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

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ASKED OF THOSE WHO ANSWERED THEY WERE NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD VOTE FOR RONALD REAGAN AND GEORGE BUSH, THE REPUBLICANS, OR MONDALE AND FERRARO, THE DEMOCRATS: Well if you had to say, would you lean toward the Republican ticket of Reagan and Bush or toward the Democratic ticket of Mondale and Ferraro?

	1) Reagan-Bush
	2) Mondale-Ferraro
	3) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Reagan-Bush	30	32.6%	32.6%	-1.25
Mondale-Ferraro	26	28.3%	60.9%	-.08
Not sure	36	39.1%	100%	1.1

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Reagan-Bush	40.0% 10	30.0% 6	35.5% 11	18.8% 3	32.6% 30
Mondale-Ferraro	16.0% 4	40.0% 8	25.8% 8	37.5% 6	28.3% 26
Not sure	44.0% 11	30.0% 6	38.7% 12	43.8% 7	39.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 25	100.0% 20	100.0% 31	100.0% 16	92

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Reagan-Bush	42.9% 3	55.6% 10	30.8% 4	32.1% 9	15.4% 4	32.6% 30
Mondale-Ferraro	42.9% 3	11.1% 2	23.1% 3	39.3% 11	26.9% 7	28.3% 26
Not sure	14.3% 1	33.3% 6	46.2% 6	28.6% 8	57.7% 15	39.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 7	100.0% 18	100.0% 13	100.0% 28	100.0% 26	92

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Reagan-Bush	36.2% 17	34.5% 10	0.0% 0	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	31.8% 28
Mondale-Ferraro	25.5% 12	31.0% 9	42.9% 3	33.3% 1	0.0% 0	28.4% 25
Not sure	38.3% 18	34.5% 10	57.1% 4	33.3% 1	100.0% 2	39.8% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 29	100.0% 7	100.0% 3	100.0% 2	88

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Reagan-Bush	29.2% 7	34.4% 11	35.7% 5	60.0% 3	26.7% 4	33.3% 30
Mondale-Ferraro	29.2% 7	31.3% 10	35.7% 5	40.0% 2	13.3% 2	28.9% 26
Not sure	41.7% 10	34.4% 11	28.6% 4	0.0% 0	60.0% 9	37.8% 34
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 32	100.0% 14	100.0% 5	100.0% 15	90

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Reagan-Bush	42.4% 14	27.1% 16	32.6% 30
Mondale-Ferraro	24.2% 8	30.5% 18	28.3% 26
Not sure	33.3% 11	42.4% 25	39.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 33	100.0% 59	92

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
Reagan-Bush	50.0% 5	25.0% 9	31.8% 7	50.0% 8	12.5% 1	32.6% 30
Mondale-Ferraro	40.0% 4	33.3% 12	27.3% 6	18.8% 3	12.5% 1	28.3% 26
Not sure	10.0% 1	41.7% 15	40.9% 9	31.3% 5	75.0% 6	39.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 36	100.0% 22	100.0% 16	100.0% 8	92

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Reagan-Bush	34.1% 28	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	66.7% 2	32.6% 30
Mondale-Ferraro	24.4% 20	85.7% 6	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	28.3% 26
Not sure	41.5% 34	14.3% 1	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	33.3% 1	39.1% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 82	100.0% 7	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 3	92