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

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VTCNGPTY Now in the race for Congress here in this district next November, if you had to choose right now, would you vote for the Republican or the Democratic candidate for Congress?   1) Republican   2) Democrat   3) Other   4) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Republican	517	39.2%	39.2%	-.92
Democrat	564	42.7%	81.9%	.03
Other	9	.7%	82.6%	.99
Not sure	230	17.4%	100%	1.95

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Republican	36.9% 120	42.1% 162	41.7% 148	34.1% 87	39.2% 517
Democrat	40.0% 130	42.9% 165	42.5% 151	46.3% 118	42.7% 564
Other	1.5% 5	1.0% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 9
Not sure	21.5% 70	14.0% 54	15.8% 56	19.6% 50	17.4% 230
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 385	100.0% 355	100.0% 255	1320

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Republican	42.8% 65	36.7% 114	38.6% 103	37.7% 147	44.0% 88	39.2% 517
Democrat	42.1% 64	41.5% 129	43.8% 117	44.4% 173	40.5% 81	42.7% 564
Other	0.7% 1	1.3% 4	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.7% 9
Not sure	14.5% 22	20.6% 64	16.9% 45	17.9% 70	14.5% 29	17.4% 230
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 311	100.0% 267	100.0% 390	100.0% 200	1320

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Republican	42.5% 341	35.4% 126	35.6% 16	28.2% 11	35.0% 21	39.5% 515
Democrat	39.7% 319	46.9% 167	35.6% 16	59.0% 23	51.7% 31	42.7% 556
Other	0.4% 3	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 1	0.5% 7
Not sure	17.4% 140	16.9% 60	28.9% 13	12.8% 5	11.7% 7	17.3% 225
TOTAL	100.0% 803	100.0% 356	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 60	1303

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican	36.2% 109	36.9% 213	40.7% 85	51.0% 78	41.4% 29	39.2% 514
Democrat	46.8% 141	44.6% 258	39.2% 82	37.3% 57	32.9% 23	42.8% 561
Other	0.0% 0	1.0% 6	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 8
Not sure	16.9% 51	17.5% 101	19.1% 40	11.8% 18	25.7% 18	17.4% 228
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 578	100.0% 209	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1311

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	42.5% 262	36.3% 255	39.2% 517
Democrat	42.3% 261	43.1% 303	42.7% 564
Other	0.3% 2	1.0% 7	0.7% 9
Not sure	14.9% 92	19.6% 138	17.4% 230
TOTAL	100.0% 617	100.0% 703	1320

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
Republican	29.0% 40	40.0% 164	42.4% 145	42.9% 115	32.7% 53	39.2% 517
Democrat	54.3% 75	41.7% 171	40.4% 138	36.2% 97	51.2% 83	42.7% 564
Other	0.7% 1	0.2% 1	1.2% 4	0.7% 2	0.6% 1	0.7% 9
Not sure	15.9% 22	18.0% 74	16.1% 55	20.1% 54	15.4% 25	17.4% 230
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 410	100.0% 342	100.0% 268	100.0% 162	1320

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican	41.9% 497	6.3% 6	33.3% 3	37.5% 3	42.1% 8	39.3% 517
Democrat	38.6% 457	88.5% 85	66.7% 6	62.5% 5	42.1% 8	42.6% 561
Other	0.8% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 9
Not sure	18.7% 222	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.8% 3	17.5% 230
TOTAL	100.0% 1185	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1317