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

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CBJBNCLA Now, if you had to choose, which do you feel would do a better job on controlling the nuclear arms race, a Republican - or Democratic - controlled Congress?   1) Republican-controlled Congress   2) Democratic-controlled Congress   3) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Republican-controlled Congress	549	41.4%	41.4%	-1.06
Democratic-controlled Congress	621	46.8%	88.2%	.44
Not sure	156	11.8%	100%	1.95

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	39.1% 128	45.6% 177	40.2% 143	39.6% 101	41.4% 549
Democratic-controlled Congress	48.0% 157	43.8% 170	47.2% 168	49.4% 126	46.8% 621
Not sure	12.8% 42	10.6% 41	12.6% 45	11.0% 28	11.8% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1326

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	41.6% 64	40.3% 126	42.5% 114	41.5% 162	41.3% 83	41.4% 549
Democratic-controlled Congress	53.9% 83	50.8% 159	47.0% 126	43.8% 171	40.8% 82	46.8% 621
Not sure	4.5% 7	8.9% 28	10.4% 28	14.6% 57	17.9% 36	11.8% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1326

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	44.8% 361	39.1% 140	26.7% 12	23.1% 9	34.4% 21	41.5% 543
Democratic-controlled Congress	41.6% 335	51.4% 184	62.2% 28	74.4% 29	57.4% 35	46.7% 611
Not sure	13.6% 110	9.5% 34	11.1% 5	2.6% 1	8.2% 5	11.8% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 358	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1309

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	33.9% 102	39.2% 228	48.1% 101	56.9% 87	38.9% 28	41.5% 546
Democratic-controlled Congress	53.8% 162	49.2% 286	41.4% 87	35.9% 55	36.1% 26	46.8% 616
Not sure	12.3% 37	11.5% 67	10.5% 22	7.2% 11	25.0% 18	11.8% 155
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1317

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	46.9% 291	36.5% 258	41.4% 549
Democratic-controlled Congress	44.7% 277	48.7% 344	46.8% 621
Not sure	8.4% 52	14.7% 104	11.8% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 706	1326

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-controlled Congress	29.7% 41	43.3% 179	44.2% 151	43.9% 119	36.4% 59	41.4% 549
Democratic-controlled Congress	57.2% 79	44.1% 182	45.0% 154	46.5% 126	49.4% 80	46.8% 621
Not sure	13.0% 18	12.6% 52	10.8% 37	9.6% 26	14.2% 23	11.8% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 413	100.0% 342	100.0% 271	100.0% 162	1326

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	44.0% 524	8.3% 8	44.4% 4	50.0% 4	47.4% 9	41.5% 549
Democratic-controlled Congress	43.7% 520	84.4% 81	44.4% 4	50.0% 4	47.4% 9	46.7% 618
Not sure	12.3% 147	7.3% 7	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	11.8% 156
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323