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

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BUSHJOB (Weighted by WEIGHT) Would you say Bush is doing a better job as president than you expected, a worse job, or what?   1) Better job   2) Worse job   3) (VOL) About what I expected   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Better job	524	38.9%	38.9%
Worse job	282	20.9%	59.8%
(VOL) About what I expected	503	37.3%	97.1%
DK/No opinion	39	2.9%	100%
Missing	2	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Better job	39.7% 256	38.1% 268	38.9% 524
Worse job	17.8% 115	23.8% 167	20.9% 282
(VOL) About what I expected	39.7% 256	35.1% 247	37.3% 503
DK/No opinion	2.8% 18	3.0% 21	2.9% 39
Missing	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 645	100.0% 703	1348

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Better job	38.9% 86	40.9% 180	37.7% 256	3	39.0% 522
Worse job	30.8% 68	21.8% 96	16.9% 115	2	20.8% 279
(VOL) About what I expected	27.6% 61	33.9% 149	42.7% 290	3	37.3% 500
DK/No opinion	2.7% 6	3.4% 15	2.7% 18	0	2.9% 39
Missing	0	1	2	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 440	100.0% 679	8	1340

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Better job	37.3% 120	39.5% 156	38.2% 130	40.3% 108	10	38.8% 514
Worse job	29.5% 95	17.0% 67	19.7% 67	17.5% 47	5	20.8% 276
(VOL) About what I expected	31.7% 102	41.8% 165	37.4% 127	38.4% 103	5	37.5% 497
DK/No opinion	1.6% 5	1.8% 7	4.7% 16	3.7% 10	0	2.9% 38
Missing	0	2	1	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 395	100.0% 340	100.0% 268	20	1325

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Better job	30.2% 203	47.6% 270	46.5% 40	50.0% 6	66.7% 4	1	38.9% 523
Worse job	33.9% 228	7.1% 40	15.1% 13	8.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	21.0% 282
(VOL) About what I expected	32.6% 219	43.2% 245	34.9% 30	33.3% 4	16.7% 1	3	37.2% 499
DK/No opinion	3.3% 22	2.1% 12	3.5% 3	8.3% 1	16.7% 1	0	2.9% 39
Missing	1	0	0	2	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 567	100.0% 86	100.0% 12	100.0% 6	4	1343

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Better job	49.5% 46	37.9% 106	40.7% 122	34.7% 93	40.4% 111	46	39.3% 478
Worse job	25.8% 24	27.5% 77	22.3% 67	22.0% 59	14.5% 40	14	22.0% 267
(VOL) About what I expected	21.5% 20	30.7% 86	35.7% 107	39.2% 105	43.6% 120	64	36.0% 438
DK/No opinion	3.2% 3	3.9% 11	1.3% 4	4.1% 11	1.5% 4	7	2.7% 33
Missing	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 280	100.0% 300	100.0% 268	100.0% 275	131	1216

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Better job	39.3% 142	37.6% 141	40.7% 154	35.2% 45	38.6% 34	8	38.8% 516
Worse job	16.3% 59	23.2% 87	22.0% 83	23.4% 30	23.9% 21	2	21.1% 280
(VOL) About what I expected	41.8% 151	35.5% 133	34.7% 131	37.5% 48	36.4% 32	9	37.2% 495
DK/No opinion	2.5% 9	3.7% 14	2.6% 10	3.9% 5	1.1% 1	0	2.9% 39
Missing	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 375	100.0% 378	100.0% 128	100.0% 88	19	1330

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Better job	41.0% 419	23.9% 33	40.3% 31	36.0% 32	8	38.8% 515
Worse job	17.2% 176	39.1% 54	24.7% 19	32.6% 29	4	21.0% 278
(VOL) About what I expected	39.0% 399	31.2% 43	33.8% 26	30.3% 27	7	37.3% 495
DK/No opinion	2.7% 28	5.8% 8	1.3% 1	1.1% 1	1	2.9% 38
Missing	1	2	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 1022	100.0% 138	100.0% 77	100.0% 89	20	1326

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Better job	33.0% 98	40.9% 150	42.3% 173	37.5% 98	42.9% 3	2	38.9% 522
Worse job	26.6% 79	18.3% 67	20.0% 82	19.5% 51	14.3% 1	2	20.9% 280
(VOL) About what I expected	36.4% 108	38.7% 142	34.7% 142	40.2% 105	42.9% 3	2	37.3% 500
DK/No opinion	4.0% 12	2.2% 8	2.9% 12	2.7% 7	0.0% 0	0	2.9% 39
Missing	2	1	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 367	100.0% 409	100.0% 261	100.0% 7	6	1341