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

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RGNRCHVT ASKED ONLY OF THOSE WHO AGREE THAT UNDER THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION THE ELDERLY, THE POOR, AND THE HANDICAPPED HAVE BEEN ESPECIALLY HARD HIT, WHILE THE RICH AND BIG BUSINESS HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER OFF: Does your feeling that under Reagan the poor have been especially hard hit while the rich have been better off mean that you certainly would not vote for him, probably would not vote for him, 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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Certainly would not vote for him	337	45.6%	45.6%	-.98
Probably would not vote for him	143	19.4%	65%	.08
Could still vote for him	234	31.7%	96.6%	1.13
Not sure	25	3.4%	100%	2.18

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	46.5% 86	44.2% 84	40.4% 86	53.6% 81	45.6% 337
Probably would not vote for him	17.3% 32	18.4% 35	21.1% 45	20.5% 31	19.4% 143
Could still vote for him	33.0% 61	34.2% 65	34.3% 73	23.2% 35	31.7% 234
Not sure	3.2% 6	3.2% 6	4.2% 9	2.6% 4	3.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 190	100.0% 213	100.0% 151	739

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	35.9% 33	43.3% 71	45.1% 73	47.7% 103	54.3% 57	45.6% 337
Probably would not vote for him	18.5% 17	24.4% 40	16.0% 26	21.3% 46	13.3% 14	19.4% 143
Could still vote for him	43.5% 40	31.1% 51	37.7% 61	27.8% 60	21.0% 22	31.7% 234
Not sure	2.2% 2	1.2% 2	1.2% 2	3.2% 7	11.4% 12	3.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 92	100.0% 164	100.0% 162	100.0% 216	100.0% 105	739

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	46.6% 186	39.7% 92	58.6% 17	58.1% 18	51.3% 20	45.6% 333
Probably would not vote for him	19.0% 76	20.3% 47	6.9% 2	16.1% 5	30.8% 12	19.5% 142
Could still vote for him	30.6% 122	37.5% 87	24.1% 7	22.6% 7	17.9% 7	31.5% 230
Not sure	3.8% 15	2.6% 6	10.3% 3	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	3.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 399	100.0% 232	100.0% 29	100.0% 31	100.0% 39	730

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	48.4% 91	44.8% 150	47.6% 50	41.4% 29	43.2% 16	45.7% 336
Probably would not vote for him	22.9% 43	21.5% 72	13.3% 14	12.9% 9	10.8% 4	19.3% 142
Could still vote for him	24.5% 46	30.7% 103	37.1% 39	44.3% 31	35.1% 13	31.6% 232
Not sure	4.3% 8	3.0% 10	1.9% 2	1.4% 1	10.8% 4	3.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 188	100.0% 335	100.0% 105	100.0% 70	100.0% 37	735

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	41.3% 131	48.8% 206	45.6% 337
Probably would not vote for him	22.4% 71	17.1% 72	19.4% 143
Could still vote for him	34.7% 110	29.4% 124	31.7% 234
Not sure	1.6% 5	4.7% 20	3.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 317	100.0% 422	739

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	62.1% 59	34.9% 83	45.6% 83	44.3% 58	58.1% 54	45.6% 337
Probably would not vote for him	17.9% 17	23.1% 55	15.9% 29	22.9% 30	12.9% 12	19.4% 143
Could still vote for him	17.9% 17	37.0% 88	35.7% 65	30.5% 40	25.8% 24	31.7% 234
Not sure	2.1% 2	5.0% 12	2.7% 5	2.3% 3	3.2% 3	3.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 238	100.0% 182	100.0% 131	100.0% 93	739

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Certainly would not vote for him	42.5% 266	69.0% 58	16.7% 1	42.9% 3	53.8% 7	45.5% 335
Probably would not vote for him	19.3% 121	20.2% 17	50.0% 3	0.0% 0	15.4% 2	19.4% 143
Could still vote for him	34.5% 216	9.5% 8	33.3% 2	57.1% 4	23.1% 3	31.7% 233
Not sure	3.7% 23	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	7.7% 1	3.4% 25
TOTAL	100.0% 626	100.0% 84	100.0% 6	100.0% 7	100.0% 13	736