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

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BSHLEADR (Weighted by WEIGHT) Please tell me whether the following statement applies to Bush or not: He is a strong leader. [QUESTIONS BSHHONST, BSHLEADR, BSHVSION ASKED OF HALF THE SAMPLE]   1) Yes   2) No   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Yes	349	52.8%	52.8%
No	279	42.2%	95%
DK/No opinion	33	5%	100%
Missing	688	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Yes	55.3% 184	50.0% 165	52.6% 349
No	39.6% 132	44.8% 148	42.2% 280
DK/No opinion	5.1% 17	5.2% 17	5.1% 34
Missing	315	374	689
TOTAL	100.0% 333	100.0% 330	663

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	53.9% 55	55.4% 112	50.9% 178	4	52.8% 345
No	40.2% 41	36.1% 73	46.3% 162	3	42.2% 276
DK/No opinion	5.9% 6	8.4% 17	2.9% 10	0	5.0% 33
Missing	119	238	330	0	687
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 202	100.0% 350	7	654

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	48.1% 78	55.8% 106	51.8% 86	52.7% 68	10	52.2% 338
No	46.9% 76	39.5% 75	42.2% 70	41.9% 54	5	42.5% 275
DK/No opinion	4.9% 8	4.7% 9	6.0% 10	5.4% 7	0	5.3% 34
Missing	161	207	175	139	0	682
TOTAL	100.0% 162	100.0% 190	100.0% 166	100.0% 129	15	647

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	29.6% 101	82.2% 222	47.7% 21	60.0% 3	100.0% 1	2	52.6% 348
No	65.7% 224	13.3% 36	43.2% 19	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0	42.4% 280
DK/No opinion	4.7% 16	4.4% 12	9.1% 4	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0	5.0% 33
Missing	333	298	42	8	5	0	686
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 270	100.0% 44	100.0% 5	100.0% 1	2	661

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	47.5% 19	48.5% 63	52.7% 79	53.0% 71	53.5% 76	41	51.7% 308
No	50.0% 20	45.4% 59	44.7% 67	40.3% 54	43.0% 61	19	43.8% 261
DK/No opinion	2.5% 1	6.2% 8	2.7% 4	6.7% 9	3.5% 5	6	4.5% 27
Missing	55	149	151	135	134	0	624
TOTAL	100.0% 40	100.0% 130	100.0% 150	100.0% 134	100.0% 142	66	596

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	56.9% 103	50.6% 88	52.8% 103	44.8% 26	50.0% 21	8	52.5% 341
No	41.4% 75	43.1% 75	40.5% 79	48.3% 28	45.2% 19	4	42.5% 276
DK/No opinion	1.7% 3	6.3% 11	6.7% 13	6.9% 4	4.8% 2	0	5.1% 33
Missing	180	200	182	72	46	0	680
TOTAL	100.0% 181	100.0% 174	100.0% 195	100.0% 58	100.0% 42	12	650

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	56.4% 281	13.6% 9	63.6% 28	50.0% 22	10	52.1% 340
No	38.6% 192	75.8% 50	36.4% 16	45.5% 20	2	42.6% 278
DK/No opinion	5.0% 25	10.6% 7	0.0% 0	4.5% 2	0	5.2% 34
Missing	527	74	34	46	0	681
TOTAL	100.0% 498	100.0% 66	100.0% 44	100.0% 44	12	652

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Yes	35.9% 60	54.4% 86	57.7% 120	65.0% 80	50.0% 1	2	52.7% 347
No	58.1% 97	43.0% 68	34.6% 72	32.5% 40	50.0% 1	1	42.2% 278
DK/No opinion	6.0% 10	2.5% 4	7.7% 16	2.4% 3	0.0% 0	0	5.0% 33
Missing	131	209	202	138	5	0	685
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 158	100.0% 208	100.0% 123	100.0% 2	3	658