Republican Party - R’s rating of party on rights of accused scale
Republican Party on rights of the accused · Asked in 5 waves, 1970–1978 · 9,389 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 0 in 1972. Kept and flagged: 0 (other_missing), 8 (dk). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: See VCF0524.
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 | Protect rights of accused | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Stop crime regardless of rights of accused |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 1978 Time Series Study Source variable: V780368. | 1978-11-08 to 1979-01-25 | face to face | 2,304 | 2,304 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763252. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 2,161 |
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study Source variable: V742285. | 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 | face to face | 1,575 | 1,575 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720626. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 1,842 |
| ANES 1970 Time Series Study Source variable: V700122(type 0). | 1970-11-04 to 1971-01-13 | face to face | 1,507 | 1,507 |
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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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 7% | 7% | 13% | 33% | 22% | 12% | 6% | 2304 | ±2 | |
| Democrats | 9% | 7% | 15% | 29% | 19% | 12% | 9% | 886 | ±3 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 8% | 8% | 10% | 39% | 20% | 11% | 4% | 916 | ±3 | |
| Republicans | 3% | 4% | 12% | 32% | 33% | 10% | 5% | 467 | ±5 |
ANES 1978 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.