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Question Suppose a law were being considered by the Congress that you considered to be unjust or harmful. 1472. If such a case arose, how likely is it that you, acting alone or together with others, would be able to try to do something about it?
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | can't choose | fairly likely | no answer | not at all likely | not very likely | very likely | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1340 | 14 | 589 | 7 | 146 | 427 | 289 | 2812 |
| 2006 | 4510 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 2044 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 1274 | 77 | 423 | 3 | 189 | 379 | 193 | 2538 |
| 2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 3544 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3544 |
| Total | 69654 | 91 | 1012 | 10 | 335 | 806 | 482 | 72390 |
1 very likely
2 fairly likely
3 not very likely
4 not at all likely
NA(d) can't choose
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