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Question Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or what?
Values
[0]strong democrat[1]not very strong democrat[2]independent, close to democrat[3]independent (neither, no response)[4]independent, close to republican[5]not very strong republican[6]strong republican[7]other party[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/- | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| A/B/C/D | 2006 |
| Full | 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 |
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | strong democrat | not very strong democrat | independent, close to democrat | independent (neither, no response) | independent, close to republican | not very strong republican | strong republican | other party | no answer | don't know | Total |
| 1972 | 326 | 436 | 160 | 159 | 100 | 231 | 126 | 69 | 6 | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 231 | 383 | 192 | 143 | 141 | 218 | 123 | 62 | 11 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 246 | 373 | 207 | 144 | 106 | 216 | 110 | 59 | 13 | 10 | 1484 |
| 1975 | 251 | 349 | 211 | 211 | 122 | 236 | 93 | 12 | 5 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 225 | 403 | 207 | 241 | 105 | 214 | 96 | 4 | 4 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 275 | 400 | 200 | 175 | 130 | 226 | 107 | 5 | 12 | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | 216 | 389 | 199 | 221 | 135 | 246 | 111 | 10 | 5 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | 188 | 374 | 193 | 246 | 123 | 218 | 114 | 9 | 3 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 382 | 484 | 243 | 226 | 152 | 214 | 137 | 13 | 9 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 246 | 382 | 218 | 192 | 141 | 256 | 145 | 13 | 6 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | 265 | 280 | 209 | 163 | 156 | 245 | 125 | 22 | 8 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 244 | 351 | 159 | 146 | 157 | 266 | 189 | 17 | 5 | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | 245 | 336 | 158 | 187 | 150 | 241 | 141 | 9 | 3 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | 422 | 395 | 211 | 199 | 148 | 266 | 153 | 15 | 10 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 236 | 313 | 180 | 186 | 140 | 275 | 146 | 5 | - | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 234 | 335 | 134 | 192 | 119 | 330 | 175 | 13 | 5 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 170 | 315 | 133 | 155 | 143 | 280 | 160 | 12 | 4 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 224 | 319 | 131 | 188 | 169 | 285 | 181 | 14 | 6 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 227 | 321 | 190 | 205 | 158 | 299 | 180 | 17 | 9 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 423 | 644 | 341 | 369 | 282 | 519 | 321 | 44 | 49 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 400 | 577 | 356 | 457 | 258 | 500 | 307 | 43 | 6 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 370 | 597 | 349 | 477 | 244 | 484 | 239 | 63 | 9 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 414 | 507 | 325 | 566 | 261 | 399 | 285 | 48 | 12 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 408 | 515 | 267 | 528 | 199 | 449 | 315 | 48 | 36 | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 455 | 504 | 281 | 471 | 239 | 425 | 396 | 29 | 12 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 700 | 736 | 527 | 997 | 327 | 637 | 495 | 65 | 26 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 390 | 331 | 262 | 322 | 162 | 303 | 202 | 38 | 13 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 348 | 348 | 265 | 360 | 197 | 277 | 184 | 49 | 16 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 356 | 343 | 235 | 373 | 157 | 250 | 192 | 54 | 14 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 419 | 406 | 337 | 502 | 249 | 292 | 245 | 62 | 25 | 1 | 2538 |
| 2016 | 463 | 496 | 405 | 473 | 292 | 364 | 270 | 72 | 32 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 379 | 352 | 307 | 414 | 259 | 272 | 255 | 77 | 33 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 822 | 541 | 471 | 817 | 327 | 384 | 524 | 114 | 32 | - | 4032 |
| 2022 | 595 | 451 | 400 | 835 | 330 | 361 | 431 | 106 | 35 | - | 3544 |
| 2024 | 532 | 372 | 340 | 829 | 274 | 378 | 460 | 83 | 41 | - | 3309 |
| Total | 12327 | 14658 | 9003 | 12369 | 6652 | 11056 | 7733 | 1375 | 515 | 11 | 75699 |