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

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Now let me ask you to compare the Mondale-Ferraro and Reagan-Bush campaigns on a number of things. If you had to say, who would you say has seemed too overconfident, Mondale-Ferraro or Reagan-Bush?

	1) Mondale-Ferraro
	2) Reagan-Bush
	3) Neither
	4) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Mondale-Ferraro	323	24.4%	24.4%	-1.29
Reagan-Bush	697	52.6%	76.9%	-.07
Neither	218	16.4%	93.4%	1.16
Not sure	88	6.6%	100%	2.38

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Mondale-Ferraro	22.9% 75	28.4% 110	24.2% 86	20.4% 52	24.4% 323
Reagan-Bush	53.8% 176	45.9% 178	56.5% 201	55.7% 142	52.6% 697
Neither	15.9% 52	19.1% 74	13.8% 49	16.9% 43	16.4% 218
Not sure	7.3% 24	6.7% 26	5.6% 20	7.1% 18	6.6% 88
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
Mondale-Ferraro	31.2% 48	28.4% 89	19.8% 53	21.5% 84	24.4% 49	24.4% 323
Reagan-Bush	56.5% 87	51.1% 160	56.0% 150	52.1% 203	48.3% 97	52.6% 697
Neither	10.4% 16	16.3% 51	17.9% 48	19.2% 75	13.9% 28	16.4% 218
Not sure	1.9% 3	4.2% 13	6.3% 17	7.2% 28	13.4% 27	6.6% 88
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
Mondale-Ferraro	26.6% 214	24.9% 89	4.4% 2	12.8% 5	14.8% 9	24.4% 319
Reagan-Bush	48.0% 387	59.2% 212	62.2% 28	69.2% 27	60.7% 37	52.8% 691
Neither	17.7% 143	12.0% 43	24.4% 11	10.3% 4	21.3% 13	16.3% 214
Not sure	7.7% 62	3.9% 14	8.9% 4	7.7% 3	3.3% 2	6.5% 85
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
Mondale-Ferraro	27.2% 82	26.9% 156	19.0% 40	14.4% 22	29.2% 21	24.4% 321
Reagan-Bush	52.5% 158	54.6% 317	58.1% 122	45.8% 70	38.9% 28	52.8% 695
Neither	10.0% 30	14.5% 84	18.1% 38	33.3% 51	15.3% 11	16.2% 214
Not sure	10.3% 31	4.1% 24	4.8% 10	6.5% 10	16.7% 12	6.6% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1317

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Mondale-Ferraro	20.2% 125	28.0% 198	24.4% 323
Reagan-Bush	54.4% 337	51.0% 360	52.6% 697
Neither	21.3% 132	12.2% 86	16.4% 218
Not sure	4.2% 26	8.8% 62	6.6% 88
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
Mondale-Ferraro	25.4% 35	32.0% 132	29.5% 101	14.0% 38	10.5% 17	24.4% 323
Reagan-Bush	58.7% 81	47.2% 195	51.5% 176	58.3% 158	53.7% 87	52.6% 697
Neither	3.6% 5	14.8% 61	13.7% 47	23.2% 63	25.9% 42	16.4% 218
Not sure	12.3% 17	6.1% 25	5.3% 18	4.4% 12	9.9% 16	6.6% 88
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
Mondale-Ferraro	25.3% 301	12.5% 12	11.1% 1	25.0% 2	31.6% 6	24.3% 322
Reagan-Bush	50.0% 596	77.1% 74	77.8% 7	75.0% 6	63.2% 12	52.5% 695
Neither	17.9% 213	4.2% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	16.5% 218
Not sure	6.8% 81	6.3% 6	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.7% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 1191	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1323