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

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BTRJBRPT If you had to choose, who as president could do a better job on restoring respect for America in the world, 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	796	60.1%	60.1%	-.67
Mondale	416	31.4%	91.5%	.56
Neither	35	2.6%	94.1%	1.8
Not sure	78	5.9%	100%	3.04

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Reagan	59.5% 194	64.7% 251	59.8% 213	54.1% 138	60.1% 796
Mondale	30.7% 100	26.8% 104	31.2% 111	39.6% 101	31.4% 416
Neither	4.9% 16	1.8% 7	2.2% 8	1.6% 4	2.6% 35
Not sure	4.9% 16	6.7% 26	6.7% 24	4.7% 12	5.9% 78
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	66.7% 102	64.2% 201	60.4% 162	56.2% 219	55.7% 112	60.1% 796
Mondale	30.1% 46	29.7% 93	32.5% 87	32.6% 127	31.3% 63	31.4% 416
Neither	0.7% 1	2.6% 8	2.2% 6	3.6% 14	3.0% 6	2.6% 35
Not sure	2.6% 4	3.5% 11	4.9% 13	7.7% 30	10.0% 20	5.9% 78
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	62.7% 505	60.2% 215	46.7% 21	41.0% 16	47.5% 29	60.1% 786
Mondale	28.9% 233	30.3% 108	42.2% 19	56.4% 22	47.5% 29	31.4% 411
Neither	2.0% 16	4.2% 15	4.4% 2	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	2.6% 34
Not sure	6.5% 52	5.3% 19	6.7% 3	2.6% 1	3.3% 2	5.9% 77
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	46.5% 140	61.4% 357	67.6% 142	73.9% 113	56.3% 40	60.2% 792
Mondale	41.2% 124	32.0% 186	24.8% 52	22.2% 34	25.4% 18	31.5% 414
Neither	3.0% 9	2.4% 14	2.4% 5	2.0% 3	2.8% 2	2.5% 33
Not sure	9.3% 28	4.1% 24	5.2% 11	2.0% 3	15.5% 11	5.9% 77
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 71	1316

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Reagan	66.8% 414	54.2% 382	60.1% 796
Mondale	28.4% 176	34.0% 240	31.4% 416
Neither	1.9% 12	3.3% 23	2.6% 35
Not sure	2.9% 18	8.5% 60	5.9% 78
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	36.2% 50	62.7% 259	62.6% 214	66.3% 179	58.0% 94	60.1% 796
Mondale	50.7% 70	28.3% 117	30.7% 105	24.8% 67	35.2% 57	31.4% 416
Neither	1.4% 2	2.7% 11	2.6% 9	3.0% 8	3.1% 5	2.6% 35
Not sure	11.6% 16	6.3% 26	4.1% 14	5.9% 16	3.7% 6	5.9% 78
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	64.0% 762	15.6% 15	44.4% 4	50.0% 4	57.9% 11	60.2% 796
Mondale	27.3% 325	77.1% 74	33.3% 3	50.0% 4	36.8% 7	31.2% 413
Neither	2.8% 33	1.0% 1	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 35
Not sure	5.9% 70	6.3% 6	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	5.9% 78
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1322