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

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VCF0475 Is there anything in particular about {DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE} that might make you want to vote for him?   1) Yes   5) No   8) Don't know   9) NA

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Yes	8630	51.5%	51.5%	-.94
No	7632	45.6%	97.1%	.91
Don't know	395	2.4%	99.5%	2.3
NA	92	.5%	100%	2.76

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Church attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	50.8% 3743	52.1% 4887	51.5% 8630
No	47.4% 3490	44.2% 4142	45.6% 7632
Don't know	1.3% 97	3.2% 298	2.4% 395
NA	0.5% 40	0.6% 52	0.5% 92
TOTAL	100.0% 7370	100.0% 9379	16749

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Yes	48.9% 6406	67.3% 1351	52.7% 108	47.6% 239	56.6% 469	0.00% 0	51.5% 8573
No	48.5% 6347	28.3% 568	42.9% 88	50.2% 252	38.8% 321	0.00% 0	45.6% 7576
Don't know	2.1% 278	3.2% 65	3.4% 7	1.8% 9	3.9% 32	0.00% 0	2.4% 391
NA	0.5% 59	1.1% 22	1.0% 2	0.4% 2	0.7% 6	0.00% 0	0.5% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 13090	100.0% 2006	100.0% 205	100.0% 502	100.0% 828	100.0% 0	16631

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Yes	50.9% 923	51.5% 1892	51.5% 1714	52.5% 1342	51.7% 1168	51.2% 1563	51.6% 8602
No	45.9% 833	45.9% 1689	46.3% 1542	45.2% 1155	45.6% 1032	44.4% 1355	45.6% 7606
Don't know	2.8% 51	2.0% 73	1.7% 55	1.9% 48	2.0% 46	3.8% 116	2.3% 389
NA	0.4% 7	0.6% 22	0.5% 16	0.4% 10	0.7% 15	0.6% 19	0.5% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 1814	100.0% 3676	100.0% 3327	100.0% 2555	100.0% 2261	100.0% 3053	16686

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	48.8% 809	47.1% 3540	53.1% 2082	60.5% 2128	51.5% 8559
No	43.3% 719	49.6% 3723	45.1% 1768	38.5% 1353	45.5% 7563
Don't know	6.9% 115	2.7% 201	1.5% 57	0.5% 19	2.4% 392
NA	1.0% 16	0.6% 46	0.3% 12	0.5% 17	0.5% 91
TOTAL	100.0% 1659	100.0% 7510	100.0% 3919	100.0% 3517	16605

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Yes	48.6% 4991	55.1% 2232	75.5% 281	55.7% 1067	51.6% 8571
No	48.3% 4961	42.1% 1708	21.8% 81	42.5% 813	45.5% 7563
Don't know	2.6% 264	2.2% 88	2.7% 10	1.6% 31	2.4% 393
NA	0.6% 59	0.6% 26	0.0% 0	0.2% 4	0.5% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 10275	100.0% 4054	100.0% 372	100.0% 1915	16616

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	50.0% 2123	51.0% 977	55.2% 1261	50.4% 1956	52.2% 1855	54.8% 379	51.6% 8551
No	47.4% 2013	45.7% 877	41.7% 952	46.1% 1790	45.7% 1623	42.0% 290	45.5% 7545
Don't know	2.1% 88	2.7% 52	2.8% 63	2.7% 104	1.7% 62	2.9% 20	2.3% 389
NA	0.5% 23	0.6% 11	0.3% 7	0.8% 32	0.4% 13	0.3% 2	0.5% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 4247	100.0% 1917	100.0% 2283	100.0% 3882	100.0% 3553	100.0% 691	16573