racopen
Details
Question 128. Suppose there is a community-wide vote on the general housing issue. There are two possible laws to vote on: a. One law says that a homeowner can decide for himself whom to sell his house to, even if he prefers not to sell to (negroes/blacks/African-Americans). b. The second law says that a homeowner cannot refuse to sell to someone because of their race or color. Which law would you vote for?
Overview
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
| year | iap | don't know | first law | neither | no answer | second law | not available in this year | Total |
| 1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
| 1973 | 183 | 18 | 826 | 22 | 7 | 448 | - | 1504 |
| 1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
| 1975 | 163 | 21 | 844 | 10 | 2 | 450 | - | 1490 |
| 1976 | 129 | 17 | 851 | 24 | 7 | 471 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
| 1978 | - | 30 | 863 | 19 | 3 | 617 | - | 1532 |
| 1980 | - | 25 | 806 | 23 | 2 | 612 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | - | 35 | 779 | 30 | 7 | 748 | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 22 | 662 | 26 | 9 | 754 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
| 1986 | - | 18 | 684 | 20 | 4 | 744 | - | 1470 |
| 1987 | - | 31 | 697 | 31 | 14 | 1046 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 484 | 19 | 388 | 25 | 3 | 562 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 502 | 16 | 380 | 21 | 7 | 611 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | - | 39 | 549 | 22 | 5 | 757 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 500 | 17 | 352 | 29 | 14 | 605 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 549 | 19 | 314 | 40 | 4 | 680 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 981 | 36 | 652 | 58 | 14 | 1251 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 1926 | 15 | 281 | 20 | 11 | 651 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 2765 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1914 | 13 | 289 | - | 4 | 592 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2507 | 8 | 542 | 94 | 6 | 1353 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 671 | 11 | 342 | 59 | 3 | 937 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 763 | 4 | 307 | 52 | 2 | 916 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 666 | 7 | 334 | 33 | 4 | 930 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 824 | 6 | 411 | 42 | 3 | 1252 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 978 | 13 | 365 | 58 | 7 | 1446 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 774 | 14 | 304 | 27 | 4 | 1225 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 2943 | 5 | 108 | - | 8 | 480 | - | 3544 |
| 2024 | 2823 | 17 | 93 | - | 7 | 369 | - | 3309 |
| Total | 36715 | 476 | 13023 | 785 | 161 | 20507 | 4032 | 75699 |