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

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CBJBRLGN Now, if you had to choose, which do you feel would do a better job on keeping religion out of politics, 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	345	26%	26%	-1.4
Democratic-controlled Congress	766	57.8%	83.8%	.15
Not sure	215	16.2%	100%	1.71

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	26.9% 88	32.7% 127	22.2% 79	20.0% 51	26.0% 345
Democratic-controlled Congress	58.1% 190	51.8% 201	61.8% 220	60.8% 155	57.8% 766
Not sure	15.0% 49	15.5% 60	16.0% 57	19.2% 49	16.2% 215
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	23.4% 36	22.7% 71	25.0% 67	25.9% 101	34.8% 70	26.0% 345
Democratic-controlled Congress	69.5% 107	65.8% 206	59.7% 160	53.6% 209	41.8% 84	57.8% 766
Not sure	7.1% 11	11.5% 36	15.3% 41	20.5% 80	23.4% 47	16.2% 215
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	27.0% 218	27.7% 99	17.8% 8	12.8% 5	16.4% 10	26.0% 340
Democratic-controlled Congress	54.8% 442	57.8% 207	71.1% 32	82.1% 32	72.1% 44	57.8% 757
Not sure	18.1% 146	14.5% 52	11.1% 5	5.1% 2	11.5% 7	16.2% 212
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	23.3% 70	25.6% 149	22.4% 47	35.9% 55	30.6% 22	26.0% 343
Democratic-controlled Congress	57.8% 174	60.8% 353	64.3% 135	45.8% 70	41.7% 30	57.9% 762
Not sure	18.9% 57	13.6% 79	13.3% 28	18.3% 28	27.8% 20	16.1% 212
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	26.5% 164	25.6% 181	26.0% 345
Democratic-controlled Congress	59.0% 366	56.7% 400	57.8% 766
Not sure	14.5% 90	17.7% 125	16.2% 215
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	22.5% 31	29.1% 120	29.2% 100	23.2% 63	19.1% 31	26.0% 345
Democratic-controlled Congress	59.4% 82	51.3% 212	57.9% 198	62.0% 168	65.4% 106	57.8% 766
Not sure	18.1% 25	19.6% 81	12.9% 44	14.8% 40	15.4% 25	16.2% 215
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	27.5% 328	8.3% 8	11.1% 1	37.5% 3	26.3% 5	26.1% 345
Democratic-controlled Congress	55.3% 659	83.3% 80	66.7% 6	62.5% 5	68.4% 13	57.7% 763
Not sure	17.1% 204	8.3% 8	22.2% 2	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	16.3% 215
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323