closewht
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Question In the past few years, do you think conditions for black people have improved, gotten worse, or stayed about the same? B. And in general, how close do you feel to Whites?
Values
[1]not at all close[5]neither one or the other[9]very close[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(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
Question Years and Ballots
| ballots | years |
| A/C | 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018 |
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | not at all close | 2 | 3 | 4 | neither one or the other | 6 | 7 | 8 | very close | don't know | no answer | Total |
| 1996 | 1932 | 12 | 7 | 18 | 19 | 308 | 55 | 131 | 114 | 292 | 8 | 8 | 2904 |
| 1998 | 950 | 23 | 17 | 29 | 35 | 566 | 139 | 270 | 220 | 517 | 27 | 39 | 2832 |
| 2000 | 956 | 32 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 511 | 84 | 235 | 247 | 591 | 10 | 86 | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1841 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 276 | 45 | 123 | 118 | 300 | 2 | 2 | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1914 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 301 | 58 | 132 | 122 | 245 | 6 | 1 | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2507 | 19 | 21 | 38 | 37 | 688 | 129 | 277 | 232 | 555 | 6 | 1 | 4510 |
| 2008 | 671 | 22 | 13 | 26 | 24 | 417 | 88 | 202 | 162 | 380 | 15 | 3 | 2023 |
| 2010 | 763 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 32 | 374 | 95 | 171 | 164 | 366 | 9 | 7 | 2044 |
| 2012 | 666 | 21 | 10 | 16 | 33 | 399 | 108 | 183 | 158 | 369 | 8 | 3 | 1974 |
| 2014 | 824 | 22 | 15 | 23 | 41 | 506 | 138 | 249 | 230 | 478 | 8 | 4 | 2538 |
| 2016 | 978 | 25 | 15 | 24 | 47 | 550 | 120 | 293 | 235 | 571 | 3 | 6 | 2867 |
| 2018 | 2348 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2348 |
| Total | 16350 | 217 | 151 | 231 | 336 | 4896 | 1059 | 2266 | 2002 | 4664 | 102 | 160 | 32434 |