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Government responsiveness index, 100-pt scale
Government responsiveness index · Asked in 15 waves, 1964–2004 · 24,440 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codebook weight: VCF0010x/VCF0010y/VCF0010z (differs from VCF0009z only in 1970). Not loaded for 1966, 1982, 2002, and 2008-2020: the index is built from VCF0622 and VCF0624, and only one of them was asked those years, so the 'index' there is that one item (only 0, 50, and 100 occur). See VCF0622 (1982) and VCF0624 (other years). Dropped as not asked: 999 'Not scored in both VCF0622 and VCF0624'. Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: Built from VCF0622 AND VCF0624. Component vars are first recoded as follows: VCF0622,VCF0624: 1=0,2=50,3=100. The recoded values are then totaled and divided by the number of valid responses. The result is then rounded. 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 | Least responsive | 25 | 50 | 75 | Most responsive | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANES 2004 Time Series Study | 2004-09-07 to 2004-12-19 | face to face | 1,212 | 1,063 |
| ANES 2000 Time Series Study | 2000-09-05 to 2000-12-22 | mixed | 1,807 | 1,548 |
| ANES 1998 Time Series Study | 1998-11-04 to 1998-12-23 | mixed | 1,281 | 1,274 |
| ANES 1996 Time Series Study | 1996-09-03 to 1997-01-02 | mixed | 1,714 | 1,526 |
| ANES 1992 Time Series Study | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,230 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 1,752 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,231 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,388 |
| ANES 1978 Time Series Study | 1978-11-08 to 1979-01-25 | face to face | 2,304 | 2,261 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study |
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.
| 5% |
| 11% |
| 32% |
| 38% |
| 13% |
| 1063 |
| ±3 |
| Democrats | 10% | 14% | 34% | 31% | 12% | 328 | ±6 |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 6% | 12% | 36% | 36% | 10% | 402 | ±5 |
| Republicans | – | 7% | 25% | 48% | 20% | 319 | ±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.
| 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 |
| face to face |
| 2,248 |
| 1,882 |
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study | 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 | face to face | 1,575 | 1,553 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 2,170 |
| ANES 1970 Time Series Study | 1970-11-04 to 1971-01-13 | face to face | 1,507 | 826 |
| ANES 1968 Time Series Study | 1968-09-06 to 1969-01-28 | face to face | 1,557 | 1,315 |
| ANES 1964 Time Series Study | 1964-09-07 to 1965-02-01 | face to face | 1,571 | 1,421 |