0 | 2107 | 0 | 5427 | 0 | 3595 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 2B.5.
Source: VCF0502 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:
1960-1976: "Would you say that one of the parties (1972: either party) is more conservative or more liberal than the other
(1970-1976: at the national level?)?"
(IF YES:) "Which party is more conservative?"
(IF NO in 1960,1968/ IF NO or DK in 1964,1970,1972,1976:) "Do you think that people generally consider the Democrats or the Republicans more conservative or wouldn't you want to guess about that?"
1984 and later: "Would you say that either one of the parties is more conservative than the other at the national level?"
(IF YES:) "Which party is more conservative?"
Note:
2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.
In the 2012 Web instrument, a Don't Know category was not present (not appearing as an onscreen choice) for most survey questions.
For face-to-face cases, about 4% answered Don't Know and are included for valid responses together with 'no, one party not more conservative' responses.
However, many more Web Respondents than face-to-face respondents (approximately twice as many) chose the category 'no, one party not more conservative'.