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Question 310. Please look at card BD. Some people think that the government in Washington is trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and private busienss; they are at point 5 on this card. Others disagree and think that the government should do even more to solve our country's problems; they are at point 1. a. Where would you place yourself on this scale, or haven't you made up your mind on this?
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | 2 | 4 | agree with both | don't know | government does too much | government should do more | no answer | skipped on web | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | - | 161 | 173 | 433 | 104 | 245 | 371 | 3 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 175 | 280 | 574 | 110 | 258 | 198 | 4 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 184 | 241 | 537 | 79 | 204 | 204 | 24 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 185 | 228 | 604 | 81 | 189 | 180 | 3 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 260 | 241 | 657 | 104 | 220 | 328 | 9 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 138 | 141 | 392 | 60 | 128 | 137 | 1 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 147 | 159 | 390 | 72 | 131 | 134 | 2 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 473 | 135 | 133 | 364 | 54 | 95 | 118 | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 149 | 148 | 395 | 70 | 111 | 139 | 5 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 156 | 162 | 401 | 39 | 155 | 138 | 6 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 271 | 358 | 709 | 98 | 325 | 235 | 15 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 239 | 324 | 722 | 100 | 304 | 229 | 7 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 231 | 339 | 749 | 105 | 282 | 202 | 3 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 226 | 331 | 709 | 95 | 313 | 213 | 9 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 93 | 123 | 431 | 27 | 108 | 129 | 1 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 86 | 123 | 381 | 22 | 126 | 137 | 1 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 199 | 288 | 859 | 51 | 250 | 339 | 3 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 174 | 175 | 539 | 53 | 194 | 226 | 4 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 165 | 189 | 498 | 58 | 257 | 205 | 5 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 147 | 171 | 530 | 45 | 242 | 199 | 4 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 174 | 258 | 624 | 65 | 342 | 223 | 1 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 913 | 210 | 273 | 754 | 92 | 292 | 329 | 4 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 219 | 207 | 644 | 68 | 190 | 231 | 4 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1377 | 386 | 319 | 977 | 10 | 388 | 539 | - | 36 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1174 | 260 | 255 | 906 | 71 | 335 | 520 | 7 | 16 | 3544 |
| Total | 33705 | 4770 | 5639 | 14779 | 1733 | 5684 | 5903 | 125 | 52 | 72390 |
1 government should do more
3 agree with both
5 government does too much
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