American National Election Studies, Cumulative Data File, 1948-2004

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VCF0318 Is there anything in particular that you like about the Republican Party? What is that? Anything else [you like about the Republican Party]?   0) Zero positive mentions   1) One positive mention (likes)   2) Two positive mentions (likes)   3) Three positive mentions (likes)   4) Four positive mentions (likes)   5) Five positive mentions (likes)   9) No Pre IW; form II (1972); form B (1986); form A (1990); questions not administered in assigned half sample

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Zero positive mentions	19687	53%	53%	-.61
One positive mention (likes)	5956	16%	69%	-.26
Two positive mentions (likes)	3764	10.1%	79.1%	.08
Three positive mentions (likes)	1933	5.2%	84.3%	.43
Four positive mentions (likes)	835	2.2%	86.6%	.78
Five positive mentions (likes)	581	1.6%	88.1%	1.12
No Pre IW; form II (1972); form B (1986); form A (1990); questions not administered in assigned half sample	4419	11.9%	100%	2.51

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Zero positive mentions	47.9% 7893	57.3% 11794	53.1% 19687
One positive mention (likes)	17.7% 2915	14.8% 3041	16.1% 5956
Two positive mentions (likes)	11.9% 1964	8.7% 1800	10.2% 3764
Three positive mentions (likes)	6.1% 1009	4.5% 924	5.2% 1933
Four positive mentions (likes)	2.8% 468	1.8% 367	2.3% 835
Five positive mentions (likes)	2.0% 334	1.2% 247	1.6% 581
No Pre IW; form II (1972); form B (1986); form A (1990); questions not administered in assigned half sample	11.5% 1899	11.8% 2420	11.6% 4319
TOTAL	100.0% 16482	100.0% 20593	37075

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Zero positive mentions	50.4% 15287	70.0% 2914	42.7% 135	56.8% 420	60.8% 770	76.9% 50	53.1% 19576
One positive mention (likes)	17.2% 5221	10.7% 445	15.5% 49	12.0% 89	9.2% 116	18.5% 12	16.1% 5932
Two positive mentions (likes)	11.1% 3381	3.9% 163	10.1% 32	9.5% 70	7.7% 97	3.1% 2	10.2% 3745
Three positive mentions (likes)	5.8% 1760	1.5% 64	7.0% 22	4.5% 33	3.2% 41	1.5% 1	5.2% 1921
Four positive mentions (likes)	2.5% 769	0.4% 15	3.5% 11	2.2% 16	1.6% 20	0.0% 0	2.3% 831
Five positive mentions (likes)	1.7% 527	0.1% 6	4.4% 14	0.9% 7	1.6% 20	0.0% 0	1.6% 574
No Pre IW; form II (1972); form B (1986); form A (1990); questions not administered in assigned half sample	11.2% 3403	13.3% 554	16.8% 53	14.1% 104	16.0% 202	0.0% 0	11.7% 4316
TOTAL	100.0% 30348	100.0% 4161	100.0% 316	100.0% 739	100.0% 1266	100.0% 65	36895

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Zero positive mentions	62.7% 2330	54.8% 4532	51.7% 4003	50.0% 2933	50.0% 2516	52.3% 3301	53.1% 19615
One positive mention (likes)	12.2% 452	15.5% 1286	16.3% 1263	17.1% 1001	16.6% 837	17.2% 1086	16.0% 5925
Two positive mentions (likes)	6.9% 256	9.2% 762	10.8% 837	11.7% 686	11.7% 589	9.8% 621	10.2% 3751
Three positive mentions (likes)	2.6% 97	5.0% 413	5.3% 412	6.4% 378	5.7% 287	5.4% 338	5.2% 1925
Four positive mentions (likes)	1.5% 57	2.0% 167	2.3% 180	3.0% 173	2.2% 112	2.3% 143	2.3% 832
Five positive mentions (likes)	0.8% 28	1.5% 122	2.0% 155	1.7% 101	1.7% 88	1.3% 82	1.6% 576
No Pre IW; form II (1972); form B (1986); form A (1990); questions not administered in assigned half sample	13.4% 498	12.0% 989	11.6% 895	10.1% 590	12.0% 602	11.7% 738	11.7% 4312
TOTAL	100.0% 3718	100.0% 8271	100.0% 7745	100.0% 5862	100.0% 5031	100.0% 6309	36936

