People elected to congress try to keep promises

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Source

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

Details

Question How much do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? PLEASE CHECK ONE BOX ON EACH LINE. F. People we elect to Congress try to keep the promises they have made during the election

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
A/B/-	2016
A/B/C	1996
A/C/-	2012
D/-/-	2006

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for poleff16.

Counts by year:

year	iap	strongly agree	agree	neither agree nor disagree	disagree	strongly disagree	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1996	1572	45	277	271	502	178	33	26	-	2904
2006	2992	33	296	301	536	333	19	-	-	4510
2012	1312	10	140	119	253	117	20	3	-	1974
2016	1477	36	247	303	540	240	12	12	-	2867
Total	7353	124	960	994	1831	868	84	41	0	12255