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

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BLNBUDGT Now I want to ask you about some highlights of President Reagan's record in the White House. If you have to say, would you say that policy has been a failure or success. -Efforts to cut spending and balance the federal budget.   1) Failure   2) Success   3) Neither   4) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Failure	751	56.8%	56.8%	-.73
Success	481	36.4%	93.1%	.6
Neither	31	2.3%	95.5%	1.93
Not sure	60	4.5%	100%	3.26

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Failure	57.5% 187	51.3% 199	58.3% 207	62.0% 158	56.8% 751
Success	35.7% 116	41.5% 161	34.9% 124	31.4% 80	36.4% 481
Neither	1.8% 6	3.1% 12	2.0% 7	2.4% 6	2.3% 31
Not sure	4.9% 16	4.1% 16	4.8% 17	4.3% 11	4.5% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 388	100.0% 355	100.0% 255	1323

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Failure	46.1% 70	56.2% 176	59.7% 160	59.6% 232	56.2% 113	56.8% 751
Success	50.0% 76	40.6% 127	34.3% 92	31.9% 124	30.8% 62	36.4% 481
Neither	1.3% 2	0.6% 2	2.6% 7	2.3% 9	5.5% 11	2.3% 31
Not sure	2.6% 4	2.6% 8	3.4% 9	6.2% 24	7.5% 15	4.5% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 389	100.0% 201	1323

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Failure	55.5% 447	56.1% 199	66.7% 30	71.8% 28	63.9% 39	56.9% 743
Success	37.5% 302	37.7% 134	24.4% 11	23.1% 9	31.1% 19	36.4% 475
Neither	2.6% 21	1.7% 6	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	4.9% 3	2.4% 31
Not sure	4.5% 36	4.5% 16	8.9% 4	2.6% 1	0.0% 0	4.4% 57
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 355	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1306

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	56.1% 169	57.3% 333	61.2% 128	56.2% 86	44.3% 31	56.8% 747
Success	34.2% 103	37.5% 218	34.0% 71	39.9% 61	37.1% 26	36.5% 479
Neither	4.0% 12	1.5% 9	2.4% 5	0.0% 0	5.7% 4	2.3% 30
Not sure	5.6% 17	3.6% 21	2.4% 5	3.9% 6	12.9% 9	4.4% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 209	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1314

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Failure	60.9% 377	53.1% 374	56.8% 751
Success	33.0% 204	39.3% 277	36.4% 481
Neither	2.3% 14	2.4% 17	2.3% 31
Not sure	3.9% 24	5.1% 36	4.5% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 704	1323

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
Failure	57.2% 79	54.5% 224	52.0% 178	60.0% 162	66.7% 108	56.8% 751
Success	30.4% 42	38.0% 156	40.6% 139	35.2% 95	30.2% 49	36.4% 481
Neither	2.9% 4	2.4% 10	2.9% 10	1.9% 5	1.2% 2	2.3% 31
Not sure	9.4% 13	5.1% 21	4.4% 15	3.0% 8	1.9% 3	4.5% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 411	100.0% 342	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1323

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	54.5% 647	80.2% 77	66.7% 6	62.5% 5	68.4% 13	56.7% 748
Success	38.2% 454	15.6% 15	33.3% 3	37.5% 3	31.6% 6	36.4% 481
Neither	2.4% 29	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 31
Not sure	4.9% 58	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.5% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1320