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

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VTECNGRS In 1982, in the race for Congress here in this district, did you vote, or didn't you get around to voting when less than half the voters came out to vote?   1) Voted   2) Didn't vote   3) Not old enough to vote   4) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Voted	915	68.6%	68.6%	-.57
Didn't vote	345	25.9%	94.5%	.81
Not old enough to vote	14	1.1%	95.6%	2.18
Not sure	59	4.4%	100%	3.55

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Voted	67.0% 221	68.6% 267	68.4% 245	71.1% 182	68.6% 915
Didn't vote	29.1% 96	24.7% 96	26.3% 94	23.0% 59	25.9% 345
Not old enough to vote	0.6% 2	1.8% 7	1.1% 4	0.4% 1	1.1% 14
Not sure	3.3% 11	4.9% 19	4.2% 15	5.5% 14	4.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 389	100.0% 358	100.0% 256	1333

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Voted	29.9% 46	53.7% 169	74.1% 200	81.6% 320	89.1% 180	68.6% 915
Didn't vote	60.4% 93	41.0% 129	21.1% 57	12.5% 49	8.4% 17	25.9% 345
Not old enough to vote	7.8% 12	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 14
Not sure	1.9% 3	4.8% 15	4.8% 13	5.9% 23	2.5% 5	4.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 315	100.0% 270	100.0% 392	100.0% 202	1333

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Voted	70.9% 575	66.4% 239	75.6% 34	56.4% 22	57.4% 35	68.8% 905
Didn't vote	22.8% 185	29.7% 107	22.2% 10	38.5% 15	39.3% 24	25.9% 341
Not old enough to vote	1.5% 12	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 14
Not sure	4.8% 39	3.3% 12	2.2% 1	5.1% 2	3.3% 2	4.3% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 811	100.0% 360	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1316

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Voted	64.4% 195	67.6% 395	69.3% 147	75.8% 116	77.8% 56	68.7% 909
Didn't vote	31.4% 95	26.2% 153	25.9% 55	19.6% 30	13.9% 10	25.9% 343
Not old enough to vote	0.3% 1	1.4% 8	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	5.6% 4	1.1% 14
Not sure	4.0% 12	4.8% 28	4.2% 9	4.6% 7	2.8% 2	4.4% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 303	100.0% 584	100.0% 212	100.0% 153	100.0% 72	1324

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Voted	69.0% 429	68.4% 486	68.6% 915
Didn't vote	25.4% 158	26.3% 187	25.9% 345
Not old enough to vote	1.4% 9	0.7% 5	1.1% 14
Not sure	4.2% 26	4.6% 33	4.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 711	1333

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
Voted	77.7% 108	67.0% 278	67.0% 231	62.5% 170	79.0% 128	68.6% 915
Didn't vote	19.4% 27	25.8% 107	28.1% 97	30.5% 83	19.1% 31	25.9% 345
Not old enough to vote	0.0% 0	1.9% 8	1.4% 5	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 14
Not sure	2.9% 4	5.3% 22	3.5% 12	6.6% 18	1.9% 3	4.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 415	100.0% 345	100.0% 272	100.0% 162	1333

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Voted	69.7% 834	61.9% 60	55.6% 5	50.0% 4	57.9% 11	68.7% 914
Didn't vote	24.5% 293	37.1% 36	44.4% 4	50.0% 4	42.1% 8	25.9% 345
Not old enough to vote	1.0% 12	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 12
Not sure	4.8% 58	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 1197	100.0% 97	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1330