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

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BUSHCONF (Weighted by WEIGHT) How confident are you that Bush has the experience and ability needed to meet the challenges of the presidency--very confident, somewhat confident, not too confident, or not at all confident?   1) Very confident   2) Somewhat confident   3) Not too confident   4) Not at all confident   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very confident	414	30.7%	30.7%
Somewhat confident	433	32.1%	62.8%
Not too confident	274	20.3%	83.1%
Not at all confident	221	16.4%	99.5%
DK/No opinion	6	.4%	99.9%
Missing	3	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very confident	30.7% 198	30.7% 216	30.7% 414
Somewhat confident	35.4% 229	29.0% 204	32.1% 433
Not too confident	20.6% 133	20.1% 141	20.3% 274
Not at all confident	12.8% 83	19.6% 138	16.4% 221
DK/No opinion	0.5% 3	0.6% 4	0.5% 7
Missing	2	1	3
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 703	1349

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Very confident	24.9% 55	28.3% 125	33.9% 230	3	30.6% 410
Somewhat confident	34.8% 77	36.1% 159	28.6% 194	3	32.1% 430
Not too confident	26.7% 59	17.9% 79	20.1% 136	0	20.4% 274
Not at all confident	12.7% 28	17.0% 75	17.1% 116	2	16.3% 219
DK/No opinion	0.9% 2	0.7% 3	0.3% 2	0	0.5% 7
Missing	0	1	2	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 441	100.0% 678	8	1340

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Very confident	19.6% 63	34.6% 137	32.7% 111	35.4% 95	7	30.6% 406
Somewhat confident	38.8% 125	33.1% 131	28.3% 96	28.0% 75	5	32.2% 427
Not too confident	24.8% 80	17.4% 69	18.6% 63	22.4% 60	2	20.5% 272
Not at all confident	16.5% 53	14.6% 58	19.2% 65	13.8% 37	7	16.1% 213
DK/No opinion	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	1.2% 4	0.4% 1	0	0.5% 7
Missing	1	0	1	1	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 396	100.0% 339	100.0% 268	21	1325

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Very confident	8.0% 54	58.0% 328	24.4% 21	50.0% 6	14.3% 1	3	30.5% 410
Somewhat confident	29.6% 199	34.3% 194	36.0% 31	41.7% 5	42.9% 3	1	32.2% 432
Not too confident	33.0% 222	4.9% 28	23.3% 20	8.3% 1	28.6% 2	1	20.3% 273
Not at all confident	28.9% 194	2.3% 13	15.1% 13	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	16.4% 220
DK/No opinion	0.4% 3	0.5% 3	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	0	0.6% 8
Missing	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 566	100.0% 86	100.0% 12	100.0% 7	5	1343

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Very confident	21.3% 20	28.7% 80	25.5% 77	31.7% 85	36.6% 101	50	29.8% 363
Somewhat confident	40.4% 38	30.5% 85	30.1% 91	35.4% 95	30.1% 83	42	32.2% 392
Not too confident	19.1% 18	21.5% 60	23.2% 70	18.7% 50	19.2% 53	23	20.6% 251
Not at all confident	19.1% 18	19.0% 53	20.9% 63	13.4% 36	14.1% 39	12	17.1% 209
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.3% 1	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	2	0.3% 4
Missing	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 279	100.0% 302	100.0% 268	100.0% 276	129	1219

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Very confident	36.4% 131	30.7% 115	30.8% 116	22.3% 29	16.9% 15	8	30.5% 406
Somewhat confident	31.7% 114	29.9% 112	32.1% 121	31.5% 41	43.8% 39	6	32.1% 427
Not too confident	18.1% 65	22.7% 85	20.4% 77	25.4% 33	13.5% 12	3	20.5% 272
Not at all confident	13.9% 50	16.0% 60	15.9% 60	20.0% 26	25.8% 23	2	16.5% 219
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.5% 2	0.8% 3	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 6
Missing	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 374	100.0% 377	100.0% 130	100.0% 89	19	1330

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Very confident	34.3% 351	12.1% 17	31.2% 24	16.9% 15	6	30.6% 407
Somewhat confident	32.9% 336	26.2% 37	29.9% 23	32.6% 29	8	32.0% 425
Not too confident	18.4% 188	32.6% 46	23.4% 18	22.5% 20	1	20.5% 272
Not at all confident	14.0% 143	27.0% 38	15.6% 12	28.1% 25	3	16.4% 218
DK/No opinion	0.4% 4	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 7
Missing	2	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 1022	100.0% 141	100.0% 77	100.0% 89	18	1329

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Very confident	21.5% 64	31.5% 116	33.6% 137	35.2% 92	42.9% 3	2	30.7% 412
Somewhat confident	28.2% 84	31.8% 117	34.3% 140	34.1% 89	0.0% 0	3	32.0% 430
Not too confident	24.8% 74	22.3% 82	17.6% 72	17.2% 45	14.3% 1	0	20.4% 274
Not at all confident	24.2% 72	13.9% 51	14.2% 58	13.4% 35	42.9% 3	1	16.3% 219
DK/No opinion	1.3% 4	0.5% 2	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 7
Missing	0	1	2	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 368	100.0% 408	100.0% 261	100.0% 7	6	1342