Republican Party - R’s rating of party on defense spending
Republican Party on defense spending · Asked in 10 waves, 1980–2004 · 17,716 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 0 in 1992, 2000. Kept and flagged: 0 (other_missing), 8 (dk). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: See VCF0549.
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 | Greatly decrease defense spending |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 2004 Time Series Study Source variable: V043147. | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,212 |
| ANES 2000 Time Series Study Source variable: V000603. | 2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22 | mixed | 1,807 | 1,006 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study Source variable: V960478. | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,714 |
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V923710. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,299 |
| ANES 1990 Time Series Study Source variable: V900444. | 1990-11-06 to 1991-01-21 | face to face | 1,980 | 1,980 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880315. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,040 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860413. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 2,176 |
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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| All respondents | 2% | 2% | 4% | 14% | 24% | 37% | 18% | 1212 | ±3 | |
| Democrats | 2% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 17% | 34% | 26% | 381 | ±6 | |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 3% | 1% | 4% | 18% | 27% | 34% | 13% | 469 | ±5 | |
| Republicans | 0% | 1% | 2% | 10% | 30% | 44% | 13% | 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.
| 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 |
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| 2,257 |
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| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820410. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,418 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800286. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,614 |