Education (I-EDUC)

	Grade school or less (0-8 grades)	High school (12 grades or fewer)	Some college (13 grades or more but no degree)	College or advanced degree	TOTAL
Zero positive mentions	64.4% 3646	59.7% 10351	46.5% 3409	32.7% 2107	53.1% 19513
One positive mention (likes)	15.5% 879	14.1% 2442	17.4% 1274	20.4% 1314	16.1% 5909
Two positive mentions (likes)	6.8% 387	8.1% 1397	12.1% 890	16.4% 1056	10.1% 3730
Three positive mentions (likes)	2.9% 163	3.7% 645	6.6% 487	9.7% 626	5.2% 1921
Four positive mentions (likes)	1.1% 61	1.6% 278	2.8% 204	4.5% 289	2.3% 832
Five positive mentions (likes)	0.6% 35	1.1% 184	2.1% 154	3.2% 205	1.6% 578
No Pre IW; form II (1972); form B (1986); form A (1990); questions not administered in assigned half sample	8.6% 488	11.8% 2040	12.4% 908	13.2% 850	11.7% 4286
TOTAL	100.0% 5659	100.0% 17337	100.0% 7326	100.0% 6447	36769

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Zero positive mentions	51.7% 12303	54.8% 4743	55.4% 490	57.3% 1953	53.1% 19489
One positive mention (likes)	16.4% 3902	15.3% 1326	17.4% 154	15.2% 518	16.1% 5900
Two positive mentions (likes)	10.7% 2545	9.2% 798	11.4% 101	8.4% 287	10.2% 3731
Three positive mentions (likes)	5.6% 1323	4.7% 411	4.0% 35	4.5% 152	5.2% 1921
Four positive mentions (likes)	2.4% 572	2.2% 189	1.6% 14	1.6% 55	2.3% 830
Five positive mentions (likes)	1.7% 407	1.5% 133	0.9% 8	0.8% 28	1.6% 576
No Pre IW; form II (1972); form B (1986); form A (1990); questions not administered in assigned half sample	11.5% 2730	12.3% 1061	9.3% 82	12.2% 415	11.7% 4288
TOTAL	100.0% 23782	100.0% 8661	100.0% 884	100.0% 3408	36735

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Every week	Almost every week (no cases in 1970)	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Never	No religious preference (1970-1988)	TOTAL
Zero positive mentions	47.5% 3409	49.5% 1548	54.9% 2015	52.8% 3460	57.6% 3264	61.2% 761	52.7% 14457
One positive mention (likes)	14.5% 1042	14.7% 461	13.7% 503	13.9% 909	12.7% 719	13.9% 173	13.9% 3807
Two positive mentions (likes)	10.7% 767	10.5% 329	8.4% 309	9.6% 627	7.9% 448	8.4% 104	9.4% 2584
Three positive mentions (likes)	5.9% 424	6.3% 196	4.2% 155	4.7% 310	3.9% 219	3.6% 45	4.9% 1349
Four positive mentions (likes)	2.8% 202	1.9% 58	1.8% 65	2.1% 140	1.6% 92	1.1% 14	2.1% 571
Five positive mentions (likes)	2.6% 187	1.5% 48	1.5% 55	1.1% 71	0.8% 45	0.4% 5	1.5% 411
No Pre IW; form II (1972); form B (1986); form A (1990); questions not administered in assigned half sample	15.9% 1140	15.6% 489	15.5% 568	15.9% 1042	15.6% 884	11.3% 141	15.5% 4264
TOTAL	100.0% 7171	100.0% 3129	100.0% 3670	100.0% 6559	100.0% 5671	100.0% 1243	27443