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

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VCF0406 Is there anything in particular about [Republican presidential candidate] that might make you want to vote against him? What is that?   0) Zero negative mentions (dislikes)   1) One negative mention (dislikes)   2) Two negative mentions (dislikes)   3) Three negative mentions (dislikes)   4) Four negative mentions (dislikes)   5) Five negative mentions (dislikes)   9) No pre-interview; form II (1972); abbrev. interview form (1980)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Zero negative mentions (dislikes)	10954	42%	42%	-.72
One negative mention (dislikes)	5466	21%	63%	-.28
Two negative mentions (dislikes)	3730	14.3%	77.3%	.15
Three negative mentions (dislikes)	2199	8.4%	85.8%	.59
Four negative mentions (dislikes)	1086	4.2%	90%	1.03
Five negative mentions (dislikes)	1123	4.3%	94.3%	1.47
No pre-interview; form II (1972); abbrev. interview form (1980)	1494	5.7%	100%	3.22

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Zero negative mentions (dislikes)	39.5% 4535	44.4% 6419	42.2% 10954
One negative mention (dislikes)	22.1% 2536	20.2% 2930	21.1% 5466
Two negative mentions (dislikes)	15.3% 1760	13.6% 1970	14.4% 3730
Three negative mentions (dislikes)	8.9% 1023	8.1% 1176	8.5% 2199
Four negative mentions (dislikes)	4.4% 501	4.0% 585	4.2% 1086
Five negative mentions (dislikes)	4.5% 522	4.2% 601	4.3% 1123
No pre-interview; form II (1972); abbrev. interview form (1980)	5.3% 604	5.5% 790	5.4% 1394
TOTAL	100.0% 11481	100.0% 14471	25952

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Zero negative mentions (dislikes)	42.4% 9048	38.0% 1087	44.3% 94	45.5% 237	47.8% 405	50.9% 27	42.2% 10898
One negative mention (dislikes)	21.3% 4540	20.7% 591	22.6% 48	19.4% 101	18.1% 153	18.9% 10	21.1% 5443
Two negative mentions (dislikes)	14.3% 3049	15.2% 434	10.4% 22	14.8% 77	13.7% 116	26.4% 14	14.4% 3712
Three negative mentions (dislikes)	8.1% 1734	11.0% 315	8.0% 17	7.9% 41	9.6% 81	1.9% 1	8.5% 2189
Four negative mentions (dislikes)	4.0% 854	5.1% 147	6.6% 14	3.5% 18	5.4% 46	1.9% 1	4.2% 1080
Five negative mentions (dislikes)	4.3% 913	4.9% 140	3.8% 8	5.4% 28	3.0% 25	0.0% 0	4.3% 1114
No pre-interview; form II (1972); abbrev. interview form (1980)	5.6% 1197	5.1% 147	4.2% 9	3.6% 19	2.5% 21	0.0% 0	5.4% 1393
TOTAL	100.0% 21335	100.0% 2861	100.0% 212	100.0% 521	100.0% 847	100.0% 53	25829

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Zero negative mentions (dislikes)	41.4% 1036	39.7% 2253	40.0% 2155	40.9% 1751	43.1% 1545	48.8% 2147	42.2% 10887
One negative mention (dislikes)	21.3% 532	22.1% 1252	22.2% 1195	21.5% 920	21.8% 783	17.4% 766	21.1% 5448
Two negative mentions (dislikes)	14.7% 368	15.1% 854	15.5% 833	14.2% 607	12.7% 456	13.5% 592	14.4% 3710
Three negative mentions (dislikes)	7.8% 194	8.5% 484	9.2% 496	9.6% 409	7.5% 269	7.7% 337	8.5% 2189
Four negative mentions (dislikes)	3.2% 81	4.7% 267	4.2% 224	4.6% 197	4.4% 157	3.6% 158	4.2% 1084
Five negative mentions (dislikes)	3.4% 85	4.4% 248	4.6% 250	4.4% 187	4.7% 169	4.1% 181	4.3% 1120
No pre-interview; form II (1972); abbrev. interview form (1980)	8.3% 207	5.6% 316	4.3% 234	4.9% 208	5.8% 209	4.9% 216	5.4% 1390
TOTAL	100.0% 2503	100.0% 5674	100.0% 5387	100.0% 4279	100.0% 3588	100.0% 4397	25828

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 negative mentions (dislikes)	53.4% 2297	45.2% 5433	36.7% 1845	29.3% 1297	42.2% 10872
One negative mention (dislikes)	20.4% 876	21.1% 2532	21.6% 1085	21.0% 931	21.0% 5424
Two negative mentions (dislikes)	10.7% 461	13.7% 1648	16.4% 823	17.4% 769	14.4% 3701
Three negative mentions (dislikes)	5.7% 245	7.6% 915	10.0% 502	11.8% 524	8.5% 2186
Four negative mentions (dislikes)	2.2% 93	3.5% 425	5.5% 276	6.5% 288	4.2% 1082
Five negative mentions (dislikes)	1.5% 65	2.9% 345	5.3% 267	9.9% 439	4.3% 1116
No pre-interview; form II (1972); abbrev. interview form (1980)	6.2% 266	6.0% 716	4.6% 232	4.1% 180	5.4% 1394
TOTAL	100.0% 4303	100.0% 12014	100.0% 5030	100.0% 4428	25775

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Zero negative mentions (dislikes)	45.6% 7653	37.9% 2299	19.4% 125	33.9% 758	42.1% 10835
One negative mention (dislikes)	21.0% 3517	22.0% 1332	20.8% 134	19.0% 425	21.0% 5408
Two negative mentions (dislikes)	13.6% 2279	15.6% 943	19.2% 124	15.7% 351	14.4% 3697
Three negative mentions (dislikes)	7.5% 1262	9.5% 574	15.0% 97	11.2% 250	8.5% 2183
Four negative mentions (dislikes)	3.5% 579	4.7% 282	8.4% 54	7.2% 162	4.2% 1077
Five negative mentions (dislikes)	3.2% 529	4.7% 287	12.1% 78	10.0% 225	4.4% 1119
No pre-interview; form II (1972); abbrev. interview form (1980)	5.7% 952	5.6% 341	5.1% 33	3.0% 68	5.4% 1394
TOTAL	100.0% 16771	100.0% 6058	100.0% 645	100.0% 2239	25713

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 negative mentions (dislikes)	42.9% 1971	40.3% 835	41.8% 1020	39.4% 1696	37.0% 1386	31.9% 237	39.9% 7145
One negative mention (dislikes)	19.0% 874	20.3% 421	19.0% 463	18.3% 786	18.2% 681	18.6% 138	18.8% 3363
Two negative mentions (dislikes)	14.2% 653	13.4% 277	15.0% 366	13.5% 581	15.9% 596	15.6% 116	14.5% 2589
Three negative mentions (dislikes)	7.9% 364	9.8% 202	8.8% 214	8.6% 369	10.3% 385	11.9% 88	9.1% 1622
Four negative mentions (dislikes)	3.8% 175	4.4% 91	4.1% 99	5.1% 219	5.6% 208	7.5% 56	4.7% 848
Five negative mentions (dislikes)	4.3% 197	4.2% 87	4.9% 119	5.0% 215	7.7% 289	7.4% 55	5.4% 962
No pre-interview; form II (1972); abbrev. interview form (1980)	7.9% 365	7.6% 158	6.6% 161	10.1% 435	5.3% 199	7.0% 52	7.7% 1370
TOTAL	100.0% 4599	100.0% 2071	100.0% 2442	100.0% 4301	100.0% 3744	100.0% 742	17899