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

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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 get the Russians to agree to nuclear arms reduction.

	1) Failure
	2) Success
	3) Neither
	4) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Failure	938	70.9%	70.9%	-.54
Success	242	18.3%	89.2%	.58
Neither	35	2.6%	91.8%	1.71
Not sure	108	8.2%	100%	2.83

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Failure	71.3% 231	67.0% 260	72.2% 257	74.5% 190	70.9% 938
Success	17.9% 58	19.8% 77	18.8% 67	15.7% 40	18.3% 242
Neither	2.5% 8	4.1% 16	2.0% 7	1.6% 4	2.6% 35
Not sure	8.3% 27	9.0% 35	7.0% 25	8.2% 21	8.2% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1323

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Failure	75.0% 114	75.4% 236	73.8% 197	69.7% 272	59.2% 119	70.9% 938
Success	19.7% 30	16.6% 52	17.2% 46	18.2% 71	21.4% 43	18.3% 242
Neither	0.0% 0	1.3% 4	1.5% 4	3.6% 14	6.5% 13	2.6% 35
Not sure	5.3% 8	6.7% 21	7.5% 20	8.5% 33	12.9% 26	8.2% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 313	100.0% 267	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1323

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Failure	69.7% 561	68.3% 243	77.8% 35	87.2% 34	86.9% 53	70.9% 926
Success	18.5% 149	21.6% 77	11.1% 5	5.1% 2	6.6% 4	18.1% 237
Neither	3.1% 25	2.0% 7	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	3.3% 2	2.7% 35
Not sure	8.7% 70	8.1% 29	11.1% 5	5.1% 2	3.3% 2	8.3% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 805	100.0% 356	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	68.7% 206	72.8% 423	74.3% 156	74.5% 114	50.0% 35	71.1% 934
Success	17.7% 53	17.9% 104	18.1% 38	16.3% 25	28.6% 20	18.3% 240
Neither	2.7% 8	2.9% 17	1.9% 4	2.0% 3	2.9% 2	2.6% 34
Not sure	11.0% 33	6.4% 37	5.7% 12	7.2% 11	18.6% 13	8.1% 106
TOTAL	100.0% 300	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1314

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Failure	74.0% 458	68.2% 480	70.9% 938
Success	18.3% 113	18.3% 129	18.3% 242
Neither	2.9% 18	2.4% 17	2.6% 35
Not sure	4.8% 30	11.1% 78	8.2% 108
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	56.5% 78	66.0% 272	69.3% 237	77.3% 208	88.3% 143	70.9% 938
Success	24.6% 34	19.4% 80	21.6% 74	16.0% 43	6.8% 11	18.3% 242
Neither	2.9% 4	3.9% 16	1.8% 6	2.2% 6	1.9% 3	2.6% 35
Not sure	15.9% 22	10.7% 44	7.3% 25	4.5% 12	3.1% 5	8.2% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 412	100.0% 342	100.0% 269	100.0% 162	1323

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	70.2% 834	81.3% 78	77.8% 7	50.0% 4	63.2% 12	70.8% 935
Success	18.9% 224	7.3% 7	11.1% 1	50.0% 4	31.6% 6	18.3% 242
Neither	2.9% 35	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 35
Not sure	8.0% 95	11.5% 11	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	8.2% 108
TOTAL	100.0% 1188	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1320