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

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BTRJBINF If you had to choose, who as president could do a better job on keeping inflation under control, Ronald Reagan the Republican or Walter Mondale the Democrat?   1) Reagan   2) Mondale   3) Neither   4) Not sure

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Reagan	842	63.5%	63.5%	-.62
Mondale	365	27.5%	91.1%	.57
Neither	29	2.2%	93.3%	1.77
Not sure	89	6.7%	100%	2.97

Variable Comparisons

Region Age Religion Household income Sex Education Race

Region (I-REGION)

	East	South	Midwest	West	TOTAL
Reagan	63.5% 207	68.8% 267	60.4% 215	60.0% 153	63.5% 842
Mondale	28.5% 93	23.2% 90	30.1% 107	29.4% 75	27.5% 365
Neither	1.5% 5	2.1% 8	2.5% 9	2.7% 7	2.2% 29
Not sure	6.4% 21	5.9% 23	7.0% 25	7.8% 20	6.7% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 326	100.0% 388	100.0% 356	100.0% 255	1325

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-64	65 +	TOTAL
Reagan	66.7% 102	69.0% 216	64.2% 172	61.5% 240	55.7% 112	63.5% 842
Mondale	29.4% 45	27.5% 86	27.6% 74	25.6% 100	29.9% 60	27.5% 365
Neither	1.3% 2	1.3% 4	2.2% 6	2.3% 9	4.0% 8	2.2% 29
Not sure	2.6% 4	2.2% 7	6.0% 16	10.5% 41	10.4% 21	6.7% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 153	100.0% 313	100.0% 268	100.0% 390	100.0% 201	1325

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Reagan	65.6% 529	62.7% 224	53.3% 24	53.8% 21	55.7% 34	63.6% 832
Mondale	26.1% 210	28.6% 102	35.6% 16	30.8% 12	34.4% 21	27.6% 361
Neither	1.9% 15	1.1% 4	4.4% 2	10.3% 4	4.9% 3	2.1% 28
Not sure	6.5% 52	7.6% 27	6.7% 3	5.1% 2	4.9% 3	6.7% 87
TOTAL	100.0% 806	100.0% 357	100.0% 45	100.0% 39	100.0% 61	1308

Household income (I-INCOME)

	< 15,000	15,001-25k	25,001-50k	> 50,001	Not sure	TOTAL
Reagan	50.8% 153	62.3% 362	72.9% 153	83.7% 128	56.3% 40	63.5% 836
Mondale	36.9% 111	29.9% 174	19.5% 41	13.7% 21	23.9% 17	27.7% 364
Neither	1.7% 5	1.7% 10	4.3% 9	0.7% 1	4.2% 3	2.1% 28
Not sure	10.6% 32	6.0% 35	3.3% 7	2.0% 3	15.5% 11	6.7% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 301	100.0% 581	100.0% 210	100.0% 153	100.0% 71	1316

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Reagan	70.5% 437	57.4% 405	63.5% 842
Mondale	23.5% 146	31.1% 219	27.5% 365
Neither	1.9% 12	2.4% 17	2.2% 29
Not sure	4.0% 25	9.1% 64	6.7% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 620	100.0% 705	1325

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	38.4% 53	62.7% 259	67.3% 230	71.5% 193	66.0% 107	63.5% 842
Mondale	45.7% 63	28.6% 118	24.6% 84	22.6% 61	24.1% 39	27.5% 365
Neither	1.4% 2	2.2% 9	1.5% 5	2.2% 6	4.3% 7	2.2% 29
Not sure	14.5% 20	6.5% 27	6.7% 23	3.7% 10	5.6% 9	6.7% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 138	100.0% 413	100.0% 342	100.0% 270	100.0% 162	1325

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Oriental/Asian or Pacific Islander	American Indian or Alaskan native	Not sure	TOTAL
Reagan	68.0% 809	14.6% 14	77.8% 7	62.5% 5	36.8% 7	63.7% 842
Mondale	23.7% 282	71.9% 69	11.1% 1	37.5% 3	36.8% 7	27.4% 362
Neither	2.2% 26	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.3% 1	2.2% 29
Not sure	6.1% 73	11.5% 11	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	21.1% 4	6.7% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 1190	100.0% 96	100.0% 9	100.0% 8	100.0% 19	1322