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

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VOTE1980 ASKED ONLY OF THOSE WHO WERE NOT 18 TO 21 YEARS OF AGE: Did you vote in the election for president in 1980 when Carter and Reagan ran, or didn't you get around to voting back then when just over half the voters came out to vote?   1) Voted   2) Didn't vote   3) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Voted	1162	94.9%	94.9%	-.23
Didn't vote	58	4.7%	99.6%	3.84
Not sure	5	.4%	100%	7.9

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Voted	95.4% 293	94.4% 335	96.6% 312	92.5% 222	94.9% 1162
Didn't vote	4.6% 14	4.8% 17	3.1% 10	7.1% 17	4.7% 58
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 307	100.0% 355	100.0% 323	100.0% 240	1225

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Voted	80.5% 62	93.5% 287	96.2% 256	96.8% 366	97.0% 191	94.9% 1162
Didn't vote	16.9% 13	6.5% 20	3.4% 9	2.6% 10	3.0% 6	4.7% 58
Not sure	2.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.5% 2	0.0% 0	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 307	100.0% 266	100.0% 378	100.0% 197	1225

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Voted	95.3% 713	93.3% 304	100.0% 43	91.7% 33	96.4% 53	94.9% 1146
Didn't vote	4.4% 33	6.1% 20	0.0% 0	5.6% 2	3.6% 2	4.7% 57
Not sure	0.3% 2	0.6% 2	0.0% 0	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 748	100.0% 326	100.0% 43	100.0% 36	100.0% 55	1208

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Voted	90.6% 241	95.3% 527	96.9% 188	97.9% 139	95.1% 58	94.8% 1153
Didn't vote	9.4% 25	4.2% 23	2.6% 5	1.4% 2	4.9% 3	4.8% 58
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.5% 3	0.5% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 266	100.0% 553	100.0% 194	100.0% 142	100.0% 61	1216

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Voted	100.0% 566	90.4% 596	94.9% 1162
Didn't vote	0.0% 0	8.8% 58	4.7% 58
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.8% 5	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 566	100.0% 659	1225

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	90.7% 117	93.5% 344	95.5% 294	95.8% 252	98.7% 155	94.9% 1162
Didn't vote	9.3% 12	5.7% 21	4.2% 13	3.8% 10	1.3% 2	4.7% 58
Not sure	0.0% 0	0.8% 3	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 129	100.0% 368	100.0% 308	100.0% 263	100.0% 157	1225

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Voted	95.2% 1059	91.8% 78	85.7% 6	100.0% 5	86.7% 13	94.9% 1161
Didn't vote	4.3% 48	8.2% 7	14.3% 1	0.0% 0	13.3% 2	4.7% 58
Not sure	0.4% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 5
TOTAL	100.0% 1112	100.0% 85	100.0% 7	100.0% 5	100.0% 15	1224