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

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BSHPRTCT (Weighted by WEIGHT) > Do you think Bush cares more about protecting the > interests of (ordinary working people) or cares more about protecting the interests of (large business corporations) (ITEMS IN PARANTHESIS WERE ROTATED)?   1) Ordinary working people   2) Large business corporations   3) (VOL) Neither   4) (VOL) Both   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Ordinary working people	381	28.3%	28.3%
Large business corporations	812	60.4%	88.7%
(VOL) Neither	15	1.1%	89.8%
(VOL) Both	68	5.1%	94.9%
DK/No opinion	69	5.1%	100%
Missing	4	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Ordinary working people	26.8% 173	29.7% 208	28.3% 381
Large business corporations	58.9% 380	61.7% 432	60.4% 812
(VOL) Neither	1.9% 12	0.4% 3	1.1% 15
(VOL) Both	7.0% 45	3.3% 23	5.1% 68
DK/No opinion	5.4% 35	4.9% 34	5.1% 69
Missing	1	3	4
TOTAL	100.0% 645	100.0% 700	1345

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Ordinary working people	24.3% 54	31.2% 137	27.7% 188	3	28.3% 379
Large business corporations	62.6% 139	60.4% 265	59.9% 406	2	60.5% 810
(VOL) Neither	1.8% 4	0.2% 1	1.3% 9	1	1.0% 14
(VOL) Both	4.1% 9	3.2% 14	6.3% 43	2	4.9% 66
DK/No opinion	7.2% 16	5.0% 22	4.7% 32	0	5.2% 70
Missing	0	2	2	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 439	100.0% 678	8	1339

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Ordinary working people	22.9% 74	31.8% 126	25.4% 86	32.2% 86	9	28.1% 372
Large business corporations	68.7% 222	58.3% 231	61.4% 208	53.2% 142	9	60.6% 803
(VOL) Neither	0.6% 2	1.5% 6	0.6% 2	1.9% 5	0	1.1% 15
(VOL) Both	3.1% 10	4.5% 18	5.3% 18	7.9% 21	2	5.1% 67
DK/No opinion	4.6% 15	3.8% 15	7.4% 25	4.9% 13	1	5.1% 68
Missing	0	2	1	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 396	100.0% 339	100.0% 267	21	1325

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Ordinary working people	10.6% 71	50.8% 287	20.0% 17	14.3% 2	33.3% 2	3	28.2% 379
Large business corporations	86.0% 578	30.1% 170	63.5% 54	50.0% 7	33.3% 2	1	60.4% 811
(VOL) Neither	0.7% 5	1.8% 10	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 15
(VOL) Both	0.4% 3	9.9% 56	4.7% 4	28.6% 4	0.0% 0	1	5.0% 67
DK/No opinion	2.2% 15	7.4% 42	11.8% 10	7.1% 1	33.3% 2	0	5.2% 70
Missing	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 565	100.0% 85	100.0% 14	100.0% 6	5	1342

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Ordinary working people	22.1% 21	28.7% 80	25.2% 76	29.1% 78	29.5% 81	45	27.6% 336
Large business corporations	67.4% 64	60.6% 169	66.4% 200	58.6% 157	58.2% 160	62	61.6% 750
(VOL) Neither	0.0% 0	1.8% 5	0.3% 1	1.9% 5	1.1% 3	1	1.1% 14
(VOL) Both	3.2% 3	3.9% 11	4.7% 14	5.6% 15	6.2% 17	9	4.9% 60
DK/No opinion	7.4% 7	5.0% 14	3.3% 10	4.9% 13	5.1% 14	12	4.8% 58
Missing	0	0	1	0	1	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 95	100.0% 279	100.0% 301	100.0% 268	100.0% 275	129	1218

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Ordinary working people	31.8% 114	25.0% 93	30.9% 116	23.1% 30	22.5% 20	9	28.1% 373
Large business corporations	54.6% 196	62.6% 233	60.1% 226	65.4% 85	74.2% 66	6	60.8% 806
(VOL) Neither	1.1% 4	1.3% 5	1.1% 4	0.8% 1	1.1% 1	0	1.1% 15
(VOL) Both	7.0% 25	5.1% 19	2.9% 11	5.4% 7	2.2% 2	4	4.8% 64
DK/No opinion	5.6% 20	5.9% 22	5.1% 19	5.4% 7	0.0% 0	0	5.1% 68
Missing	1	1	2	0	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 372	100.0% 376	100.0% 130	100.0% 89	19	1326

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Ordinary working people	31.6% 323	10.1% 14	28.6% 22	19.3% 17	6	28.4% 376
Large business corporations	56.4% 577	84.8% 117	53.2% 41	75.0% 66	11	60.4% 801
(VOL) Neither	1.4% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0	1.1% 15
(VOL) Both	4.9% 50	2.9% 4	11.7% 9	2.3% 2	3	4.9% 65
DK/No opinion	5.8% 59	2.2% 3	6.5% 5	2.3% 2	0	5.2% 69
Missing	1	2	0	1	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 1023	100.0% 138	100.0% 77	100.0% 88	20	1326

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Ordinary working people	21.8% 65	24.3% 89	33.7% 137	33.0% 86	14.3% 1	3	28.2% 378
Large business corporations	66.1% 197	62.9% 231	55.8% 227	58.2% 152	57.1% 4	2	60.5% 811
(VOL) Neither	1.7% 5	0.5% 2	1.5% 6	0.8% 2	0.0% 0	0	1.1% 15
(VOL) Both	3.4% 10	8.2% 30	4.2% 17	3.4% 9	14.3% 1	1	5.0% 67
DK/No opinion	7.0% 21	4.1% 15	4.9% 20	4.6% 12	14.3% 1	0	5.1% 69
Missing	1	1	2	0	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 367	100.0% 407	100.0% 261	100.0% 7	6	1340