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

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President Reagan had said that he hasn't been able to get some of his military aid programs, cuts in domestic social programs, and legislation requiring school prayer and a ban on abortion because Democrats control the House of Representatives. Do you think the country would be better off or worse off if the voters gave him a Republican-controlled Congress that would pass nearly everything he wants?

	1) Better off
	2) Worse off
	3) Neither
	4) Both
	5) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Better off	413	31.1%	31.1%	-.96
Worse off	790	59.6%	90.7%	.1
Neither	39	2.9%	93.7%	1.16
Both	2	.2%	93.8%	2.21
Not sure	82	6.2%	100%	3.27

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Better off	30.0% 98	38.7% 150	28.1% 100	25.5% 65	31.1% 413
Worse off	60.9% 199	53.4% 207	61.5% 219	64.7% 165	59.6% 790
Neither	3.1% 10	2.1% 8	3.7% 13	3.1% 8	2.9% 39
Both	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 2
Not sure	6.1% 20	5.7% 22	6.7% 24	6.3% 16	6.2% 82
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 off	33.1% 51	28.4% 89	27.2% 73	31.3% 122	38.8% 78	31.1% 413
Worse off	63.0% 97	66.5% 208	63.1% 169	57.2% 223	46.3% 93	59.6% 790
Neither	1.3% 2	1.6% 5	2.2% 6	3.8% 15	5.5% 11	2.9% 39
Both	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Not sure	2.6% 4	3.5% 11	6.7% 18	7.7% 30	9.5% 19	6.2% 82
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 off	35.6% 287	27.4% 98	17.8% 8	12.8% 5	14.8% 9	31.1% 407
Worse off	54.3% 438	65.6% 235	68.9% 31	84.6% 33	73.8% 45	59.7% 782
Neither	3.0% 24	2.2% 8	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	8.2% 5	2.9% 38
Both	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Not sure	6.8% 55	4.7% 17	11.1% 5	2.6% 1	3.3% 2	6.1% 80
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 off	29.2% 88	29.4% 171	31.4% 66	39.2% 60	34.7% 25	31.1% 410
Worse off	60.5% 182	62.1% 361	61.9% 130	52.9% 81	44.4% 32	59.7% 786
Neither	2.0% 6	2.6% 15	2.4% 5	3.9% 6	6.9% 5	2.8% 37
Both	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Not sure	8.0% 24	5.9% 34	3.8% 8	3.9% 6	13.9% 10	6.2% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1317

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better off	36.3% 225	26.6% 188	31.1% 413
Worse off	57.4% 356	61.5% 434	59.6% 790
Neither	1.8% 11	4.0% 28	2.9% 39
Both	0.0% 0	0.3% 2	0.2% 2
Not sure	4.5% 28	7.6% 54	6.2% 82
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 off	31.9% 44	32.0% 132	32.2% 110	31.4% 85	25.9% 42	31.1% 413
Worse off	54.3% 75	58.4% 241	59.6% 204	61.6% 167	63.6% 103	59.6% 790
Neither	2.2% 3	3.1% 13	2.3% 8	3.7% 10	3.1% 5	2.9% 39
Both	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.2% 2
Not sure	11.6% 16	6.5% 27	5.6% 19	3.3% 9	6.8% 11	6.2% 82
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 off	33.2% 396	7.3% 7	33.3% 3	12.5% 1	31.6% 6	31.2% 413
Worse off	57.3% 683	83.3% 80	66.7% 6	87.5% 7	57.9% 11	59.5% 787
Neither	2.9% 35	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	2.9% 39
Both	0.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
Not sure	6.3% 75	6.3% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	6.2% 82
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323