American National Election Studies, Cumulative Data File, 1948-2004

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VCF0352 Democratic Presidential candidate trait -- decent   1) Extremely well   2) Quite well   3) Not too well   4) Not well at all   8) Don't know   9) NA

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Extremely well	700	16.3%	16.3%	-.81
Quite well	2748	64%	80.2%	-.29
Not too well	352	8.2%	88.4%	.24
Not well at all	83	1.9%	90.4%	.76
Don't know	362	8.4%	98.8%	2.85
NA	52	1.2%	100%	3.38

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Worship attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely well	14.5% 269	17.7% 431	16.3% 700
Quite well	66.6% 1240	61.9% 1508	64.0% 2748
Not too well	9.1% 169	7.5% 183	8.2% 352
Not well at all	1.9% 36	1.9% 47	1.9% 83
Don't know	6.3% 118	10.0% 244	8.4% 362
NA	1.6% 29	0.9% 23	1.2% 52
TOTAL	100.0% 1861	100.0% 2436	4297

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Extremely well	14.8% 492	25.1% 133	11.8% 4	19.0% 27	16.9% 43	0.00% 0	16.3% 699
Quite well	66.2% 2198	54.3% 287	61.8% 21	58.5% 83	58.8% 150	0.00% 0	64.0% 2739
Not too well	8.6% 287	6.6% 35	5.9% 2	9.2% 13	5.1% 13	0.00% 0	8.2% 350
Not well at all	2.2% 72	1.1% 6	0.0% 0	2.1% 3	0.8% 2	0.00% 0	1.9% 83
Don't know	7.2% 239	11.2% 59	17.6% 6	9.2% 13	17.3% 44	0.00% 0	8.4% 361
NA	1.0% 33	1.7% 9	2.9% 1	2.1% 3	1.2% 3	0.00% 0	1.1% 49
TOTAL	100.0% 3321	100.0% 529	100.0% 34	100.0% 142	100.0% 255	100.0% 0	4281

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Extremely well	15.4% 76	12.7% 133	13.4% 121	20.1% 107	19.9% 106	19.9% 153	16.3% 696
Quite well	65.3% 322	66.7% 699	67.7% 610	65.8% 350	63.6% 339	54.4% 417	64.0% 2737
Not too well	9.1% 45	11.5% 120	8.5% 77	6.2% 33	5.8% 31	6.0% 46	8.2% 352
Not well at all	2.0% 10	1.8% 19	2.9% 26	0.9% 5	0.9% 5	2.3% 18	1.9% 83
Don't know	7.9% 39	6.8% 71	6.0% 54	6.0% 32	8.4% 45	15.0% 115	8.3% 356
NA	0.2% 1	0.6% 6	1.4% 13	0.9% 5	1.3% 7	2.3% 18	1.2% 50
TOTAL	100.0% 493	100.0% 1048	100.0% 901	100.0% 532	100.0% 533	100.0% 767	4274

Education (I-EDUC)

	Grade school or less (0-8 grades)	High school (12 grades or fewer)	Some college (13 grades or more but no degree)	College or advanced degree	TOTAL
Extremely well	16.3% 72	15.8% 321	15.5% 156	18.9% 146	16.4% 695
Quite well	48.3% 213	63.7% 1294	68.7% 690	67.4% 520	64.0% 2717
Not too well	6.1% 27	8.5% 173	9.1% 91	7.7% 59	8.2% 350
Not well at all	1.8% 8	2.2% 44	1.8% 18	1.7% 13	2.0% 83
Don't know	22.2% 98	9.0% 183	4.3% 43	3.8% 29	8.3% 353
NA	5.2% 23	0.7% 15	0.6% 6	0.5% 4	1.1% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 441	100.0% 2030	100.0% 1004	100.0% 771	4246

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Extremely well	15.8% 428	17.8% 190	26.2% 22	13.6% 57	16.3% 697
Quite well	64.3% 1738	63.4% 676	65.5% 55	63.6% 267	64.0% 2736
Not too well	8.6% 232	7.4% 79	4.8% 4	8.1% 34	8.2% 349
Not well at all	1.7% 47	2.1% 22	0.0% 0	3.3% 14	1.9% 83
Don't know	8.4% 228	8.3% 88	2.4% 2	10.5% 44	8.5% 362
NA	1.2% 32	1.0% 11	1.2% 1	1.0% 4	1.1% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 2705	100.0% 1066	100.0% 84	100.0% 420	4275

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Every week	Almost every week (no cases in 1970)	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Never	No religious preference (1970-1988)	TOTAL
Extremely well	17.4% 183	17.2% 82	19.4% 115	14.7% 180	16.2% 91	13.0% 45	16.4% 696
Quite well	63.0% 662	62.5% 298	65.1% 386	66.3% 810	61.7% 347	63.2% 218	64.0% 2721
Not too well	8.9% 94	8.6% 41	6.7% 40	8.8% 108	6.4% 36	8.1% 28	8.2% 347
Not well at all	1.6% 17	2.3% 11	1.5% 9	1.6% 20	2.5% 14	3.2% 11	1.9% 82
Don't know	7.8% 82	8.6% 41	6.4% 38	7.4% 90	11.2% 63	11.9% 41	8.4% 355
NA	1.2% 13	0.8% 4	0.8% 5	1.1% 13	2.0% 11	0.6% 2	1.1% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 1051	100.0% 477	100.0% 593	100.0% 1221	100.0% 562	100.0% 345	4249