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

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PRCMPFIN (Weighted by WEIGHT) We'd like to know what kind of priority you want to see George W. Bush and the Congress give to some issues. For each one, please tell me if it should receive the highest priority, a high priority but not the highest, a middle priority, or a lower priority: Reforming election campaign finance laws. [QUESTIONS PRECONMY, PRSOCSEC, PRHEALTH, PRCMPFIN, PRPOLPRT ASKED OF HALF THE SAMPLE]   1) Highest priority   2) High priority, but not the highest   3) Middle priority   4) Lower priority   5) (VOL) No priority   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Highest priority	100	14.6%	14.6%
High priority, but not the highest	188	27.4%	42%
Middle priority	222	32.4%	74.4%
Lower priority	154	22.5%	96.9%
(VOL) No priority	13	1.9%	98.8%
DK/No opinion	8	1.2%	100%
Missing	664	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Highest priority	16.5% 56	12.8% 44	14.6% 100
High priority, but not the highest	28.8% 98	26.4% 91	27.6% 189
Middle priority	27.6% 94	37.1% 128	32.4% 222
Lower priority	22.9% 78	22.0% 76	22.5% 154
(VOL) No priority	2.4% 8	1.4% 5	1.9% 13
DK/No opinion	1.8% 6	0.3% 1	1.0% 7
Missing	306	358	664
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 345	685

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	19.3% 23	15.2% 34	12.5% 42	1	14.6% 99
High priority, but not the highest	18.5% 22	26.3% 59	31.8% 107	0	27.7% 188
Middle priority	39.5% 47	30.8% 69	31.3% 105	1	32.5% 221
Lower priority	21.0% 25	24.1% 54	22.0% 74	1	22.5% 153
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	2.7% 6	1.5% 5	2	1.6% 11
DK/No opinion	1.7% 2	0.9% 2	0.9% 3	1	1.0% 7
Missing	101	217	344	0	662
TOTAL	100.0% 119	100.0% 224	100.0% 336	6	679

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	9.3% 15	10.5% 22	16.9% 29	22.2% 30	5	14.2% 96
High priority, but not the highest	18.0% 29	30.0% 63	31.4% 54	31.1% 42	1	27.7% 188
Middle priority	39.8% 64	32.4% 68	28.5% 49	27.4% 37	4	32.2% 218
Lower priority	28.0% 45	24.8% 52	19.8% 34	17.0% 23	1	22.7% 154
(VOL) No priority	4.3% 7	1.9% 4	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	0	2.1% 14
DK/No opinion	0.6% 1	0.5% 1	1.7% 3	2.2% 3	0	1.2% 8
Missing	163	188	168	133	0	652
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 210	100.0% 172	100.0% 135	11	678

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	14.1% 48	14.1% 41	20.9% 9	25.0% 1	50.0% 2	0	14.8% 101
High priority, but not the highest	30.0% 102	23.4% 68	37.2% 16	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	1	27.5% 187
Middle priority	30.0% 102	37.6% 109	16.3% 7	50.0% 2	0.0% 0	1	32.3% 220
Lower priority	23.8% 81	22.8% 66	16.3% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	22.6% 154
(VOL) No priority	1.5% 5	1.4% 4	7.0% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.8% 12
DK/No opinion	0.6% 2	0.7% 2	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	50.0% 2	1	1.0% 7
Missing	333	276	43	9	2	0	663
TOTAL	100.0% 340	100.0% 290	100.0% 43	100.0% 4	100.0% 4	3	681

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	15.4% 8	12.0% 18	13.8% 23	13.5% 17	16.5% 20	14	14.0% 86
High priority, but not the highest	19.2% 10	33.3% 50	25.7% 43	29.4% 37	28.1% 34	14	28.2% 174
Middle priority	40.4% 21	30.7% 46	38.9% 65	31.7% 40	24.8% 30	21	32.8% 202
Lower priority	19.2% 10	22.0% 33	20.4% 34	23.8% 30	28.1% 34	13	22.9% 141
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	2.0% 3	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	2.5% 3	5	1.3% 8
DK/No opinion	5.8% 3	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3	0.8% 5
Missing	43	129	134	144	154	0	604
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 150	100.0% 167	100.0% 126	100.0% 121	70	616

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	12.8% 23	15.1% 29	15.4% 29	12.8% 10	18.9% 7	3	14.5% 98
High priority, but not the highest	26.1% 47	27.6% 53	29.3% 55	28.2% 22	21.6% 8	3	27.4% 185
Middle priority	33.9% 61	33.9% 65	30.3% 57	34.6% 27	27.0% 10	2	32.6% 220
Lower priority	25.0% 45	20.3% 39	22.9% 43	16.7% 13	27.0% 10	4	22.2% 150
(VOL) No priority	1.7% 3	3.1% 6	1.1% 2	3.8% 3	0.0% 0	0	2.1% 14
DK/No opinion	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	3.8% 3	5.4% 2	0	1.2% 8
Missing	180	183	189	53	52	0	657
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 192	100.0% 188	100.0% 78	100.0% 37	12	675

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	15.8% 82	5.1% 4	17.6% 6	15.2% 7	2	14.6% 99
High priority, but not the highest	27.9% 145	27.8% 22	17.6% 6	30.4% 14	1	27.6% 187
Middle priority	33.3% 173	27.8% 22	29.4% 10	30.4% 14	3	32.3% 219
Lower priority	20.0% 104	38.0% 30	32.4% 11	15.2% 7	3	22.4% 152
(VOL) No priority	2.1% 11	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 2	1	1.9% 13
DK/No opinion	0.8% 4	1.3% 1	2.9% 1	4.3% 2	0	1.2% 8
Missing	506	61	43	44	0	654
TOTAL	100.0% 519	100.0% 79	100.0% 34	100.0% 46	10	678

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	13.6% 20	11.2% 20	16.6% 35	15.7% 22	40.0% 2	1	14.5% 99
High priority, but not the highest	27.9% 41	33.0% 59	24.2% 51	25.7% 36	20.0% 1	0	27.6% 188
Middle priority	32.0% 47	33.5% 60	31.3% 66	34.3% 48	0.0% 0	1	32.4% 221
Lower priority	21.8% 32	18.4% 33	25.1% 53	23.6% 33	40.0% 2	1	22.4% 153
(VOL) No priority	2.0% 3	2.2% 4	2.8% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.9% 13
DK/No opinion	2.7% 4	1.7% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	1.2% 8
Missing	151	189	198	121	2	0	661
TOTAL	100.0% 147	100.0% 179	100.0% 211	100.0% 140	100.0% 5	3	682