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

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VTSNTPTY ASKED IF A U.S. SENATE RACE IN STATE: In the election for U.S. senator in this state in 1984, if you had to say, would you vote for Republican or the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate?   1) Republican   2) Democratic   3) Other   4) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Republican	291	42.1%	42.1%	-.9
Democratic	336	48.6%	90.6%	.28
Other	4	.6%	91.2%	1.46
Not sure	61	8.8%	100%	2.63

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Republican	33.9% 38	41.5% 135	45.0% 90	50.9% 28	42.1% 291
Democratic	52.7% 59	48.6% 158	46.5% 93	47.3% 26	48.6% 336
Other	0.9% 1	0.6% 2	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 4
Not sure	12.5% 14	9.2% 30	8.0% 16	1.8% 1	8.8% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 325	100.0% 200	100.0% 55	692

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Republican	45.3% 39	42.4% 67	40.6% 58	40.1% 83	44.9% 44	42.1% 291
Democratic	45.3% 39	45.6% 72	52.4% 75	51.2% 106	44.9% 44	48.6% 336
Other	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 4
Not sure	9.3% 8	11.4% 18	4.9% 7	8.7% 18	10.2% 10	8.8% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 86	100.0% 158	100.0% 143	100.0% 207	100.0% 98	692

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Republican	43.9% 199	42.9% 73	10.5% 2	38.1% 8	40.9% 9	42.5% 291
Democratic	45.9% 208	50.6% 86	78.9% 15	61.9% 13	50.0% 11	48.6% 333
Other	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.5% 1	0.4% 3
Not sure	9.9% 45	6.5% 11	5.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.5% 1	8.5% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 453	100.0% 170	100.0% 19	100.0% 21	100.0% 22	685

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican	33.5% 52	43.3% 130	42.3% 47	54.1% 46	39.5% 15	42.1% 290
Democratic	54.8% 85	48.7% 146	49.5% 55	40.0% 34	39.5% 15	48.6% 335
Other	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	2.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 4
Not sure	11.6% 18	7.7% 23	5.4% 6	5.9% 5	21.1% 8	8.7% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 300	100.0% 111	100.0% 85	100.0% 38	689

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	43.3% 140	40.9% 151	42.1% 291
Democratic	48.0% 155	49.1% 181	48.6% 336
Other	0.9% 3	0.3% 1	0.6% 4
Not sure	7.7% 25	9.8% 36	8.8% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 369	692

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	27.8% 22	42.9% 97	48.8% 80	46.1% 65	32.9% 27	42.1% 291
Democratic	67.1% 53	45.1% 102	39.6% 65	47.5% 67	59.8% 49	48.6% 336
Other	0.0% 0	0.9% 2	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.6% 4
Not sure	5.1% 4	11.1% 25	11.0% 18	6.4% 9	6.1% 5	8.8% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 226	100.0% 164	100.0% 141	100.0% 82	692

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican	45.2% 280	12.1% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	44.4% 4	42.1% 291
Democratic	44.3% 274	87.9% 51	100.0% 3	100.0% 3	55.6% 5	48.6% 336
Other	0.6% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 4
Not sure	9.9% 61	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.8% 61
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 58	100.0% 3	100.0% 3	100.0% 9	692