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

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BSHINTAF (Weighted by WEIGHT) Do you approve or disapprove of the way Bush is handling international affairs?   1) Approve   2) Disapprove   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Approve	838	62.3%	62.3%
Disapprove	419	31.1%	93.4%
DK/No opinion	89	6.6%	100%
Missing	5

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Approve	66.5% 429	58.3% 409	62.3% 838
Disapprove	26.2% 169	35.7% 250	31.1% 419
DK/No opinion	7.3% 47	6.0% 42	6.6% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 645	100.0% 701	1346

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	TOTAL
Approve	51.1% 113	62.3% 274	65.9% 446	62.3% 833
Disapprove	31.2% 69	32.5% 143	30.1% 204	31.1% 416
DK/No opinion	17.6% 39	5.2% 23	4.0% 27	6.7% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 440	100.0% 677	1338

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	TOTAL
Approve	53.9% 174	68.2% 270	63.5% 216	62.9% 168	62.4% 828
Disapprove	41.5% 134	26.5% 105	29.1% 99	27.7% 74	31.1% 412
DK/No opinion	4.6% 15	5.3% 21	7.4% 25	9.4% 25	6.5% 86
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 396	100.0% 340	100.0% 267	1326

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	TOTAL
Approve	41.9% 281	86.9% 492	56.5% 48	69.2% 9	66.7% 4	62.2% 834
Disapprove	49.3% 330	10.1% 57	30.6% 26	30.8% 4	0.0% 0	31.1% 417
DK/No opinion	8.8% 59	3.0% 17	12.9% 11	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	6.6% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 670	100.0% 566	100.0% 85	100.0% 13	100.0% 6	1340

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	TOTAL
Approve	47.9% 45	54.3% 152	60.3% 181	64.4% 172	69.2% 191	60.9% 741
Disapprove	39.4% 37	37.1% 104	34.7% 104	31.8% 85	26.8% 74	33.2% 404
DK/No opinion	12.8% 12	8.6% 24	5.0% 15	3.7% 10	4.0% 11	5.9% 72
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 280	100.0% 300	100.0% 267	100.0% 276	1217

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	TOTAL
Approve	66.9% 240	61.2% 229	63.2% 237	53.8% 70	54.5% 48	62.1% 824
Disapprove	26.2% 94	32.6% 122	30.4% 114	39.2% 51	37.5% 33	31.2% 414
DK/No opinion	7.0% 25	6.1% 23	6.4% 24	6.9% 9	8.0% 7	6.6% 88
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 374	100.0% 375	100.0% 130	100.0% 88	1326

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	TOTAL
Approve	67.1% 685	35.3% 49	60.3% 47	48.3% 43	62.1% 824
Disapprove	27.1% 277	51.1% 71	35.9% 28	42.7% 38	31.2% 414
DK/No opinion	5.8% 59	13.7% 19	3.8% 3	9.0% 8	6.7% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 1021	100.0% 139	100.0% 78	100.0% 89	1327

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	TOTAL
Approve	55.0% 164	67.8% 249	60.3% 246	66.5% 173	42.9% 3	62.3% 835
Disapprove	39.9% 119	28.6% 105	30.1% 123	25.4% 66	42.9% 3	31.0% 416
DK/No opinion	5.0% 15	3.5% 13	9.6% 39	8.1% 21	14.3% 1	6.6% 89
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 367	100.0% 408	100.0% 260	100.0% 7	1340