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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. -Helping those hardest hit by hard times.

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

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Failure	732	55.4%	55.4%	-.73
Success	482	36.5%	91.8%	.5
Neither	25	1.9%	93.7%	1.74
Not sure	83	6.3%	100%	2.97

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Failure	57.8% 188	47.9% 186	58.9% 209	58.7% 149	55.4% 732
Success	34.5% 112	43.8% 170	32.4% 115	33.5% 85	36.5% 482
Neither	2.2% 7	3.9% 15	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	1.9% 25
Not sure	5.5% 18	4.4% 17	8.2% 29	7.5% 19	6.3% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 388	100.0% 355	100.0% 254	1322

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Failure	59.2% 90	55.0% 172	60.1% 161	53.6% 208	50.2% 101	55.4% 732
Success	34.2% 52	39.6% 124	35.4% 95	36.1% 140	35.3% 71	36.5% 482
Neither	2.6% 4	1.3% 4	1.1% 3	2.6% 10	2.0% 4	1.9% 25
Not sure	3.9% 6	4.2% 13	3.4% 9	7.7% 30	12.4% 25	6.3% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 388	100.0% 201	1322

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Failure	51.4% 413	58.7% 209	66.7% 30	74.4% 29	65.6% 40	55.2% 721
Success	39.9% 321	35.4% 126	24.4% 11	12.8% 5	24.6% 15	36.6% 478
Neither	2.0% 16	1.4% 5	4.4% 2	0.0% 0	3.3% 2	1.9% 25
Not sure	6.7% 54	4.5% 16	4.4% 2	12.8% 5	6.6% 4	6.2% 81
TOTAL	100.0% 804	100.0% 356	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1305

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	59.8% 180	56.3% 326	56.7% 119	44.4% 68	51.4% 36	55.5% 729
Success	29.2% 88	37.3% 216	38.1% 80	46.4% 71	34.3% 24	36.5% 479
Neither	2.3% 7	1.0% 6	2.4% 5	3.3% 5	2.9% 2	1.9% 25
Not sure	8.6% 26	5.4% 31	2.9% 6	5.9% 9	11.4% 8	6.1% 80
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 579	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1313

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Failure	52.3% 324	58.0% 408	55.4% 732
Success	38.9% 241	34.3% 241	36.5% 482
Neither	2.1% 13	1.7% 12	1.9% 25
Not sure	6.6% 41	6.0% 42	6.3% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 619	100.0% 703	1322

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	61.6% 85	55.6% 229	53.1% 181	54.3% 146	56.2% 91	55.4% 732
Success	29.7% 41	35.0% 144	40.2% 137	37.9% 102	35.8% 58	36.5% 482
Neither	1.4% 2	2.4% 10	1.5% 5	2.2% 6	1.2% 2	1.9% 25
Not sure	7.2% 10	7.0% 29	5.3% 18	5.6% 15	6.8% 11	6.3% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 412	100.0% 341	100.0% 269	100.0% 162	1322

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	52.7% 625	88.5% 85	55.6% 5	62.5% 5	52.6% 10	55.3% 730
Success	38.6% 458	8.3% 8	44.4% 4	37.5% 3	42.1% 8	36.5% 481
Neither	2.0% 24	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	1.9% 25
Not sure	6.7% 80	3.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 83
TOTAL	100.0% 1187	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1319