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

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ANSWERED OF THOSE WHO WHERE NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD VOTE FOR GEORGE BUSH, THE REPUBLICAN, OR GERALDINE FERRARO, THE DEMOCRAT IF THEY COULD VOTE FOR JUST VICE PRESIDENT: Well, if you had to say for vice president, would you lean toward Bush the Republican or Ferraro the Democrat?

	1) Bush
	2) Ferraro
	3) Not sure

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Bush	26	31%	31%	-1.31
Ferraro	21	25%	56%	-.15
Not sure	37	44%	100%	1.01

Variable Comparisons

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Bush	18.2% 4	33.3% 7	40.0% 12	27.3% 3	31.0% 26
Ferraro	18.2% 4	28.6% 6	26.7% 8	27.3% 3	25.0% 21
Not sure	63.6% 14	38.1% 8	33.3% 10	45.5% 5	44.0% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 21	100.0% 30	100.0% 11	84

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Bush	50.0% 3	37.5% 6	41.2% 7	29.6% 8	11.1% 2	31.0% 26
Ferraro	16.7% 1	18.8% 3	17.6% 3	33.3% 9	27.8% 5	25.0% 21
Not sure	33.3% 2	43.8% 7	41.2% 7	37.0% 10	61.1% 11	44.0% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 6	100.0% 16	100.0% 17	100.0% 27	100.0% 18	84

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Bush	34.0% 18	27.3% 6	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	50.0% 1	31.7% 26
Ferraro	28.3% 15	22.7% 5	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.6% 21
Not sure	37.7% 20	50.0% 11	75.0% 3	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	42.7% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 53	100.0% 22	100.0% 4	100.0% 1	100.0% 2	82

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Bush	33.3% 8	28.1% 9	33.3% 4	66.7% 2	25.0% 3	31.3% 26
Ferraro	20.8% 5	31.3% 10	25.0% 3	33.3% 1	16.7% 2	25.3% 21
Not sure	45.8% 11	40.6% 13	41.7% 5	0.0% 0	58.3% 7	43.4% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 32	100.0% 12	100.0% 3	100.0% 12	83

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Bush	36.1% 13	27.1% 13	31.0% 26
Ferraro	22.2% 8	27.1% 13	25.0% 21
Not sure	41.7% 15	45.8% 22	44.0% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 48	84

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
Bush	16.7% 2	33.3% 10	33.3% 6	50.0% 5	21.4% 3	31.0% 26
Ferraro	41.7% 5	20.0% 6	33.3% 6	10.0% 1	21.4% 3	25.0% 21
Not sure	41.7% 5	46.7% 14	33.3% 6	40.0% 4	57.1% 8	44.0% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 30	100.0% 18	100.0% 10	100.0% 14	84

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Bush	32.9% 23	9.1% 1	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	66.7% 2	31.0% 26
Ferraro	20.0% 14	63.6% 7	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	25.0% 21
Not sure	47.1% 33	27.3% 3	0.00% 0	0.00% 0	33.3% 1	44.0% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 70	100.0% 11	100.0% 0	100.0% 0	100.0% 3	84