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

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PRTYAFFL Regardless of how you may vote, what do you usually consider yourself - a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or what?   1) Republican   2) Democrat   3) Independent   4) Other (voluntary)   5) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Republican	439	33%	33%	-1.08
Democrat	551	41.4%	74.3%	0
Independent	278	20.9%	95.2%	1.07
Other (voluntary)	29	2.2%	97.4%	2.15
Not sure	35	2.6%	100%	3.23

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Republican	33.0% 109	32.2% 125	33.0% 118	34.0% 87	33.0% 439
Democrat	41.2% 136	41.8% 162	37.7% 135	46.1% 118	41.4% 551
Independent	21.5% 71	20.9% 81	23.5% 84	16.4% 42	20.9% 278
Other (voluntary)	2.7% 9	2.3% 9	1.7% 6	2.0% 5	2.2% 29
Not sure	1.5% 5	2.8% 11	4.2% 15	1.6% 4	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 330	100.0% 388	100.0% 358	100.0% 256	1332

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Republican	40.9% 63	29.6% 93	30.4% 82	32.9% 129	35.6% 72	33.0% 439
Democrat	32.5% 50	41.1% 129	41.9% 113	44.6% 175	41.6% 84	41.4% 551
Independent	22.1% 34	24.5% 77	23.3% 63	18.6% 73	15.3% 31	20.9% 278
Other (voluntary)	2.6% 4	2.2% 7	2.6% 7	0.8% 3	4.0% 8	2.2% 29
Not sure	1.9% 3	2.5% 8	1.9% 5	3.1% 12	3.5% 7	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 154	100.0% 314	100.0% 270	100.0% 392	100.0% 202	1332

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Republican	38.1% 309	27.3% 98	22.2% 10	15.4% 6	21.3% 13	33.2% 436
Democrat	38.8% 315	46.5% 167	48.9% 22	46.2% 18	37.7% 23	41.4% 545
Independent	18.2% 148	22.0% 79	22.2% 10	33.3% 13	36.1% 22	20.7% 272
Other (voluntary)	1.8% 15	2.8% 10	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	3.3% 2	2.2% 29
Not sure	3.0% 24	1.4% 5	6.7% 3	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	2.5% 33
TOTAL	100.0% 811	100.0% 359	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1315

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican	27.7% 84	30.7% 179	35.4% 75	47.4% 72	34.7% 25	32.9% 435
Democrat	47.5% 144	43.7% 255	37.7% 80	27.6% 42	37.5% 27	41.4% 548
Independent	17.8% 54	21.4% 125	24.1% 51	21.7% 33	18.1% 13	20.9% 276
Other (voluntary)	3.3% 10	2.1% 12	0.5% 1	1.3% 2	5.6% 4	2.2% 29
Not sure	3.6% 11	2.2% 13	2.4% 5	2.0% 3	4.2% 3	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 303	100.0% 584	100.0% 212	100.0% 152	100.0% 72	1323

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	34.6% 215	31.5% 224	33.0% 439
Democrat	36.2% 225	45.9% 326	41.4% 551
Independent	25.1% 156	17.2% 122	20.9% 278
Other (voluntary)	2.1% 13	2.3% 16	2.2% 29
Not sure	2.1% 13	3.1% 22	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 622	100.0% 710	1332

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	25.9% 36	33.3% 138	35.4% 122	34.3% 93	30.9% 50	33.0% 439
Democrat	59.0% 82	44.1% 183	34.8% 120	36.2% 98	42.0% 68	41.4% 551
Independent	10.1% 14	15.9% 66	24.9% 86	26.6% 72	24.7% 40	20.9% 278
Other (voluntary)	2.2% 3	3.1% 13	1.7% 6	1.8% 5	1.2% 2	2.2% 29
Not sure	2.9% 4	3.6% 15	3.2% 11	1.1% 3	1.2% 2	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 139	100.0% 415	100.0% 345	100.0% 271	100.0% 162	1332

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Republican	35.5% 424	6.2% 6	22.2% 2	12.5% 1	31.6% 6	33.0% 439
Democrat	37.5% 448	83.5% 81	44.4% 4	62.5% 5	52.6% 10	41.2% 548
Independent	21.9% 262	9.3% 9	33.3% 3	25.0% 2	10.5% 2	20.9% 278
Other (voluntary)	2.3% 28	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 29
Not sure	2.8% 34	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 1196	100.0% 97	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1329