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Were you registered in this election as being a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent or what?
Party of registration, post-election · Asked in 5 waves, 1978–1986 · 7,081 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Codes that include 'no Pre/Post IW' were dropped for respondents without that interview. Dropped as not asked: 0 'R was not registered'. Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 9 in 1984. Kept and flagged: 9 (other_missing). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: This is a post var, asked of voters and of registered non-voters (and also asked of Rs who did not know if they voted but who stated that they were registered). For voter or registered nonvoter who stated that registration did not require declaration of party in R’s area or if R was a (reported) voter who stated that voters were not required to register: 6 has been coded. Nonvoter Rs who replied that voters were not required to register in their area have been coded 9. Nonvoter Rs who replied ‘DK’ or NA when asked if they were registered have also been coded 9. Nonvoter Rs who replied that they were registered but, when asked for party of registration, replied that voters were not required to register in their areas have been coded 9. If R was a non-voter who first declared registration status but, when asked for party registered, replied that R was not registered, 0 has been coded. Beginning in 2012, respondents were asked party of registration in both the Pre and Post. A future release of the CDF will provide a summary variable for party of registration that is not wave specific.
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 | Democratic party | Republican party | Voters: not required to declare party (VOLUNTEERED); voters: not required to register (VOLUNTEERED); non-voters: registered, not required to declare party (VOLUNTEERED) |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860262,V860277. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 1,625 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840784,V840803. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 1,546 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820502,V820520. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,111 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800989,V801012. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,111 |
| ANES 1978 Time Series Study Source variable: V780471,V780485. | 1978-11-08 to 1979-01-25 | face to face | 2,304 | 1,688 |
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 | 48% | 29% | 9% | 13% | 0% | 1625 | ±2 | |
| Urban | 60% | 22% | 8% | 10% | 0% | 424 | ±5 | |
| Suburban | 43% | 34% | 9% | 13% | 0% | 696 | ±4 | |
| Rural | 46% | 28% | 12% | 14% | 1% | 505 | ±4 |
ANES 1986 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.