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State governments, in general
Performance rating of state governments · Asked in 3 waves, 1974–1980 · 4,892 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Kept and flagged: 9 (other_missing). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: See VCF0650.
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 | Very poor job | 1 | Poor job | 3 | Fair job |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800763. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,408 |
| ANES 1976 Time Series Study Source variable: V763549. | 1976-09-07 to 1977-01-30 | face to face | 2,248 | 1,909 |
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study Source variable: V742252. | 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 | face to face | 1,575 | 1,575 |
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% | 1% | 11% | 9% | 42% | 14% | 19% | 1% | 2% | 1408 | ±3 | |
| Protestant | 1% | 1% | 10% | 8% | 42% | 14% | 21% | 1% | 2% | 889 | ±3 | |
| Catholic | 1% | 2% | 12% | 9% | 41% | 15% | 18% | 1% | 2% | 318 | ±5 | |
| Jewish † | 5% | – | 11% | 13% | 45% | 13% | 8% | 3% | 3% | 41 | ±15 | |
| Other faith † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18 | ±23 |
| None | 3% | 1% | 13% | 13% | 39% | 15% | 16% | – | 1% | 130 | ±9 |
ANES 1980 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.