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

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STPCMNST 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. -Sending economic and military aid to El Salvador, backing the rebels in Nicaragua by mining harbors there, and sending U.S. troops on maneuvers in Central America as the way to stop the communists in that region.   1) Failure   2) Success   3) Neither   4) Not sure

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Failure	680	51.4%	51.4%	-.77
Success	476	36%	87.3%	.3
Neither	29	2.2%	89.5%	1.37
Not sure	139	10.5%	100%	2.44

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Failure	54.5% 177	45.1% 175	52.2% 186	55.7% 142	51.4% 680
Success	32.9% 107	42.8% 166	34.8% 124	31.0% 79	36.0% 476
Neither	3.1% 10	2.3% 9	2.0% 7	1.2% 3	2.2% 29
Not sure	9.5% 31	9.8% 38	11.0% 39	12.2% 31	10.5% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 325	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1324

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Failure	46.7% 71	53.4% 167	51.9% 139	51.8% 202	50.2% 101	51.4% 680
Success	47.4% 72	35.8% 112	37.3% 100	32.3% 126	32.8% 66	36.0% 476
Neither	1.3% 2	2.2% 7	1.9% 5	2.1% 8	3.5% 7	2.2% 29
Not sure	4.6% 7	8.6% 27	9.0% 24	13.8% 54	13.4% 27	10.5% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1324

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Failure	48.4% 390	52.0% 185	68.9% 31	64.1% 25	63.9% 39	51.3% 670
Success	37.1% 299	37.4% 133	20.0% 9	25.6% 10	32.8% 20	36.0% 471
Neither	2.6% 21	2.0% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 1	2.2% 29
Not sure	11.9% 96	8.7% 31	11.1% 5	10.3% 4	1.6% 1	10.5% 137
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 356	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1307

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	57.5% 173	50.6% 294	53.3% 112	50.3% 77	27.1% 19	51.3% 675
Success	29.9% 90	38.0% 221	35.2% 74	36.6% 56	47.1% 33	36.0% 474
Neither	1.0% 3	1.7% 10	3.8% 8	2.6% 4	4.3% 3	2.1% 28
Not sure	11.6% 35	9.6% 56	7.6% 16	10.5% 16	21.4% 15	10.5% 138
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 70	1315

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Failure	52.3% 324	50.6% 356	51.4% 680
Success	38.2% 237	33.9% 239	36.0% 476
Neither	1.8% 11	2.6% 18	2.2% 29
Not sure	7.7% 48	12.9% 91	10.5% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 704	1324

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	47.8% 197	47.4% 162	54.8% 148	58.0% 94	51.4% 680
Success	31.2% 43	37.4% 154	40.6% 139	34.4% 93	29.0% 47	36.0% 476
Neither	1.4% 2	2.2% 9	1.2% 4	3.3% 9	3.1% 5	2.2% 29
Not sure	10.1% 14	12.6% 52	10.8% 37	7.4% 20	9.9% 16	10.5% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 412	100.0% 342	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1324

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Failure	49.9% 593	69.8% 67	66.7% 6	50.0% 4	42.1% 8	51.3% 678
Success	37.0% 440	20.8% 20	33.3% 3	50.0% 4	42.1% 8	36.0% 475
Neither	2.3% 27	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	2.2% 29
Not sure	10.8% 129	8.3% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.5% 2	10.5% 139
TOTAL	100.0% 1189	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1321