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

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BSHUNDER (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me whether the following statement applies to Bush or not: He understands the problems of people like you. [QUESTIONS BSHUNDER, BSHTRUST, BSHMILIT ASKED OF HALF THE SAMPLE]   1) Yes   2) No   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	322	46.9%	46.9%
No	351	51.2%	98.1%
DK/No opinion	13	1.9%	100%
Missing	663	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	49.7% 156	44.7% 167	46.9% 323
No	49.0% 154	52.7% 197	51.0% 351
DK/No opinion	1.3% 4	2.7% 10	2.0% 14
Missing	333	329	662
TOTAL	100.0% 314	100.0% 374	688

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	40.7% 48	46.4% 110	49.5% 163	1	46.9% 321
No	57.6% 68	51.9% 123	48.3% 159	0	51.2% 350
DK/No opinion	1.7% 2	1.7% 4	2.1% 7	0	1.9% 13
Missing	102	204	350	0	656
TOTAL	100.0% 118	100.0% 237	100.0% 329	1	684

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	38.1% 61	52.7% 109	49.4% 86	46.8% 65	1	47.2% 321
No	60.0% 96	45.9% 95	48.9% 85	50.4% 70	5	50.9% 346
DK/No opinion	1.9% 3	1.4% 3	1.7% 3	2.9% 4	0	1.9% 13
Missing	162	190	167	129	0	648
TOTAL	100.0% 160	100.0% 207	100.0% 174	100.0% 139	6	680

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	19.3% 64	76.9% 230	43.9% 18	75.0% 6	50.0% 3	2	46.8% 321
No	79.5% 264	21.4% 64	46.3% 19	25.0% 2	33.3% 2	1	51.2% 351
DK/No opinion	1.2% 4	1.7% 5	9.8% 4	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	0	2.0% 14
Missing	341	270	44	5	1	0	661
TOTAL	100.0% 332	100.0% 299	100.0% 41	100.0% 8	100.0% 6	3	686

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	40.7% 22	40.7% 61	39.3% 59	51.9% 70	53.3% 72	39	45.5% 284
No	55.6% 30	58.0% 87	59.3% 89	48.1% 65	45.2% 61	19	53.2% 332
DK/No opinion	3.7% 2	1.3% 2	1.3% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	5	1.3% 8
Missing	39	130	152	133	142	0	596
TOTAL	100.0% 54	100.0% 150	100.0% 150	100.0% 135	100.0% 135	63	624

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	52.5% 94	42.2% 84	52.2% 95	39.4% 28	34.8% 16	4	46.8% 317
No	46.9% 84	55.3% 110	46.7% 85	57.7% 41	60.9% 28	3	51.4% 348
DK/No opinion	0.6% 1	2.5% 5	1.1% 2	2.8% 2	4.3% 2	0	1.8% 12
Missing	181	174	195	58	42	0	650
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 199	100.0% 182	100.0% 71	100.0% 46	7	677

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	53.2% 280	18.9% 14	35.3% 12	30.4% 14	3	47.1% 320
No	45.4% 239	78.4% 58	61.8% 21	60.9% 28	4	50.9% 346
DK/No opinion	1.3% 7	2.7% 2	2.9% 1	8.7% 4	0	2.1% 14
Missing	498	66	43	43	0	650
TOTAL	100.0% 526	100.0% 74	100.0% 34	100.0% 46	7	680

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	41.5% 54	45.9% 96	49.0% 99	50.0% 69	50.0% 2	1	46.9% 320
No	55.4% 72	51.2% 107	49.5% 100	49.3% 68	50.0% 2	1	51.1% 349
DK/No opinion	3.1% 4	2.9% 6	1.5% 3	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	2.0% 14
Missing	168	159	208	122	2	0	659
TOTAL	100.0% 130	100.0% 209	100.0% 202	100.0% 138	100.0% 4	2	683