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

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ASKED OF THOSE WHO SAID THEY STRONGLY FAVOR OR SOMEWHAT FAVOR THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT: As you may know, President Reagan is opposed to passage of the ERA. Does his opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment mean that you certainly would not vote for him, 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	249	30%	30%	-1.38
Probably would not vote for him	118	14.2%	44.3%	-.31
Could still vote for him	439	53%	97.2%	.77
Not sure	23	2.8%	100%	1.85

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	28.5% 61	29.7% 62	24.9% 58	39.3% 68	30.0% 249
Probably would not vote for him	16.4% 35	12.0% 25	13.7% 32	15.0% 26	14.2% 118
Could still vote for him	51.4% 110	56.9% 119	58.8% 137	42.2% 73	53.0% 439
Not sure	3.7% 8	1.4% 3	2.6% 6	3.5% 6	2.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 214	100.0% 209	100.0% 233	100.0% 173	829

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	19.6% 21	26.6% 54	30.9% 56	32.3% 71	39.8% 47	30.0% 249
Probably would not vote for him	15.9% 17	15.8% 32	14.4% 26	14.5% 32	9.3% 11	14.2% 118
Could still vote for him	61.7% 66	57.1% 116	54.1% 98	49.5% 109	42.4% 50	53.0% 439
Not sure	2.8% 3	0.5% 1	0.6% 1	3.6% 8	8.5% 10	2.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 203	100.0% 181	100.0% 220	100.0% 118	829

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	29.5% 137	26.1% 64	48.4% 15	40.0% 12	37.0% 17	30.0% 245
Probably would not vote for him	12.5% 58	15.5% 38	3.2% 1	23.3% 7	23.9% 11	14.1% 115
Could still vote for him	55.0% 255	55.1% 135	45.2% 14	36.7% 11	39.1% 18	53.1% 433
Not sure	3.0% 14	3.3% 8	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 464	100.0% 245	100.0% 31	100.0% 30	100.0% 46	816

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	35.6% 67	28.5% 109	28.1% 36	25.3% 23	35.1% 13	30.0% 248
Probably would not vote for him	17.6% 33	15.7% 60	11.7% 15	9.9% 9	2.7% 1	14.3% 118
Could still vote for him	42.6% 80	53.9% 206	57.0% 73	64.8% 59	51.4% 19	52.9% 437
Not sure	4.3% 8	1.8% 7	3.1% 4	0.0% 0	10.8% 4	2.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 382	100.0% 128	100.0% 91	100.0% 37	826

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	28.0% 103	31.7% 146	30.0% 249
Probably would not vote for him	14.4% 53	14.1% 65	14.2% 118
Could still vote for him	55.4% 204	51.0% 235	53.0% 439
Not sure	2.2% 8	3.3% 15	2.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 368	100.0% 461	829

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	46.8% 36	24.3% 62	26.7% 56	27.0% 48	43.1% 47	30.0% 249
Probably would not vote for him	15.6% 12	13.3% 34	15.2% 32	16.9% 30	9.2% 10	14.2% 118
Could still vote for him	31.2% 24	58.4% 149	56.2% 118	55.6% 99	45.0% 49	53.0% 439
Not sure	6.5% 5	3.9% 10	1.9% 4	0.6% 1	2.8% 3	2.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 255	100.0% 210	100.0% 178	100.0% 109	829

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	26.7% 197	62.3% 43	33.3% 2	20.0% 1	44.4% 4	29.9% 247
Probably would not vote for him	13.6% 100	21.7% 15	16.7% 1	20.0% 1	11.1% 1	14.3% 118
Could still vote for him	56.9% 419	14.5% 10	50.0% 3	60.0% 3	33.3% 3	53.0% 438
Not sure	2.8% 21	1.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	11.1% 1	2.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 737	100.0% 69	100.0% 6	100.0% 5	100.0% 9	826