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

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PRPOLPRT (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: Reducing the political partisanship in Washington. [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	79	11.5%	11.5%
High priority, but not the highest	199	29%	40.5%
Middle priority	245	35.7%	76.2%
Lower priority	133	19.4%	95.6%
(VOL) No priority	10	1.5%	97.1%
DK/No opinion	21	3.1%	100.2%
Missing	664	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Highest priority	12.3% 42	10.7% 37	11.5% 79
High priority, but not the highest	28.7% 98	29.3% 101	29.0% 199
Middle priority	32.6% 111	38.8% 134	35.7% 245
Lower priority	21.7% 74	17.1% 59	19.4% 133
(VOL) No priority	1.8% 6	1.2% 4	1.5% 10
DK/No opinion	2.9% 10	2.9% 10	2.9% 20
Missing	306	358	664
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 345	686

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	9.2% 11	9.8% 22	12.8% 43	2	11.2% 76
High priority, but not the highest	27.7% 33	32.6% 73	27.4% 92	0	29.2% 198
Middle priority	35.3% 42	37.9% 85	35.1% 118	0	36.1% 245
Lower priority	18.5% 22	16.5% 37	21.7% 73	1	19.4% 132
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	2.7% 6	1.2% 4	0	1.5% 10
DK/No opinion	9.2% 11	0.4% 1	1.8% 6	3	2.7% 18
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	8.1% 13	11.0% 23	14.6% 25	11.1% 15	3	11.2% 76
High priority, but not the highest	24.8% 40	25.4% 53	29.2% 50	40.0% 54	3	29.1% 197
Middle priority	37.3% 60	39.2% 82	34.5% 59	31.1% 42	2	35.9% 243
Lower priority	23.0% 37	23.4% 49	15.8% 27	12.6% 17	2	19.2% 130
(VOL) No priority	3.1% 5	0.5% 1	1.8% 3	0.7% 1	0	1.5% 10
DK/No opinion	3.7% 6	0.5% 1	4.1% 7	4.4% 6	1	3.0% 20
Missing	163	188	168	133	0	652
TOTAL	100.0% 161	100.0% 209	100.0% 171	100.0% 135	11	676

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	10.9% 37	10.3% 30	18.6% 8	33.3% 2	50.0% 2	1	11.5% 79
High priority, but not the highest	28.2% 96	28.1% 82	44.2% 19	16.7% 1	25.0% 1	1	29.0% 199
Middle priority	34.3% 117	40.8% 119	16.3% 7	16.7% 1	25.0% 1	1	35.7% 245
Lower priority	22.9% 78	16.8% 49	9.3% 4	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	0	19.4% 133
(VOL) No priority	2.1% 7	0.7% 2	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.5% 10
DK/No opinion	1.8% 6	3.4% 10	9.3% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	2.9% 20
Missing	333	276	43	9	2	0	663
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 292	100.0% 43	100.0% 6	100.0% 4	4	686

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	23.5% 12	6.0% 9	8.9% 15	13.7% 17	13.2% 16	10	11.2% 69
High priority, but not the highest	17.6% 9	38.0% 57	23.8% 40	29.8% 37	31.4% 38	18	29.5% 181
Middle priority	29.4% 15	36.0% 54	45.2% 76	31.5% 39	30.6% 37	23	36.0% 221
Lower priority	25.5% 13	17.3% 26	17.3% 29	21.0% 26	21.5% 26	12	19.5% 120
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	1.3% 2	1.8% 3	1.6% 2	2.5% 3	0	1.6% 10
DK/No opinion	3.9% 2	1.3% 2	3.0% 5	2.4% 3	0.8% 1	8	2.1% 13
Missing	43	129	134	144	154	0	604
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 150	100.0% 168	100.0% 124	100.0% 121	71	614

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	11.7% 21	10.5% 20	11.2% 21	10.3% 8	11.1% 4	4	11.0% 74
High priority, but not the highest	32.8% 59	33.5% 64	26.1% 49	17.9% 14	27.8% 10	3	29.1% 196
Middle priority	38.3% 69	35.1% 67	36.2% 68	37.2% 29	25.0% 9	3	36.0% 242
Lower priority	15.0% 27	18.8% 36	19.7% 37	30.8% 24	22.2% 8	1	19.6% 132
(VOL) No priority	0.6% 1	1.0% 2	1.6% 3	2.6% 2	2.8% 1	0	1.3% 9
DK/No opinion	1.7% 3	1.0% 2	5.3% 10	1.3% 1	11.1% 4	1	3.0% 20
Missing	180	183	189	53	52	0	657
TOTAL	100.0% 180	100.0% 191	100.0% 188	100.0% 78	100.0% 36	12	673

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	11.6% 60	3.8% 3	8.6% 3	22.2% 10	3	11.2% 76
High priority, but not the highest	29.3% 152	25.6% 20	25.7% 9	37.8% 17	1	29.2% 198
Middle priority	36.0% 187	37.2% 29	42.9% 15	22.2% 10	4	35.6% 241
Lower priority	18.9% 98	28.2% 22	20.0% 7	11.1% 5	1	19.5% 132
(VOL) No priority	1.2% 6	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	4.4% 2	0	1.3% 9
DK/No opinion	3.1% 16	3.8% 3	2.9% 1	2.2% 1	1	3.1% 21
Missing	506	61	43	44	0	654
TOTAL	100.0% 519	100.0% 78	100.0% 35	100.0% 45	10	677

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	12.2% 18	11.8% 21	11.8% 25	9.4% 13	20.0% 1	2	11.5% 78
High priority, but not the highest	25.0% 37	33.7% 60	28.0% 59	28.8% 40	40.0% 2	0	29.1% 198
Middle priority	35.8% 53	36.0% 64	38.9% 82	32.4% 45	20.0% 1	0	36.0% 245
Lower priority	23.0% 34	15.7% 28	15.6% 33	25.2% 35	20.0% 1	1	19.2% 131
(VOL) No priority	2.0% 3	0.6% 1	1.4% 3	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.3% 9
DK/No opinion	2.0% 3	2.2% 4	4.3% 9	2.9% 4	0.0% 0	1	2.9% 20
Missing	151	189	198	121	2	0	661
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 178	100.0% 211	100.0% 139	100.0% 5	4	681