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Generally speaking, would you say that you personally care a good deal which party (1992 and later: who) wins the presidential election this fall, or that you don’t care very much which party (1992 and later: who) wins?
Cares which party wins the presidential election · Asked in 16 waves, 1952–2012 · 34,171 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Kept and flagged: 0 (no_answer). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: The 1992 change in wording from ‘which party wins’ to ‘who wins’ produced a significant change in distributions. 2016: The 2016 version of this question was not comparable.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Don’t care very much or DK, pro-con, depends, and other | Care a good deal | n | MoE |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 2012 Time Series Study Source variable: preswin_care. | 2012-09-09 to 2013-01-13 | mixed | 5,914 | 5,914 |
| ANES 2008 Time Series Study Source variable: V083072. | 2008-09-02 to 2008-12-30 | face to face | 2,322 | 2,322 |
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V043092. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,212 |
| ANES 2000 Time Series Study Source variable: V000302. | 2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22 | mixed | 1,807 | 1,807 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V960202. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,714 |
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V923106. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,485 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880102. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,040 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2012).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| All respondents | 19% | 81% | 5914 | ±2 | |
| Lower income | 24% | 76% | 2068 | ±3 | |
| Middle income | 16% | 84% | 2011 | ±3 | |
| Upper income | 16% | 84% | 1636 | ±3 |
ANES 2012 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ (face-to-face samples: contiguous 48 states and DC; web samples: 50 states and DC). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.
| 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 |
| mixed |
| 2,257 |
| 2,257 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800061. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,614 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763030. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 2,248 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720029. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 2,705 |
| ANES 1968 Time Series Study Source variable: V680027. | 1968-09-06 to 1969-01-28 | face to face | 1,557 | 1,557 |
| ANES 1964 Time Series Study Source variable: V640020. | 1964-09-07 to 1965-02-01 | face to face | 1,571 | 1,571 |
| ANES 1960 Time Series Study Source variable: V600019. | 1960-09-12 to 1960-12-26 | face to face | 1,181 | 1,164 |
| ANES 1956 Time Series Study Source variable: V560014. | 1956-09-17 to 1957-01-19 | face to face | 1,762 | 1,762 |
| ANES 1952 Time Series Study Source variable: V520041. | 1952-09-15 | face to face | 1,899 | 1,799 |