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

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BTRJBELD If you had to choose, who as president could do a better job on helping the elderly and the poor get a better break, 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	451	34%	34%	-1.08
Mondale	766	57.8%	91.8%	.28
Neither	35	2.6%	94.5%	1.63
Not sure	73	5.5%	100%	2.98

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Reagan	32.5% 106	39.9% 155	31.2% 111	31.0% 79	34.0% 451
Mondale	57.7% 188	52.8% 205	60.7% 216	61.6% 157	57.8% 766
Neither	3.4% 11	2.3% 9	2.5% 9	2.4% 6	2.6% 35
Not sure	6.4% 21	4.9% 19	5.6% 20	5.1% 13	5.5% 73
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	24.2% 37	35.5% 111	33.6% 90	33.8% 132	40.3% 81	34.0% 451
Mondale	72.5% 111	58.1% 182	59.0% 158	55.6% 217	48.8% 98	57.8% 766
Neither	0.7% 1	2.6% 8	2.6% 7	3.3% 13	3.0% 6	2.6% 35
Not sure	2.6% 4	3.8% 12	4.9% 13	7.2% 28	8.0% 16	5.5% 73
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	39.5% 318	28.9% 103	15.6% 7	10.3% 4	23.0% 14	34.1% 446
Mondale	53.0% 427	63.0% 225	71.1% 32	82.1% 32	68.9% 42	58.0% 758
Neither	2.2% 18	3.1% 11	8.9% 4	2.6% 1	1.6% 1	2.7% 35
Not sure	5.3% 43	5.0% 18	4.4% 2	5.1% 2	6.6% 4	5.3% 69
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	28.9% 87	33.7% 196	35.7% 75	40.5% 62	42.3% 30	34.2% 450
Mondale	62.5% 188	59.4% 345	57.1% 120	51.6% 79	40.8% 29	57.8% 761
Neither	2.3% 7	1.9% 11	3.8% 8	2.6% 4	5.6% 4	2.6% 34
Not sure	6.3% 19	5.0% 29	3.3% 7	5.2% 8	11.3% 8	5.4% 71
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 71	1316

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Reagan	36.5% 226	31.9% 225	34.0% 451
Mondale	56.5% 350	59.0% 416	57.8% 766
Neither	2.6% 16	2.7% 19	2.6% 35
Not sure	4.5% 28	6.4% 45	5.5% 73
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	33.7% 139	40.1% 137	33.0% 89	29.6% 48	34.0% 451
Mondale	63.8% 88	55.7% 230	53.8% 184	60.7% 164	61.7% 100	57.8% 766
Neither	2.2% 3	3.6% 15	2.0% 7	1.9% 5	3.1% 5	2.6% 35
Not sure	6.5% 9	7.0% 29	4.1% 14	4.4% 12	5.6% 9	5.5% 73
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	36.6% 435	3.1% 3	44.4% 4	25.0% 2	31.6% 6	34.0% 450
Mondale	55.0% 654	91.7% 88	55.6% 5	62.5% 5	63.2% 12	57.8% 764
Neither	2.9% 34	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	2.6% 35
Not sure	5.6% 67	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	5.5% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1322