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

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CBJBINFL Now, if you had to choose, which do you feel would do a better job on keeping inflation under control, 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	790	59.7%	59.7%	-.75
Democratic-controlled Congress	414	31.3%	90.9%	.77
Not sure	120	9.1%	100%	2.29

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	57.5% 188	63.7% 246	60.4% 215	55.3% 141	59.7% 790
Democratic-controlled Congress	32.1% 105	28.2% 109	31.7% 113	34.1% 87	31.3% 414
Not sure	10.4% 34	8.0% 31	7.9% 28	10.6% 27	9.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 327	100.0% 386	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1324

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	59.1% 91	66.7% 208	61.9% 166	57.3% 223	50.7% 102	59.7% 790
Democratic-controlled Congress	36.4% 56	28.8% 90	27.6% 74	31.4% 122	35.8% 72	31.3% 414
Not sure	4.5% 7	4.5% 14	10.4% 28	11.3% 44	13.4% 27	9.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 312	100.0% 268	100.0% 389	100.0% 201	1324

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	63.2% 509	56.6% 202	46.7% 21	48.7% 19	45.9% 28	59.6% 779
Democratic-controlled Congress	28.3% 228	33.9% 121	46.7% 21	43.6% 17	37.7% 23	31.4% 410
Not sure	8.4% 68	9.5% 34	6.7% 3	7.7% 3	16.4% 10	9.0% 118
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	47.2% 142	57.3% 332	69.5% 146	85.0% 130	50.0% 36	59.8% 786
Democratic-controlled Congress	43.9% 132	33.5% 194	24.8% 52	10.5% 16	25.0% 18	31.3% 412
Not sure	9.0% 27	9.2% 53	5.7% 12	4.6% 7	25.0% 18	8.9% 117
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 579	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1315

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	66.4% 411	53.8% 379	59.7% 790
Democratic-controlled Congress	25.8% 160	36.0% 254	31.3% 414
Not sure	7.8% 48	10.2% 72	9.1% 120
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	34.8% 48	56.9% 234	62.6% 214	70.5% 191	63.6% 103	59.7% 790
Democratic-controlled Congress	52.2% 72	33.6% 138	28.9% 99	24.4% 66	24.1% 39	31.3% 414
Not sure	13.0% 18	9.5% 39	8.5% 29	5.2% 14	12.3% 20	9.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 411	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	63.3% 753	20.0% 19	77.8% 7	50.0% 4	36.8% 7	59.8% 790
Democratic-controlled Congress	27.2% 324	75.8% 72	22.2% 2	50.0% 4	47.4% 9	31.1% 411
Not sure	9.5% 113	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	15.8% 3	9.1% 120
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 95	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1321