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

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BTRJBRLG If you had to choose, who as president could do a better job on keeping religion out of politics, 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	329	24.8%	24.8%	-1.19
Mondale	793	59.8%	84.7%	-.01
Neither	61	4.6%	89.3%	1.16
Not sure	142	10.7%	100%	2.34

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Reagan	25.2% 82	30.2% 117	22.5% 80	19.6% 50	24.8% 329
Mondale	60.7% 198	52.6% 204	62.4% 222	66.3% 169	59.8% 793
Neither	5.2% 17	5.2% 20	4.5% 16	3.1% 8	4.6% 61
Not sure	8.9% 29	12.1% 47	10.7% 38	11.0% 28	10.7% 142
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	18.3% 28	21.7% 68	22.8% 61	26.2% 102	34.8% 70	24.8% 329
Mondale	76.5% 117	67.1% 210	63.1% 169	54.1% 211	42.8% 86	59.8% 793
Neither	0.7% 1	4.2% 13	4.5% 12	5.6% 22	6.5% 13	4.6% 61
Not sure	4.6% 7	7.0% 22	9.7% 26	14.1% 55	15.9% 32	10.7% 142
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	26.3% 212	27.5% 98	6.7% 3	10.3% 4	16.4% 10	25.0% 327
Mondale	56.8% 458	59.4% 212	86.7% 39	76.9% 30	73.8% 45	59.9% 784
Neither	5.2% 42	3.6% 13	2.2% 1	5.1% 2	3.3% 2	4.6% 60
Not sure	11.7% 94	9.5% 34	4.4% 2	7.7% 3	6.6% 4	10.5% 137
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	25.2% 76	23.4% 136	23.8% 50	30.1% 46	28.2% 20	24.9% 328
Mondale	59.8% 180	61.8% 359	63.3% 133	55.6% 85	45.1% 32	60.0% 789
Neither	4.0% 12	3.3% 19	6.7% 14	5.9% 9	5.6% 4	4.4% 58
Not sure	11.0% 33	11.5% 67	6.2% 13	8.5% 13	21.1% 15	10.7% 141
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 71	1316

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Reagan	25.2% 156	24.5% 173	24.8% 329
Mondale	62.3% 386	57.7% 407	59.8% 793
Neither	5.0% 31	4.3% 30	4.6% 61
Not sure	7.6% 47	13.5% 95	10.7% 142
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	27.5% 38	27.8% 115	26.6% 91	22.6% 61	14.8% 24	24.8% 329
Mondale	57.2% 79	53.8% 222	58.8% 201	64.1% 173	72.8% 118	59.8% 793
Neither	2.2% 3	6.1% 25	3.2% 11	5.2% 14	4.9% 8	4.6% 61
Not sure	13.0% 18	12.3% 51	11.4% 39	8.1% 22	7.4% 12	10.7% 142
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	26.4% 314	7.3% 7	11.1% 1	37.5% 3	21.1% 4	24.9% 329
Mondale	58.1% 691	80.2% 77	77.8% 7	50.0% 4	57.9% 11	59.8% 790
Neither	4.5% 54	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	4.6% 61
Not sure	11.0% 131	7.3% 7	11.1% 1	12.5% 1	10.5% 2	10.7% 142
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1322