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Question Do you consider the amount of federal income tax which you have to pay as too high, about right, or too low?
Values
[1]too high[2]about right[3]too low[4]r pays no income tax (vol.)[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 |
| -/- | 1976, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987 |
| A/C | 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022 |
Overview
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Counts by year:
| year | iap | too high | about right | too low | r pays no income tax (vol.) | don't know | no answer | skipped on web | Total |
| 1976 | - | 871 | 488 | 9 | 74 | 49 | 8 | - | 1499 |
| 1977 | - | 995 | 423 | 11 | 33 | 61 | 7 | - | 1530 |
| 1980 | - | 988 | 391 | 4 | - | 66 | 19 | - | 1468 |
| 1982 | - | 1285 | 457 | 7 | 22 | 73 | 16 | - | 1860 |
| 1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
| 1984 | - | 917 | 475 | 8 | 29 | 30 | 14 | - | 1473 |
| 1985 | - | 925 | 493 | 7 | 59 | 47 | 3 | - | 1534 |
| 1987 | - | 1077 | 591 | 15 | 42 | 76 | 18 | - | 1819 |
| 1988 | 504 | 533 | 380 | 10 | 19 | 33 | 2 | - | 1481 |
| 1989 | 504 | 576 | 382 | 11 | 24 | 36 | 4 | - | 1537 |
| 1990 | 455 | 531 | 331 | 6 | - | 34 | 15 | - | 1372 |
| 1991 | 524 | 541 | 380 | 11 | - | 46 | 15 | - | 1517 |
| 1993 | 531 | 582 | 436 | 13 | - | 29 | 15 | - | 1606 |
| 1994 | 996 | 1240 | 658 | 16 | - | 60 | 22 | - | 2992 |
| 1996 | 981 | 1242 | 589 | 16 | - | 68 | 8 | - | 2904 |
| 1998 | 950 | 1176 | 583 | 17 | - | 91 | 15 | - | 2832 |
| 2000 | 956 | 1178 | 576 | 17 | - | 74 | 16 | - | 2817 |
| 2002 | 1841 | 546 | 345 | 9 | - | 24 | - | - | 2765 |
| 2004 | 1914 | 532 | 334 | 13 | - | 18 | 1 | - | 2812 |
| 2006 | 2507 | 1134 | 792 | 23 | - | 53 | 1 | - | 4510 |
| 2008 | 671 | 729 | 560 | 21 | - | 41 | 1 | - | 2023 |
| 2010 | 763 | 631 | 580 | 23 | - | 41 | 6 | - | 2044 |
| 2012 | 666 | 636 | 603 | 29 | - | 34 | 6 | - | 1974 |
| 2014 | 824 | 956 | 683 | 30 | - | 42 | 3 | - | 2538 |
| 2016 | 977 | 1011 | 774 | 48 | - | 48 | 9 | - | 2867 |
| 2018 | 774 | 829 | 664 | 38 | - | 39 | 4 | - | 2348 |
| 2021 | 1364 | 1478 | 1082 | 74 | - | 10 | - | 24 | 4032 |
| 2022 | 1203 | 1414 | 811 | 46 | - | 57 | 4 | 9 | 3544 |
| Total | 21504 | 24553 | 14861 | 532 | 302 | 1280 | 232 | 33 | 63297 |