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

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VCF0353 Democratic Presidential candidate trait -- inspiring   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	981	9.7%	9.7%	-1.15
Quite well	3604	35.6%	45.4%	-.56
Not too well	3564	35.3%	80.6%	.02
Not well at all	1191	11.8%	92.4%	.61
Don't know	636	6.3%	98.7%	2.95
NA	134	1.3%	100%	3.54

Variable Comparisons

Gender Race Age Education Religion Worship attendance

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Extremely well	7.9% 354	11.1% 627	9.7% 981
Quite well	34.4% 1543	36.6% 2061	35.6% 3604
Not too well	38.6% 1732	32.6% 1832	35.3% 3564
Not well at all	13.1% 586	10.7% 605	11.8% 1191
Don't know	4.5% 202	7.7% 434	6.3% 636
NA	1.5% 65	1.2% 69	1.3% 134
TOTAL	100.0% 4482	100.0% 5628	10110

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Asian	Native American	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Extremely well	7.6% 596	20.5% 257	9.3% 10	11.3% 35	13.6% 77	0.00% 0	9.7% 975
Quite well	33.3% 2606	45.3% 567	43.9% 47	37.7% 117	44.4% 252	0.00% 0	35.7% 3589
Not too well	39.1% 3059	18.5% 232	32.7% 35	27.1% 84	24.5% 139	0.00% 0	35.3% 3549
Not well at all	13.4% 1047	3.8% 48	4.7% 5	15.5% 48	6.9% 39	0.00% 0	11.8% 1187
Don't know	5.5% 430	8.9% 111	6.5% 7	7.4% 23	9.7% 55	0.00% 0	6.2% 626
NA	1.1% 83	2.9% 36	2.8% 3	1.0% 3	1.1% 6	0.00% 0	1.3% 131
TOTAL	100.0% 7821	100.0% 1251	100.0% 107	100.0% 310	100.0% 568	100.0% 0	10057

Age (I-AGE)

	17-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 and older	TOTAL
Extremely well	10.6% 113	8.6% 203	7.1% 151	10.5% 148	10.8% 135	12.2% 230	9.7% 980
Quite well	36.4% 387	35.2% 832	34.4% 730	34.9% 490	37.4% 468	36.6% 688	35.7% 3595
Not too well	36.3% 386	37.9% 896	40.4% 857	35.8% 503	32.6% 408	27.1% 510	35.3% 3560
Not well at all	10.0% 106	12.4% 293	12.9% 273	13.4% 188	10.7% 134	10.3% 194	11.8% 1188
Don't know	6.3% 67	4.7% 112	3.9% 82	4.4% 62	6.8% 85	11.7% 220	6.2% 628
NA	0.4% 4	1.1% 26	1.3% 28	1.0% 14	1.8% 22	2.0% 38	1.3% 132
TOTAL	100.0% 1063	100.0% 2362	100.0% 2121	100.0% 1405	100.0% 1252	100.0% 1880	10083

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	14.6% 131	11.1% 514	8.5% 202	6.0% 125	9.7% 972
Quite well	35.2% 317	37.6% 1748	35.0% 830	31.8% 658	35.6% 3553
Not too well	18.9% 170	32.2% 1497	39.3% 931	45.2% 937	35.4% 3535
Not well at all	5.7% 51	10.9% 506	13.7% 324	14.3% 296	11.8% 1177
Don't know	21.1% 190	7.0% 325	2.7% 65	1.9% 40	6.2% 620
NA	4.6% 41	1.2% 55	0.8% 18	0.8% 16	1.3% 130
TOTAL	100.0% 900	100.0% 4645	100.0% 2370	100.0% 2072	9987

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other and none (also includes don't know preference)	TOTAL
Extremely well	10.0% 622	9.7% 236	10.3% 22	8.1% 96	9.7% 976
Quite well	36.1% 2238	36.2% 884	34.6% 74	33.4% 398	35.8% 3594
Not too well	34.2% 2118	35.9% 878	41.1% 88	38.2% 455	35.2% 3539
Not well at all	11.6% 717	11.4% 278	10.3% 22	13.5% 161	11.7% 1178
Don't know	6.6% 406	5.9% 144	3.7% 8	5.8% 69	6.2% 627
NA	1.5% 92	0.9% 23	0.0% 0	1.0% 12	1.3% 127
TOTAL	100.0% 6193	100.0% 2443	100.0% 214	100.0% 1191	10041

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	9.7% 247	9.9% 113	12.3% 168	8.8% 206	10.0% 212	6.1% 30	9.7% 976
Quite well	34.9% 894	37.9% 430	41.5% 567	33.5% 789	37.3% 788	24.4% 119	35.8% 3587
Not too well	35.4% 907	36.1% 410	32.0% 437	37.4% 880	32.4% 685	44.7% 218	35.3% 3537
Not well at all	12.4% 317	9.9% 113	7.6% 104	12.9% 304	12.0% 254	15.6% 76	11.7% 1168
Don't know	6.2% 158	5.2% 59	6.1% 83	5.7% 135	6.9% 145	8.4% 41	6.2% 621
NA	1.4% 36	1.0% 11	0.6% 8	1.6% 38	1.4% 29	0.8% 4	1.3% 126
TOTAL	100.0% 2559	100.0% 1136	100.0% 1367	100.0% 2352	100.0% 2113	100.0% 488	10015