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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 128. Suppose there is a community-wide vote on the general housing issue. There are two possible laws to vote on: a. One law says that a homeowner can decide for himself whom to sell his house to, even if he prefers not to sell to (negroes/blacks/African-Americans). b. The second law says that a homeowner cannot refuse to sell to someone because of their race or color. Which law would you vote for?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | first law | neither | no answer | second law | not available in this year | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 183 | 18 | 826 | 22 | 7 | 448 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 163 | 21 | 844 | 10 | 2 | 450 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 129 | 17 | 851 | 24 | 7 | 471 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 30 | 863 | 19 | 3 | 617 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 25 | 806 | 23 | 2 | 612 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 35 | 779 | 30 | 7 | 748 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 22 | 662 | 26 | 9 | 754 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 18 | 684 | 20 | 4 | 744 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 31 | 697 | 31 | 14 | 1046 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 19 | 388 | 25 | 3 | 562 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 16 | 380 | 21 | 7 | 611 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | - | 39 | 549 | 22 | 5 | 757 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 17 | 352 | 29 | 14 | 605 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 19 | 314 | 40 | 4 | 680 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 36 | 652 | 58 | 14 | 1251 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1926 | 15 | 281 | 20 | 11 | 651 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1914 | 13 | 289 | - | 4 | 592 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2507 | 8 | 542 | 94 | 6 | 1353 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 671 | 11 | 342 | 59 | 3 | 937 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 763 | 4 | 307 | 52 | 2 | 916 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 666 | 7 | 334 | 33 | 4 | 930 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 824 | 6 | 411 | 42 | 3 | 1252 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 978 | 13 | 365 | 58 | 7 | 1446 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 774 | 14 | 304 | 27 | 4 | 1225 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2943 | 5 | 108 | - | 8 | 480 | - | 3544 |
| Total | 33892 | 459 | 12930 | 785 | 154 | 20138 | 4032 | 72390 |
1 first law
2 second law
3 neither
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