How important always to vote in elections

voteelec

Source

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

Details

Question There are different opinions as to what it takes to be a good citizen. As far as you are concerned personally on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 is not at all important and 7 is very important, how important is it… A. Always to vote in elections

Values

• [1] not at all important

• [7] very important

• [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/C	2004, 2014

Overview

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

Counts by year:

year	iap	not at all important	2	3	4	5	6	very important	can't choose	no answer	not available in this year	Total
2004	1340	41	22	35	79	144	161	975	12	3	-	2812
2014	1274	53	21	40	77	119	155	772	23	4	-	2538
Total	2614	94	43	75	156	263	316	1747	35	7	0	5350