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

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VCF0386 Is there anything in particular that you like about the Republican Party?   1) Yes   5) No   8) Don't know   9) Refused; NA

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	8934	38.1%	38.1%	-1.2
No	13131	56%	94.1%	.61
Don't know	1256	5.4%	99.4%	1.97
Refused; NA	132	.6%	100%	2.42

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	44.8% 4652	32.8% 4282	38.1% 8934
No	51.5% 5350	59.6% 7781	56.0% 13131
Don't know	3.2% 330	7.1% 926	5.4% 1256
Refused; NA	0.6% 59	0.6% 73	0.6% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 10391	100.0% 13062	23453

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Yes	41.5% 7702	18.9% 521	49.8% 131	34.5% 219	27.8% 296	0.00% 0	38.1% 8869
No	52.8% 9798	75.0% 2070	43.7% 115	61.6% 391	62.2% 662	0.00% 0	56.0% 13036
Don't know	5.2% 963	5.3% 147	6.1% 16	3.8% 24	9.0% 96	0.00% 0	5.4% 1246
Refused; NA	0.5% 95	0.8% 22	0.4% 1	0.2% 1	0.9% 10	0.00% 0	0.6% 129
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	26.0% 698	36.4% 1925	40.6% 1883	43.5% 1503	40.6% 1253	38.8% 1642	38.1% 8904
No	64.7% 1737	58.6% 3099	54.6% 2531	52.3% 1808	53.4% 1651	53.6% 2267	56.0% 13093
Don't know	8.8% 235	4.7% 247	4.1% 189	3.7% 127	5.3% 164	6.9% 291	5.4% 1253
Refused; NA	0.6% 15	0.3% 18	0.6% 30	0.5% 16	0.7% 21	0.7% 28	0.5% 128
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	23.2% 542	28.2% 3040	44.4% 2389	61.0% 2882	38.1% 8853
No	64.5% 1507	64.6% 6967	51.8% 2789	36.8% 1737	56.0% 13000
Don't know	11.5% 269	6.6% 709	3.4% 185	1.8% 87	5.4% 1250
Refused; NA	0.9% 20	0.7% 72	0.4% 19	0.3% 16	0.5% 127
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	39.2% 5658	36.9% 2074	40.0% 207	34.1% 921	38.1% 8860
No	54.6% 7879	56.9% 3198	55.1% 285	61.3% 1656	56.0% 13018
Don't know	5.6% 810	5.5% 308	3.9% 20	4.1% 112	5.4% 1250
Refused; NA	0.5% 72	0.7% 37	1.0% 5	0.4% 12	0.5% 126
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	44.1% 2660	41.8% 1103	35.5% 1102	37.7% 2079	32.2% 1543	31.5% 347	38.1% 8834
No	49.8% 3001	51.6% 1361	58.2% 1806	56.3% 3105	63.1% 3022	62.3% 686	56.0% 12981
Don't know	5.6% 336	6.2% 164	5.7% 176	5.3% 294	4.3% 206	6.1% 67	5.4% 1243
Refused; NA	0.6% 34	0.5% 12	0.6% 18	0.7% 39	0.3% 16	0.2% 2	0.5% 121
TOTAL	100.0% 6031	100.0% 2640	100.0% 3102	100.0% 5517	100.0% 4787	100.0% 1102	23179