How positive or negative are your feelings about the major party presidential candidates, net?

Net affect toward major party presidential candidates · 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: 999 'form II (1972)'. Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: The net affect toward major party presidential candidates is the difference between two sums: the sum of Democratic presidential candidate ‘likes’ and Republican presidential candidate ‘dislikes’ MINUS the sum of Democratic presidential candidate ‘dislikes’ and Republican presidential candidate ‘likes:’ [VCF0401+VCF0406] - [VCF0402+VCF0405], which is the same as: VCF0403-VCF0407.

Average answer over time

Average by group over time

Party Ideology Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region Religion Community

Weighted means. Groups with fewer than 50 respondents in a wave are left out of that wave.

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
ANES 2004 Time Series Study	2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19	face to face	1,212	1,212
ANES 2000 Time Series Study	2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22	mixed	1,807	1,807
ANES 1996 Time Series Study	1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02	mixed	1,714	1,714
ANES 1992 Time Series Study	1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16	mixed	2,485	2,485
ANES 1988 Time Series Study	1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23	face to face	2,040	2,040
ANES 1984 Time Series Study	1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24	mixed	2,257	2,257
ANES 1980 Time Series Study	1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07	face to face	1,614	1,570
ANES 1976 Time Series Study	1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30	face to face	2,248	2,248
ANES 1972 Time Series Study	1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13	face to face	2,705	1,372
ANES 1968 Time Series Study