Allow public meetings protesting govt

protest1

Source

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

Details

Question There are many ways people or organizations can protest against a government action they strongly oppose. Please show which you think should be allowed and which should not be allowed by circling a number after each question. A. Organizing public meetings to protest against the government.

Values

[1] definitely allowed
[2] probably allowed
[3] probably not allowed
[4] definitely not allowed
[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	1990, 1996
D/-/-	2006
Full	1985

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for protest1.

Counts by year:

year	iap	definitely allowed	probably allowed	probably not allowed	definitely not allowed	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
1985	857	315	177	81	58	30	16	-	1534
1990	155	554	318	163	110	53	19	-	1372
1996	1572	697	357	102	108	61	7	-	2904
2006	2992	877	408	132	85	16	-	-	4510
2016	1477	709	401	165	84	20	11	-	2867
Total	7053	3152	1661	643	445	180	53	0	13187