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Power of federal govt

Source: R/gss_vars_443.R
govtpow.Rd

govtpow

Source

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

Details

Question And what about the federal government, does it have too much power or too little power?

Values

  • [1] far too much power

  • [2] too much power

  • [3] about the right amount of power

  • [4] too little power

  • [5] far too little power

  • [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

ballotsyears
A/B/C1990, 1996
Full1985

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for govtpow.

Counts by year:

yeariapfar too much powertoo much powerabout the right amount of powertoo little powerfar too little powercan't chooseno answernot available in this yearTotal
19858571042612402523510-1534
19901551454045204837324-1372
199615723085083684065448-2904
Total258455711731128113111628205810

See also

Other ISSP Role of Gov't: buspow, jobsall, laborpow, ownautos, ownbanks, ownmass, ownpower, ownsteel, pricecon

Other Federal Government: jobsall, ownautos, ownbanks, ownmass, ownpower, ownsteel, pricecon

Other Political: buspow, laborpow