The ANES Guide to Public Opinion and Electoral Behavior

Attended Political Meeting 1952 -2016

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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
No 93
(1584)		 ** 93
(1638)		 ** 92
(1670)		 92
(1184)		 91
(1319)		 ** 91
(1223)		 91
(1365)		 91
(1996)		 94
(2376)		 94
(2243)		 91
(2075)		 92
(1301)		 91
(1274)		 92
(1790)		 93
(2031)		 93
(1645)		 94
(1857)		 92
(2074)		 95
(1690)		 95
(1422)		 95
(1211)		 95
(1471)		 95
(1251)		 93
(984)		 ** 91
(1932)		 ** 94
(5192)		 ** 93
(3373)
Yes 7
(120)		 ** 7
(123)		 ** 8
(152)		 8
(103)		 9
(126)		 ** 9
(123)		 9
(140)		 9
(194)		 6
(147)		 6
(151)		 9
(217)		 8
(106)		 9
(130)		 8
(152)		 7
(144)		 7
(127)		 6
(120)		 8
(181)		 5
(98)		 5
(82)		 5
(68)		 5
(73)		 5
(69)		 7
(77)		 ** 9
(181)		 ** 6
(311)		 ** 7
(264)
N 1704 0 1761 0 1822 1287 1445 0 1346 1505 2190 2523 2394 2292 1407 1404 1942 2175 1772 1977 2255 1788 1504 1279 1544 1320 1061 0 2113 0 5503 0 3637

Percentage Within Study Year
Table 6B.2.
Source: VCF0718 in the ANES Cumulative Data File dataset, weighted with VCF0009z
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Percent among demographic groups who responded:

No
Yes

Question Text:

"Did you go to any political meetings, rallies, (1984 and later: speeches,) (1978,1980,1982: fund raising) dinners, or things like that (1984 and later: in support of a particular candidate)?"

Note:

2012 and 2016 data are for the combined (face-to-face and internet) sample.

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