Harris 1984 (September) Business-Week Survey, Study No. 842112, Voters

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BTRJBNCL If you had to choose, who as president could do a better job on controlling the nuclear arms race, Ronald Reagan the Republican or Walter Mondale the Democrat?   1) Reagan   2) Mondale   3) Neither   4) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Reagan	645	48.7%	48.7%	-.81
Mondale	523	39.5%	88.2%	.31
Neither	37	2.8%	90.9%	1.43
Not sure	120	9.1%	100%	2.55

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Reagan	46.9% 153	55.4% 215	44.1% 157	47.1% 120	48.7% 645
Mondale	41.1% 134	32.5% 126	43.0% 153	43.1% 110	39.5% 523
Neither	2.8% 9	3.6% 14	2.8% 10	1.6% 4	2.8% 37
Not sure	9.2% 30	8.5% 33	10.1% 36	8.2% 21	9.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 326	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1325

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Reagan	47.1% 72	51.4% 161	49.3% 132	48.5% 189	45.3% 91	48.7% 645
Mondale	43.1% 66	41.2% 129	42.9% 115	36.2% 141	35.8% 72	39.5% 523
Neither	2.0% 3	2.9% 9	2.2% 6	2.8% 11	4.0% 8	2.8% 37
Not sure	7.8% 12	4.5% 14	5.6% 15	12.6% 49	14.9% 30	9.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1325

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Reagan	52.4% 422	48.7% 174	31.1% 14	25.6% 10	32.8% 20	48.9% 640
Mondale	36.1% 291	38.7% 138	51.1% 23	61.5% 24	60.7% 37	39.2% 513
Neither	2.7% 22	2.5% 9	8.9% 4	2.6% 1	1.6% 1	2.8% 37
Not sure	8.8% 71	10.1% 36	8.9% 4	10.3% 4	4.9% 3	9.0% 118
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 357	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1308

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Reagan	40.2% 121	48.7% 283	50.5% 106	62.7% 96	50.7% 36	48.8% 642
Mondale	42.9% 129	41.3% 240	39.5% 83	32.0% 49	26.8% 19	39.5% 520
Neither	3.7% 11	2.1% 12	4.3% 9	1.3% 2	4.2% 3	2.8% 37
Not sure	13.3% 40	7.9% 46	5.7% 12	3.9% 6	18.3% 13	8.9% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 71	1316

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Reagan	53.5% 332	44.4% 313	48.7% 645
Mondale	38.7% 240	40.1% 283	39.5% 523
Neither	2.4% 15	3.1% 22	2.8% 37
Not sure	5.3% 33	12.3% 87	9.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 705	1325

Education (I-EDUCTION)

	Less than high school (grades 1-11)	High school graduate (grade 12)	Some college (grades 13-15)	College graduate (grade 16)	Postgraduate (grades 17 and over)	TOTAL
Reagan	35.5% 49	52.3% 216	50.9% 174	51.1% 138	42.0% 68	48.7% 645
Mondale	44.9% 62	35.4% 146	38.0% 130	39.3% 106	48.8% 79	39.5% 523
Neither	3.6% 5	2.9% 12	1.2% 4	4.1% 11	3.1% 5	2.8% 37
Not sure	15.9% 22	9.4% 39	9.9% 34	5.6% 15	6.2% 10	9.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 413	100.0% 342	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1325

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Reagan	51.8% 616	9.4% 9	44.4% 4	75.0% 6	52.6% 10	48.8% 645
Mondale	36.2% 431	80.2% 77	44.4% 4	25.0% 2	31.6% 6	39.3% 520
Neither	3.0% 36	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	2.8% 37
Not sure	9.0% 107	10.4% 10	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	9.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1322