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Suppose all other methods have failed and the person decides to try to stop the government from going about its usual activities with sit-ins, mass meetings, demonstrations, and things like that? Would you approve of that, disapprove, or would it depend on the circumstances?
Approval of sit-ins and demonstrations to stop government · Asked in 5 waves, 1968–1976 · 8,368 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codebook weight: VCF0010x/VCF0010y/VCF0010z (differs from VCF0009z only in 1970). Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. NA code treated as not asked where it exceeds 10% of a year's answers (an unlabeled split or filter): 0 in 1970. Kept and flagged: 0 (no_answer), 2 (dk). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: See introductory text VCF0601. Weight variable VCF0010/VCF0010A must be used if distributions including 1970 data are desired: see VCF0010. Note that use of VCF0010/VCF0010A as a weight reduces the 1970 total N for this variable: form 2 whites who should appear as code 0 INAP cases are excluded from the 1970 total N.
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 | Disapprove | Approve | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 82% | 18% | 1909 | ±2 | |
| Less than high school | 88% | 12% |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763909. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 1,909 |
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study Source variable: V742240. | 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 | face to face | 1,575 | 1,575 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720277. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 2,701 |
| ANES 1970 Time Series Study Source variable: V700143(type 1). | 1970-11-04 to 1971-01-13 | face to face | 1,507 | 835 |
| ANES 1968 Time Series Study Source variable: V680476. | 1968-09-06 to 1969-01-28 | face to face | 1,557 | 1,348 |
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.
| 576 |
| ±4 |
| High school | 87% | 13% | 671 | ±4 |
| Some college | 74% | 26% | 358 | ±5 |
| Bachelor's | 65% | 35% | 221 | ±7 |
| Postgraduate | 72% | 28% | 77 | ±11 |
ANES 1976 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.