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

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BTRJBBGT If you had to choose, who as president could do a better job on balancing the federal budget, 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	702	53%	53%	-.77
Mondale	445	33.6%	86.6%	.37
Neither	82	6.2%	92.8%	1.51
Not sure	95	7.2%	100%	2.64

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Reagan	48.5% 158	61.1% 237	50.4% 179	50.2% 128	53.0% 702
Mondale	37.4% 122	26.0% 101	34.9% 124	38.4% 98	33.6% 445
Neither	6.7% 22	5.4% 21	5.4% 19	7.8% 20	6.2% 82
Not sure	7.4% 24	7.5% 29	9.3% 33	3.5% 9	7.2% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 326	100.0% 388	100.0% 355	100.0% 255	1324

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Reagan	56.9% 87	58.5% 183	53.9% 144	48.7% 190	48.8% 98	53.0% 702
Mondale	36.6% 56	33.2% 104	33.3% 89	32.1% 125	35.3% 71	33.6% 445
Neither	2.6% 4	5.4% 17	4.9% 13	8.5% 33	7.5% 15	6.2% 82
Not sure	3.9% 6	2.9% 9	7.9% 21	10.8% 42	8.5% 17	7.2% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 313	100.0% 267	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1324

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Reagan	56.8% 458	50.3% 179	37.8% 17	35.9% 14	42.6% 26	53.1% 694
Mondale	29.5% 238	37.6% 134	44.4% 20	53.8% 21	42.6% 26	33.6% 439
Neither	6.5% 52	4.2% 15	8.9% 4	7.7% 3	9.8% 6	6.1% 80
Not sure	7.2% 58	7.9% 28	8.9% 4	2.6% 1	4.9% 3	7.2% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 356	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1307

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Reagan	46.5% 140	51.5% 299	56.5% 118	69.9% 107	49.3% 35	53.2% 699
Mondale	39.9% 120	35.6% 207	29.7% 62	22.2% 34	28.2% 20	33.7% 443
Neither	4.3% 13	6.2% 36	9.6% 20	4.6% 7	5.6% 4	6.1% 80
Not sure	9.3% 28	6.7% 39	4.3% 9	3.3% 5	16.9% 12	7.1% 93
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 209	100.0% 153	100.0% 71	1315

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Reagan	56.9% 352	49.6% 350	53.0% 702
Mondale	31.5% 195	35.5% 250	33.6% 445
Neither	6.9% 43	5.5% 39	6.2% 82
Not sure	4.7% 29	9.4% 66	7.2% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 705	1324

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	36.2% 50	54.2% 224	56.0% 191	57.0% 154	51.2% 83	53.0% 702
Mondale	47.1% 65	30.0% 124	33.1% 113	30.4% 82	37.7% 61	33.6% 445
Neither	3.6% 5	7.5% 31	5.0% 17	7.8% 21	4.9% 8	6.2% 82
Not sure	13.0% 18	8.2% 34	5.9% 20	4.8% 13	6.2% 10	7.2% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 413	100.0% 341	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1324

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Reagan	57.1% 679	9.4% 9	55.6% 5	50.0% 4	26.3% 5	53.1% 702
Mondale	29.4% 349	77.1% 74	44.4% 4	50.0% 4	57.9% 11	33.5% 442
Neither	6.5% 77	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	6.2% 82
Not sure	7.1% 84	9.4% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	7.2% 95
TOTAL	100.0% 1189	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1321