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

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Now in recent years whenever a Republican president has been in the White House, there usually has been a Congress partly or wholly controlled by the Democrats. Do you think it is better or worse for the country to have a president of one party and Congress controlled by the other party, or don't you think it makes much difference?

	1) Better
	2) Worse
	3) No difference
	4) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Better	446	33.6%	33.6%	-1.19
Worse	352	26.5%	60.2%	-.12
No difference	462	34.8%	95%	.95
Not sure	66	5%	100%	2.02

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Better	34.9% 114	28.9% 112	36.8% 131	34.9% 89	33.6% 446
Worse	26.0% 85	32.0% 124	21.9% 78	25.5% 65	26.5% 352
No difference	32.7% 107	34.0% 132	37.4% 133	35.3% 90	34.8% 462
Not sure	6.4% 21	5.2% 20	3.9% 14	4.3% 11	5.0% 66
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
Better	33.8% 52	35.1% 110	38.1% 102	32.1% 125	28.4% 57	33.6% 446
Worse	28.6% 44	25.9% 81	23.9% 64	27.4% 107	27.9% 56	26.5% 352
No difference	36.4% 56	36.4% 114	32.1% 86	34.9% 136	34.8% 70	34.8% 462
Not sure	1.3% 2	2.6% 8	6.0% 16	5.6% 22	9.0% 18	5.0% 66
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
Better	31.6% 255	34.1% 122	28.9% 13	51.3% 20	47.5% 29	33.5% 439
Worse	28.2% 227	25.1% 90	28.9% 13	20.5% 8	18.0% 11	26.7% 349
No difference	35.4% 285	36.0% 129	28.9% 13	28.2% 11	27.9% 17	34.8% 455
Not sure	4.8% 39	4.7% 17	13.3% 6	0.0% 0	6.6% 4	5.0% 66
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
Better	30.2% 91	33.9% 197	41.9% 88	32.0% 49	27.8% 20	33.8% 445
Worse	24.3% 73	26.9% 156	24.8% 52	32.7% 50	25.0% 18	26.5% 349
No difference	40.2% 121	34.9% 203	30.5% 64	29.4% 45	36.1% 26	34.9% 459
Not sure	5.3% 16	4.3% 25	2.9% 6	5.9% 9	11.1% 8	4.9% 64
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1317

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better	36.1% 224	31.4% 222	33.6% 446
Worse	29.8% 185	23.7% 167	26.5% 352
No difference	30.3% 188	38.8% 274	34.8% 462
Not sure	3.7% 23	6.1% 43	5.0% 66
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
Better	28.3% 39	29.3% 121	37.4% 128	37.3% 101	35.2% 57	33.6% 446
Worse	18.8% 26	26.6% 110	28.4% 97	28.8% 78	25.3% 41	26.5% 352
No difference	44.2% 61	40.2% 166	31.6% 108	29.9% 81	28.4% 46	34.8% 462
Not sure	8.7% 12	3.9% 16	2.6% 9	4.1% 11	11.1% 18	5.0% 66
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
Better	34.4% 410	29.2% 28	66.7% 6	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	33.7% 446
Worse	26.5% 316	25.0% 24	0.0% 0	75.0% 6	26.3% 5	26.5% 351
No difference	34.0% 405	40.6% 39	33.3% 3	25.0% 2	57.9% 11	34.8% 460
Not sure	5.0% 60	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	5.0% 66
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323