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Howabout the elections for other state and local offices, did you vote a straight ticket or did you vote for candidates from different parties. (IF STRAIGHT TICKET: ) Which party?/ (IF SPLIT TICKET:) How did you split it?
Straight or split ticket voting in state and local races, five categories · Asked in 9 waves, 1964–1984 · 9,028 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Not loaded for 1952-1962: those years did not record which way most split-ticket voters split (86% to 97% of them are coded 3, 'NA how split', vs. 19% to 38% from 1964 on; codebook 1958 and 1962 notes). Straight vs. split ticket for 1948-1984 is in VCF0716. Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped as not asked: 0 'DK; NA; R did not vote; DK, NA if voted; refused to say if voted; refused to say who voted for; form III or IV (1972); didn’t vote (or DK/NA if voted) in state and local elections; no partisan state or local elections; voted straight ticket, NA which party; voted straight ticket, ‘other’ party; voted split ticket, mostly ‘other’ party; Washington D.C. (non-presidential years)'. Codebook notes: 1962 NOTE: ‘Split ticket, mostly ’other’ party’ was combined in study data with ‘split ticket, NA how split.’ Because of the very small number of cases voting mostly or entirely for a 3rd/minor party, this combination category was recoded to 3. 1958 NOTE: If R voted Democratic or Republican with only 1 exception, then R was coded as ‘straight ticket.’
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 | Straight ticket - Democratic | Split ticket - mostly Democratic | Split ticket - about half and half, NA how split |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840799,V840800,V840801. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 1,377 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820516,V820517,V820518. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 799 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V801008,V801009,V801010. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 956 |
| ANES 1974 Time Series Study Source variable: V742332. | 1974-11-06 to 1975-01-31 | face to face | 1,575 | 867 |
| ANES 1972 Time Series Study Source variable: V720492. | 1972-09-01 to 1973-02-13 | face to face | 2,705 | 1,500 |
| ANES 1970 Time Series Study Source variable: V700220,V700221(type 0). | 1970-11-04 to 1971-01-13 | face to face | 1,507 | 781 |
| ANES 1968 Time Series Study Source variable: V680328. | 1968-09-06 to 1969-01-28 | face to face | 1,557 |
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.
| Split ticket - mostly Republican |
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| Straight ticket - Republican |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 26% | 14% | 20% | 18% | 22% | 1377 | ±3 | |
| Men | 22% | 15% | 19% | 24% | 21% | 607 | ±4 | |
| Women | 30% | 14% | 20% | 14% | 22% | 770 | ±4 |
ANES 1984 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.
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| ANES 1966 Time Series Study Source variable: V660113. | 1966-11-08 to 1967-02-01 | face to face | 1,291 | 785 |
| ANES 1964 Time Series Study Source variable: V640292. | 1964-09-07 to 1965-02-01 | face to face | 1,571 | 981 |