Now I’d like to ask you about the good and bad points of the two (1996 and later: the major) candidates for President. Is there anything in particular about [Republican presidential candidate] that might make you want to vote for him? What is that? Anything else?
Likes about Republican presidential candidate, number of mentions · Asked in 14 waves, 1952–2004 · 24,558 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped as not asked: 9 'form II (1972); abbrev. IW form (1980)'. Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: Five possible mentions were coded in all original ANES datasets. MD category 9 comprises cases of systematic question exclusion, i.e., when a question was not present within a form or wave. Rs who responded ‘no’ to ‘Is there anything in particular that you like about [Republican Presidential candidate]?’ have been coded here as 0 mentions; Rs coded DK or NA in response have also been coded here as 0 mentions. In addition, Rs who responded ‘yes’ BUT who provided no mentions (DK or NA in first mention) have been coded 0. Republican Presidential Candidates: Eisenhower 1952,1956; Nixon 1960, 1968, 1972; Goldwater 1964; Ford 1976; Reagan 1980,1984; George Bush Sr. 1988,1992; Dole 1996; George W. Bush 2000,2004. 1996 NOTE: The order in which the set of likes/dislikes questions was administered for the 2 major parties was randomized (‘likes’ always preceding dislikes). 2000 NOTE: see 1996 NOTE. 2004 NOTE: see 1996 NOTE.
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V043007. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,212 |
| ANES 2000 Time Series Study Source variable: V000318,V000319,V000320,V000321,V000322. | 2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22 | mixed | 1,807 | 1,807 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V960218,V960219,V960220,V960221,V960222. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,714 |
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V923110,V923111,V923112,V923113,V923114. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,485 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880104,V880105,V880106,V880107,V880108. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,040 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840082,V840083,V840084,V840085,V840086. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,257 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800078,V800079,V800080,V800081,V800082. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 |
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.
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| One positive mention (likes) |
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| Two positive mentions (likes) |
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| Three positive mentions (likes) |
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| Five positive mentions (likes) |
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| All respondents | 50% | 17% | 14% | 10% | 4% | 6% | 1212 | ±3 | |
| Democrats | 81% | 8% | 6% | 3% | 0% | 2% | 381 | ±6 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 53% | 21% | 14% | 8% | 3% | 2% | 469 | ±5 | |
| Republicans | 11% | 20% | 24% | 20% | 10% | 15% | 345 | ±6 |
ANES 2004 Time Series Study · US citizens 18+ living in households in the contiguous 48 states. 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.
| face to face |
| 1,614 |
| 1,570 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763124,V763125,V763126,V763127,V763128. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 2,248 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720043. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 1,372 |
| ANES 1968 Time Series Study Source variable: V680034. | 1968-09-06 to 1969-01-28 | face to face | 1,557 | 1,557 |
| ANES 1964 Time Series Study Source variable: V640027. | 1964-09-07 to 1965-02-01 | face to face | 1,571 | 1,571 |
| ANES 1960 Time Series Study Source variable: V600026. | 1960-09-12 to 1960-12-26 | face to face | 1,181 | 1,164 |
| ANES 1956 Time Series Study Source variable: V560021. | 1956-09-17 to 1957-01-19 | face to face | 1,762 | 1,762 |
| ANES 1952 Time Series Study Source variable: V520029. | 1952-09-15 | face to face | 1,899 | 1,799 |