Best policy vs narrow interest on fed inc tax: elected official

polbsttx

Source

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

Details

Question Please look at Card B14. When making policy recommendations about federal income taxes, on a scale of 1 to 5, to what extent do you think the following groups would support what is best for the country as a whole or what serves their own narrow interests? INSTRUCTION: IF ASKED WHAT NARROW INTEREST MEANS: Well, someone might gain financially if a certain policy were adopted or it might advance his or her career. C. Elected officials

Values

[1] what is best for the country
[5] own narrow interests
[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/C	2010
B/C	2006

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	what is best for the country	2	3	4	own narrow interests	don't know	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2006	3574	73	117	241	219	247	39	-	-	4510
2010	1578	40	58	121	108	112	23	4	-	2044
Total	5152	113	175	362	327	359	62	4	0	6554