Should communist teacher be fired

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question Now, I should like to ask you some questions about a man who admits he is a Communist. B. Suppose he is teaching in a college. Should he be fired, or not?

Values

[4] yes, fired
[5] not fired
[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
-/-	1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987
A/C	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024

Overview

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Counts by year:

year	yes, fired	not fired	don't know	no answer	iap	skipped on web	Total
1972	979	518	110	6	-	-	1613
1973	823	585	88	8	-	-	1504
1974	772	617	90	5	-	-	1484
1976	803	620	73	3	-	-	1499
1977	869	591	63	7	-	-	1530
1980	782	595	88	3	-	-	1468
1982	910	792	147	11	-	-	1860
1984	717	671	77	8	-	-	1473
1985	783	677	67	7	-	-	1534
1987	860	837	115	7	-	-	1819
1988	456	464	53	4	504	-	1481
1989	446	519	64	4	504	-	1537
1990	383	471	58	5	455	-	1372
1991	402	532	55	4	524	-	1517
1993	392	602	76	5	531	-	1606
1994	783	1093	113	7	996	-	2992
1996	714	1087	118	4	981	-	2904
1998	686	1059	130	7	950	-	2832
2000	679	1047	125	10	956	-	2817
2002	338	549	35	2	1841	-	2765
2004	298	568	30	2	1914	-	2812
2006	701	1202	94	6	2507	-	4510
2008	500	783	65	4	671	-	2023
2010	437	776	58	10	763	-	2044
2012	409	804	81	14	666	-	1974
2014	540	1085	77	12	824	-	2538
2016	589	1198	89	14	977	-	2867
2018	510	955	97	12	774	-	2348
2021	383	910	7	-	2714	18	4032
2022	379	719	50	8	2380	8	3544
2024	392	699	47	-	2163	8	3309
Total	18715	23625	2440	199	24595	34	69608