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

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CBJBELD Now, if you had to choose, which do you feel would do a better job on helping the elderly and the poor get a better break, 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	395	29.8%	29.8%	-1.37
Democratic-controlled Congress	831	62.8%	92.6%	.39
Not sure	98	7.4%	100%	2.15

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	26.3% 86	35.1% 136	29.3% 104	27.2% 69	29.8% 395
Democratic-controlled Congress	64.5% 211	57.5% 223	63.7% 226	67.3% 171	62.8% 831
Not sure	9.2% 30	7.5% 29	7.0% 25	5.5% 14	7.4% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 388	100.0% 355	100.0% 254	1324

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	24.0% 37	27.8% 87	29.5% 79	30.3% 118	37.2% 74	29.8% 395
Democratic-controlled Congress	74.0% 114	65.5% 205	64.2% 172	59.7% 233	53.8% 107	62.8% 831
Not sure	1.9% 3	6.7% 21	6.3% 17	10.0% 39	9.0% 18	7.4% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 199	1324

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	34.3% 276	25.2% 90	20.0% 9	12.8% 5	19.7% 12	30.0% 392
Democratic-controlled Congress	57.6% 464	68.9% 246	75.6% 34	82.1% 32	73.8% 45	62.8% 821
Not sure	8.1% 65	5.9% 21	4.4% 2	5.1% 2	6.6% 4	7.2% 94
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 357	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1307

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	28.4% 85	27.4% 159	29.5% 62	41.8% 64	33.3% 24	30.0% 394
Democratic-controlled Congress	63.2% 189	65.1% 378	66.2% 139	53.6% 82	51.4% 37	62.7% 825
Not sure	8.4% 25	7.6% 44	4.3% 9	4.6% 7	15.3% 11	7.3% 96
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1315

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	31.3% 194	28.5% 201	29.8% 395
Democratic-controlled Congress	61.6% 381	63.8% 450	62.8% 831
Not sure	7.1% 44	7.7% 54	7.4% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 705	1324

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	24.8% 34	30.8% 127	33.6% 115	29.2% 79	24.7% 40	29.8% 395
Democratic-controlled Congress	67.2% 92	60.0% 247	60.8% 208	63.8% 173	68.5% 111	62.8% 831
Not sure	8.0% 11	9.2% 38	5.6% 19	7.0% 19	6.8% 11	7.4% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 137	100.0% 412	100.0% 342	100.0% 271	100.0% 162	1324

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	31.9% 380	2.1% 2	33.3% 3	25.0% 2	36.8% 7	29.8% 394
Democratic-controlled Congress	60.1% 715	95.8% 91	66.7% 6	75.0% 6	57.9% 11	62.8% 829
Not sure	8.0% 95	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	7.4% 98
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 95	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1321