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

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CBJBRPT Now, if you had to choose, which do you feel would do a better job restoring respect for America in the world, 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	710	53.5%	53.5%	-.84
Democratic-controlled Congress	465	35.1%	88.6%	.61
Not sure	151	11.4%	100%	2.07

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Republican-controlled Congress	52.6% 172	56.4% 219	54.2% 193	49.4% 126	53.5% 710
Democratic-controlled Congress	34.9% 114	32.2% 125	35.1% 125	39.6% 101	35.1% 465
Not sure	12.5% 41	11.3% 44	10.7% 38	11.0% 28	11.4% 151
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	62.3% 96	55.3% 173	52.6% 141	51.3% 200	49.8% 100	53.5% 710
Democratic-controlled Congress	32.5% 50	34.8% 109	33.6% 90	36.4% 142	36.8% 74	35.1% 465
Not sure	5.2% 8	9.9% 31	13.8% 37	12.3% 48	13.4% 27	11.4% 151
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	57.1% 460	51.4% 184	37.8% 17	38.5% 15	41.0% 25	53.6% 701
Democratic-controlled Congress	31.5% 254	37.7% 135	51.1% 23	51.3% 20	45.9% 28	35.1% 460
Not sure	11.4% 92	10.9% 39	11.1% 5	10.3% 4	13.1% 8	11.3% 148
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	44.5% 134	51.3% 298	61.4% 129	71.2% 109	50.0% 36	53.6% 706
Democratic-controlled Congress	44.5% 134	36.3% 211	30.0% 63	23.5% 36	26.4% 19	35.2% 463
Not sure	11.0% 33	12.4% 72	8.6% 18	5.2% 8	23.6% 17	11.2% 148
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	60.0% 372	47.9% 338	53.5% 710
Democratic-controlled Congress	31.0% 192	38.7% 273	35.1% 465
Not sure	9.0% 56	13.5% 95	11.4% 151
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	34.8% 48	53.5% 221	57.9% 198	58.3% 158	52.5% 85	53.5% 710
Democratic-controlled Congress	50.7% 70	35.1% 145	32.7% 112	29.9% 81	35.2% 57	35.1% 465
Not sure	14.5% 20	11.4% 47	9.4% 32	11.8% 32	12.3% 20	11.4% 151
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	57.4% 684	10.4% 10	55.6% 5	37.5% 3	42.1% 8	53.7% 710
Democratic-controlled Congress	30.9% 368	79.2% 76	33.3% 3	62.5% 5	52.6% 10	34.9% 462
Not sure	11.7% 139	10.4% 10	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	11.4% 151
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323