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Pace of Civil Rights Leaders' Actions 1964-1992
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| '64 | '66 | '68 | '70 | '72 | '74 | '76 | '78 | '80 | '82 | '84 | '86 | '88 | '90 | '92 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Too Slowly | 5 (83) |
5 (61) |
7 (104) |
9 (81) |
8 (220) |
9 (222) |
8 (227) |
** | 13 (175) |
** | 12 (113) |
14 (151) |
15 (262) |
11 (111) |
17 (377) |
| About Right | 25 (389) |
19 (242) |
27 (420) |
33 (289) |
41 (1107) |
44 (1069) |
47 (1336) |
** | 48 (661) |
** | 55 (517) |
59 (636) |
56 (988) |
54 (529) |
55 (1230) |
| Too Fast | 63 (976) |
65 (826) |
63 (957) |
53 (460) |
46 (1225) |
41 (1012) |
39 (1111) |
** | 33 (460) |
** | 30 (287) |
24 (259) |
25 (439) |
27 (264) |
25 (551) |
| Don't Know, Other | 6 (94) |
12 (150) |
3 (47) |
5 (44) |
5 (125) |
6 (144) |
5 (153) |
** | 6 (78) |
** | 3 (28) |
2 (26) |
4 (68) |
8 (74) |
3 (63) |
| N | 1542 | 1279 | 1528 | 874 | 2677 | 2447 | 2827 | 0 | 1374 | 0 | 945 | 1072 | 1757 | 978 | 2221 |
Percentage Within Study Year
Table 4B.2.
Source: VCF0814 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset,
weighted with VCF0011z
Percent among demographic groups who responded:
Question Text:
"Some say that the civil rights people have been trying to push too fast. Others feel they haven't pushed fast enough. How about you: Do you think that civil rights leaders are trying to push too fast, are going too slowly, or are they moving about the right speed?"