Do ethic politicians serve ethnic groups better

owneth

Source

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

Details

Question Do you feel that people are best represented in politics by leaders from their own racial or ethnic background, or doesn't the leader's background make very much difference?

Values

[1] leaders from own background
[2] leaders background no matter
[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/B/C	1994

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	leaders from own background	leaders background no matter	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1994	1518	497	914	51	12	-	2992
Total	1518	497	914	51	12	0	2992