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Some people believe that we should spend much less money for defense. Others feel that defense spending should be greatly increased. Where would you place what the Federal Government is doing at the present time? (7-POINT SCALE SHOWN TO R)
Federal government's current level of defense spending · Asked in 7 waves, 1980–1992 · 13,791 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dropped only in years where the codebook names a design split (alternate form, half sample, abbreviated or web instrument): 9 in 1992. Kept and flagged: 0 (dk), 8 (dk), 9 (no_answer). Codebook notes: GENERAL NOTE: In all years, if R replied DK or ‘haven’t thought much about it’ in rating self on this same 7-point scale, then R was not asked this question.
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 | Greatly decrease defense spending | 2 | 3 |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
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| ANES 1992 Time Series Study Source variable: V923712. | 1992-09-02 to 1993-01-16 | mixed | 2,485 | 2,306 |
| ANES 1990 Time Series Study Source variable: V900445. | 1990-11-06 to 1991-01-21 | face to face | 1,980 | 1,980 |
| ANES 1988 Time Series Study Source variable: V880314. | 1988-09-06 to 1989-01-23 | face to face | 2,040 | 2,040 |
| ANES 1986 Time Series Study Source variable: V860414. | 1986-11-05 to 1987-02-07 | face to face | 2,176 | 2,176 |
| ANES 1984 Time Series Study Source variable: V840400. | 1984-09-04 to 1985-01-24 | mixed | 2,257 | 2,257 |
| ANES 1982 Time Series Study Source variable: V820414. | 1982-11-02 to 1983-01-31 | face to face | 1,418 | 1,418 |
| ANES 1980 Time Series Study Source variable: V800288. | 1980-09-02 to 1981-02-07 | face to face | 1,614 | 1,614 |
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% | 6% | 15% | 32% | 24% | 13% | 6% | 2306 | ±2 | |
| Liberals | 2% | 5% | 12% | 30% | 27% | 17% | 7% | 467 | ±5 | |
| Moderates | 2% | 6% | 16% | 28% | 27% | 14% | 7% | 536 | ±4 | |
| Conservatives | 2% | 5% | 18% | 39% | 23% | 10% | 4% | 687 | ±4 |
ANES 1992 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.