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

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VCF0374 Is there anything in particular that you like about the Democratic Party? (1972 and later)   1) Yes   5) No   8) Don't know   9) Refused; NA

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	10993	46.9%	46.9%	-1
No	10671	45.5%	92.4%	.7
Don't know	1651	7%	99.4%	1.97
Refused; NA	138	.6%	100%	2.4

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	49.3% 5123	44.9% 5870	46.9% 10993
No	45.9% 4766	45.2% 5905	45.5% 10671
Don't know	4.3% 445	9.2% 1206	7.0% 1651
Refused; NA	0.5% 57	0.6% 81	0.6% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 10391	100.0% 13062	23453

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Yes	44.6% 8285	61.7% 1702	51.0% 134	45.2% 287	48.0% 511	0.00% 0	46.9% 10919
No	47.8% 8878	31.3% 864	41.4% 109	47.6% 302	40.7% 433	0.00% 0	45.5% 10586
Don't know	6.9% 1288	6.3% 175	7.2% 19	6.9% 44	10.7% 114	0.00% 0	7.0% 1640
Refused; NA	0.6% 107	0.7% 19	0.4% 1	0.3% 2	0.6% 6	0.00% 0	0.6% 135
TOTAL	100.0% 18558	100.0% 2760	100.0% 263	100.0% 635	100.0% 1064	100.0% 0	23280

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Yes	34.3% 922	43.0% 2272	48.2% 2234	52.1% 1798	52.2% 1611	50.1% 2118	46.9% 10955
No	54.1% 1453	49.3% 2610	45.7% 2117	42.6% 1472	40.8% 1259	41.0% 1733	45.5% 10644
Don't know	11.1% 297	7.3% 386	5.4% 248	4.8% 165	6.6% 203	8.2% 346	7.0% 1645
Refused; NA	0.5% 13	0.4% 21	0.7% 34	0.6% 19	0.5% 16	0.7% 31	0.6% 134
TOTAL	100.0% 2685	100.0% 5289	100.0% 4633	100.0% 3454	100.0% 3089	100.0% 4228	23378

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
Yes	45.6% 1067	40.5% 4368	47.9% 2579	61.2% 2889	46.9% 10903
No	40.2% 939	50.4% 5439	46.7% 2515	35.1% 1659	45.4% 10552
Don't know	13.4% 313	8.4% 911	4.9% 266	3.2% 150	7.1% 1640
Refused; NA	0.8% 19	0.6% 70	0.4% 22	0.5% 24	0.6% 135
TOTAL	100.0% 2338	100.0% 10788	100.0% 5382	100.0% 4722	23230

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Yes	44.8% 6463	49.8% 2795	68.3% 353	47.6% 1286	46.9% 10897
No	47.0% 6784	42.9% 2409	26.7% 138	46.3% 1251	45.5% 10582
Don't know	7.5% 1084	6.8% 384	4.3% 22	5.6% 151	7.1% 1641
Refused; NA	0.6% 88	0.5% 29	0.8% 4	0.5% 13	0.6% 134
TOTAL	100.0% 14419	100.0% 5617	100.0% 517	100.0% 2701	23254

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
Yes	48.1% 2898	48.1% 1271	48.7% 1511	45.4% 2504	45.4% 2173	45.6% 502	46.8% 10859
No	44.5% 2683	43.4% 1147	43.3% 1342	46.0% 2539	48.9% 2343	45.8% 505	45.6% 10559
Don't know	6.8% 410	7.9% 208	7.4% 231	7.9% 438	5.3% 254	8.3% 91	7.0% 1632
Refused; NA	0.7% 40	0.5% 14	0.6% 18	0.7% 36	0.4% 17	0.4% 4	0.6% 129
TOTAL	100.0% 6031	100.0% 2640	100.0% 3102	100.0% 5517	100.0% 4787	100.0% 1102	23179