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

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PRENVIRN (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: Protecting the environment. [QUESTIONS PRCUTTAX, PRIMPRED, PRELDRXS, PRENVIRN, PRUPGMIL 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	192	28.9%	28.9%
High priority, but not the highest	282	42.5%	71.4%
Middle priority	160	24.1%	95.5%
Lower priority	27	4.1%	99.6%
(VOL) No priority	1	.2%	99.8%
DK/No opinion	2	.3%	100.1%
Missing	687	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Highest priority	23.3% 71	33.7% 121	28.9% 192
High priority, but not the highest	43.0% 131	42.1% 151	42.5% 282
Middle priority	29.8% 91	19.2% 69	24.1% 160
Lower priority	3.9% 12	4.2% 15	4.1% 27
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.6% 2	0.3% 2
Missing	342	345	687
TOTAL	100.0% 305	100.0% 359	664

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	29.4% 30	31.3% 68	27.2% 94	0	28.9% 192
High priority, but not the highest	33.3% 34	42.4% 92	45.2% 156	0	42.5% 282
Middle priority	34.3% 35	22.6% 49	21.7% 75	1	23.9% 159
Lower priority	1.0% 1	3.7% 8	5.5% 19	0	4.2% 28
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	120	224	336	0	680
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 217	100.0% 345	1	664

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	31.3% 51	26.1% 49	29.6% 50	28.6% 38	4	28.8% 188
High priority, but not the highest	39.3% 64	46.3% 87	42.0% 71	42.9% 57	2	42.7% 279
Middle priority	23.3% 38	23.4% 44	25.4% 43	23.3% 31	5	23.9% 156
Lower priority	6.1% 10	4.3% 8	1.8% 3	4.5% 6	1	4.1% 27
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	160	209	172	136	0	677
TOTAL	100.0% 163	100.0% 188	100.0% 169	100.0% 133	12	653

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	35.2% 117	18.1% 50	48.8% 21	37.5% 3	50.0% 1	0	29.0% 192
High priority, but not the highest	43.4% 144	43.7% 121	30.2% 13	37.5% 3	50.0% 1	0	42.6% 282
Middle priority	18.1% 60	32.9% 91	16.3% 7	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	1	24.0% 159
Lower priority	3.3% 11	4.7% 13	4.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	3.9% 26
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.5% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	340	292	43	6	3	0	684
TOTAL	100.0% 332	100.0% 277	100.0% 43	100.0% 8	100.0% 2	2	662

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	45.2% 19	35.4% 46	25.6% 34	25.0% 36	23.4% 36	21	28.4% 171
High priority, but not the highest	31.0% 13	40.0% 52	42.1% 56	45.1% 65	46.8% 72	24	42.8% 258
Middle priority	21.4% 9	23.1% 30	26.3% 35	23.6% 34	24.7% 38	13	24.2% 146
Lower priority	2.4% 1	0.8% 1	6.0% 8	4.9% 7	5.2% 8	1	4.1% 25
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	52	151	168	124	121	0	616
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 130	100.0% 133	100.0% 144	100.0% 154	59	603

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	26.8% 48	31.9% 58	26.3% 50	29.6% 16	34.0% 18	2	28.9% 190
High priority, but not the highest	45.8% 82	40.1% 73	44.2% 84	35.2% 19	41.5% 22	2	42.6% 280
Middle priority	23.5% 42	22.0% 40	25.8% 49	29.6% 16	20.8% 11	2	24.0% 158
Lower priority	3.9% 7	4.9% 9	3.7% 7	3.7% 2	3.8% 2	1	4.1% 27
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	1.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	181	192	188	77	36	0	674
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 182	100.0% 190	100.0% 54	100.0% 53	7	658

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	28.9% 146	22.6% 14	38.1% 16	33.3% 15	2	29.2% 191
High priority, but not the highest	42.7% 216	45.2% 28	28.6% 12	48.9% 22	3	42.4% 278
Middle priority	24.1% 122	25.8% 16	28.6% 12	13.3% 6	4	23.8% 156
Lower priority	3.8% 19	6.5% 4	4.8% 2	4.4% 2	1	4.1% 27
(VOL) No priority	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	0.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	518	79	35	45	0	677
TOTAL	100.0% 506	100.0% 62	100.0% 42	100.0% 45	10	655

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Highest priority	37.5% 57	30.5% 58	24.2% 48	23.1% 28	0.0% 0	1	28.8% 191
High priority, but not the highest	40.1% 61	39.5% 75	45.5% 90	46.3% 56	0.0% 0	0	42.5% 282
Middle priority	17.8% 27	23.2% 44	26.8% 53	28.9% 35	50.0% 1	1	24.1% 160
Lower priority	3.3% 5	6.8% 13	3.0% 6	1.7% 2	50.0% 1	0	4.1% 27
(VOL) No priority	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.2% 1
DK/No opinion	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.3% 2
Missing	148	178	213	140	5	0	684
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 190	100.0% 198	100.0% 121	100.0% 2	2	663