ABC News/ Washington Post Poll: Faith-Based Initiative, 2001

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BUSH (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? [INTERVIEWER NOTE: Get answer and then ask, Do you approve or disapprove STRONGLY or SOMEWHAT?]   1) Approve STRONGLY   2) Approve SOMEWHAT   3) Disapprove STRONGLY   4) Disapprove SOMEWHAT   8) DK/No opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Approve STRONGLY	439	32.7%	32.7%
Approve SOMEWHAT	404	30.1%	62.8%
Disapprove STRONGLY	217	16.2%	79%
Disapprove SOMEWHAT	215	16%	95%
DK/No opinion	68	5.1%	100.1%
Missing	8	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Gender Education Age Political party Income categories Religion Hispanic? Urban/rural

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Approve STRONGLY	35.3% 227	30.3% 212	32.7% 439
Approve SOMEWHAT	31.4% 202	28.8% 201	30.0% 403
Disapprove STRONGLY	12.9% 83	19.2% 134	16.2% 217
Disapprove SOMEWHAT	15.4% 99	16.6% 116	16.0% 215
DK/No opinion	5.0% 32	5.2% 36	5.1% 68
Missing	3	4	7
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 699	1342

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Approve STRONGLY	20.9% 46	30.4% 133	37.7% 255	4	32.5% 434
Approve SOMEWHAT	37.3% 82	32.3% 141	26.4% 179	2	30.1% 402
Disapprove STRONGLY	9.5% 21	17.2% 75	18.0% 122	0	16.3% 218
Disapprove SOMEWHAT	26.4% 58	15.1% 66	13.3% 90	1	16.0% 214
DK/No opinion	5.9% 13	5.0% 22	4.6% 31	2	4.9% 66
Missing	0	4	4	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 220	100.0% 437	100.0% 677	9	1334

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Approve STRONGLY	19.3% 62	37.2% 146	35.1% 119	38.8% 104	7	32.6% 431
Approve SOMEWHAT	40.1% 129	30.8% 121	26.5% 90	22.4% 60	4	30.3% 400
Disapprove STRONGLY	17.7% 57	12.2% 48	20.6% 70	14.6% 39	4	16.2% 214
Disapprove SOMEWHAT	18.0% 58	16.0% 63	10.9% 37	19.0% 51	5	15.8% 209
DK/No opinion	5.0% 16	3.8% 15	6.8% 23	5.2% 14	1	5.1% 68
Missing	1	4	1	1	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 393	100.0% 339	100.0% 268	21	1322

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Approve STRONGLY	9.4% 63	60.0% 340	30.6% 26	35.7% 5	33.3% 2	4	32.5% 436
Approve SOMEWHAT	29.0% 194	31.9% 181	27.1% 23	21.4% 3	33.3% 2	0	30.1% 403
Disapprove STRONGLY	29.7% 199	1.2% 7	11.8% 10	14.3% 2	0.0% 0	1	16.3% 218
Disapprove SOMEWHAT	25.9% 173	4.8% 27	12.9% 11	21.4% 3	16.7% 1	0	16.0% 215
DK/No opinion	6.0% 40	2.1% 12	17.6% 15	7.1% 1	16.7% 1	0	5.1% 69
Missing	5	1	1	1	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 14	100.0% 6	5	1341

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Approve STRONGLY	24.5% 23	24.8% 69	29.3% 88	34.6% 92	40.1% 110	57	31.5% 382
Approve SOMEWHAT	28.7% 27	28.4% 79	28.3% 85	35.7% 95	28.1% 77	40	30.0% 363
Disapprove STRONGLY	26.6% 25	15.8% 44	19.3% 58	15.0% 40	15.0% 41	10	17.2% 208
Disapprove SOMEWHAT	14.9% 14	21.9% 61	18.3% 55	11.7% 31	14.2% 39	15	16.5% 200
DK/No opinion	5.3% 5	9.0% 25	4.7% 14	3.0% 8	2.6% 7	9	4.9% 59
Missing	0	3	2	2	1	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 278	100.0% 300	100.0% 266	100.0% 274	131	1212

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Approve STRONGLY	39.8% 143	32.1% 119	29.5% 111	25.2% 33	23.6% 21	11	32.2% 427
Approve SOMEWHAT	28.4% 102	28.0% 104	35.4% 133	27.5% 36	31.5% 28	2	30.4% 403
Disapprove STRONGLY	13.9% 50	15.9% 59	15.2% 57	22.1% 29	21.3% 19	4	16.1% 214
Disapprove SOMEWHAT	14.5% 52	17.0% 63	15.7% 59	15.3% 20	21.3% 19	1	16.1% 213
DK/No opinion	3.3% 12	7.0% 26	4.3% 16	9.9% 13	2.2% 2	0	5.2% 69
Missing	1	3	2	0	1	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 371	100.0% 376	100.0% 131	100.0% 89	18	1326

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Approve STRONGLY	36.9% 376	6.5% 9	36.0% 27	20.0% 18	8	32.5% 430
Approve SOMEWHAT	30.7% 313	24.5% 34	26.7% 20	33.3% 30	6	30.0% 397
Disapprove STRONGLY	14.1% 144	29.5% 41	14.7% 11	21.1% 19	3	16.3% 215
Disapprove SOMEWHAT	13.3% 135	31.7% 44	18.7% 14	21.1% 19	3	16.0% 212
DK/No opinion	4.9% 50	7.9% 11	4.0% 3	4.4% 4	0	5.1% 68
Missing	6	1	1	0	0	8
TOTAL	100.0% 1018	100.0% 139	100.0% 75	100.0% 90	20	1322

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Approve STRONGLY	26.7% 79	34.7% 127	32.4% 132	36.9% 96	28.6% 2	3	32.6% 436
Approve SOMEWHAT	25.3% 75	30.1% 110	33.8% 138	30.4% 79	14.3% 1	1	30.1% 403
Disapprove STRONGLY	23.3% 69	15.0% 55	13.0% 53	14.2% 37	28.6% 2	1	16.2% 216
Disapprove SOMEWHAT	19.3% 57	16.4% 60	15.4% 63	12.7% 33	14.3% 1	1	16.0% 214
DK/No opinion	5.4% 16	3.8% 14	5.4% 22	5.8% 15	14.3% 1	0	5.1% 68
Missing	2	2	2	1	0	0	7
TOTAL	100.0% 296	100.0% 366	100.0% 408	100.0% 260	100.0% 7	6	1337