goodlife
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Question The way things are in America, people like me and my family have a good chance of improving our standard of living – do you agree or disagree?
Values
[1]strongly agree[2]agree[3]neither agree nor disagree[4]disagree[5]strongly disagree[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(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 |
| -/- | 1987 |
| B/C | 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 | iap | strongly agree | agree | neither agree nor disagree | disagree | strongly disagree | can't choose | no answer | skipped on web | Total |
| 1987 | 255 | 282 | 791 | 271 | 135 | 30 | 29 | 26 | - | 1819 |
| 1994 | 1492 | 163 | 757 | 176 | 317 | 54 | 27 | 6 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 979 | 251 | 973 | 211 | 388 | 72 | 25 | 5 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 921 | 350 | 1040 | 211 | 229 | 50 | 30 | 1 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 921 | 439 | 1003 | 171 | 217 | 47 | 14 | 5 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1853 | 231 | 447 | 96 | 118 | 17 | 3 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1936 | 158 | 423 | 118 | 144 | 30 | 2 | 1 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2521 | 413 | 931 | 303 | 275 | 57 | 10 | - | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 658 | 206 | 572 | 203 | 323 | 51 | 10 | - | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 667 | 178 | 611 | 227 | 300 | 52 | 7 | 2 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 636 | 182 | 549 | 224 | 306 | 71 | 6 | - | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 851 | 230 | 743 | 296 | 353 | 61 | 3 | 1 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 912 | 292 | 832 | 334 | 390 | 102 | 3 | 2 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 785 | 271 | 716 | 291 | 230 | 45 | 8 | 2 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1360 | 290 | 944 | 750 | 526 | 154 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1173 | 285 | 823 | 557 | 497 | 191 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 3544 |
| Total | 17920 | 4221 | 12155 | 4439 | 4748 | 1084 | 190 | 54 | 10 | 44821 |