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

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ASKED ONLY OF THOSE WHO AGREED THAT WALTER MONDALE TENDS TO BE TOO CAUTIOUS AND VAGUE ABOUT WHAT HE REALLY STANDS FOR ON THE IMPORTANT ISSUES: Does your feeling that Mondale tends to be too cautious and vague on where he stands that you certainly would not vote for him in this year's presidential election, probably would not vote for him, or could you still vote for him?

	1) Certainly would not vote for him
	2) Probably would not vote for him
	3) Could still vote for him
	4) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Certainly would not vote for him	371	52.3%	52.3%	-.86
Probably would not vote for him	131	18.5%	70.8%	.23
Could still vote for him	191	26.9%	97.7%	1.32
Not sure	16	2.3%	100%	2.41

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	50.9% 89	63.3% 138	43.1% 81	49.2% 63	52.3% 371
Probably would not vote for him	16.0% 28	15.6% 34	22.9% 43	20.3% 26	18.5% 131
Could still vote for him	29.7% 52	18.3% 40	32.4% 61	29.7% 38	26.9% 191
Not sure	3.4% 6	2.8% 6	1.6% 3	0.8% 1	2.3% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 218	100.0% 188	100.0% 128	709

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	46.0% 40	55.4% 98	47.7% 74	55.9% 114	52.3% 45	52.3% 371
Probably would not vote for him	24.1% 21	20.3% 36	19.4% 30	15.7% 32	14.0% 12	18.5% 131
Could still vote for him	28.7% 25	23.2% 41	31.0% 48	27.5% 56	24.4% 21	26.9% 191
Not sure	1.1% 1	1.1% 2	1.9% 3	1.0% 2	9.3% 8	2.3% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 87	100.0% 177	100.0% 155	100.0% 204	100.0% 86	709

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	56.2% 254	47.8% 89	42.9% 9	20.0% 3	56.0% 14	52.8% 369
Probably would not vote for him	18.1% 82	18.8% 35	4.8% 1	20.0% 3	20.0% 5	18.0% 126
Could still vote for him	23.7% 107	31.2% 58	42.9% 9	53.3% 8	24.0% 6	26.9% 188
Not sure	2.0% 9	2.2% 4	9.5% 2	6.7% 1	0.0% 0	2.3% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 452	100.0% 186	100.0% 21	100.0% 15	100.0% 25	699

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	38.8% 57	55.9% 175	48.1% 65	67.1% 57	57.7% 15	52.3% 369
Probably would not vote for him	15.6% 23	16.9% 53	25.9% 35	16.5% 14	23.1% 6	18.6% 131
Could still vote for him	42.2% 62	24.9% 78	25.2% 34	15.3% 13	11.5% 3	26.9% 190
Not sure	3.4% 5	2.2% 7	0.7% 1	1.2% 1	7.7% 2	2.3% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 313	100.0% 135	100.0% 85	100.0% 26	706

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	54.8% 188	50.0% 183	52.3% 371
Probably would not vote for him	15.7% 54	21.0% 77	18.5% 131
Could still vote for him	28.6% 98	25.4% 93	26.9% 191
Not sure	0.9% 3	3.6% 13	2.3% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 366	709

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
Certainly would not vote for him	36.7% 22	49.6% 116	58.1% 111	56.0% 84	51.4% 38	52.3% 371
Probably would not vote for him	11.7% 7	18.8% 44	18.3% 35	19.3% 29	21.6% 16	18.5% 131
Could still vote for him	48.3% 29	29.5% 69	21.5% 41	22.0% 33	25.7% 19	26.9% 191
Not sure	3.3% 2	2.1% 5	2.1% 4	2.7% 4	1.4% 1	2.3% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 60	100.0% 234	100.0% 191	100.0% 150	100.0% 74	709

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	54.9% 361	5.6% 2	75.0% 3	100.0% 2	37.5% 3	52.4% 371
Probably would not vote for him	19.1% 126	5.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	37.5% 3	18.5% 131
Could still vote for him	24.0% 158	80.6% 29	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	25.0% 2	26.8% 190
Not sure	2.0% 13	8.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 36	100.0% 4	100.0% 2	100.0% 8	708