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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 101. Thinking about all the different kinds of governments in the world today, which of these statements comes closes to how you feel about Communism as a form of government? 1. It's the worst kind of all. 2. It's bad, but no worse than some others. 3. It's all right for some countries. 4. It's a good form of government.
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | bad, not worst | don't know | good form | no answer | ok for some | worst kind | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | - | 398 | 56 | 45 | 3 | 363 | 639 | 1504 |
| 1974 | - | 389 | 42 | 45 | 4 | 278 | 726 | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | - | 385 | 41 | 18 | 2 | 292 | 761 | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 373 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 300 | 802 | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 387 | 39 | 15 | 3 | 189 | 835 | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 453 | 82 | 34 | 7 | 261 | 1023 | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 373 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 155 | 875 | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 401 | 35 | 21 | 5 | 197 | 875 | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 512 | 66 | 23 | 12 | 266 | 940 | 1819 |
| 1988 | 505 | 305 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 156 | 466 | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 354 | 25 | 12 | 2 | 147 | 493 | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 275 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 103 | 501 | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 328 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 134 | 492 | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 378 | 32 | 13 | 5 | 161 | 486 | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2508 | 157 | 14 | 5 | - | 58 | 250 | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 2538 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 52741 | 5468 | 578 | 314 | 65 | 3060 | 10164 | 72390 |
1 worst kind
2 bad, not worst
3 ok for some
4 good form
NA(d) don't know
NA(i) iap
NA(j) I don't have a job
NA(m) dk, na, iap
NA(n) no answer
NA(p) not imputable
NA(q) not imputable
NA(r) refused
NA(s) skipped on web
NA(u) uncodeable
NA(x) not available in this release
NA(y) not available in this year
NA(z) see codebook