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

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BUSHBUDG (Weighted by WEIGHT) Overall, do you think Bush's budget plan calls for too much federal spending, too little or about the right amount?   1) Too much   2) Too little   3) About the right amount   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Too much	374	27.8%	27.8%
Too little	170	12.6%	40.4%
About the right amount	666	49.5%	89.9%
DK/No opinion	136	10.1%	100%
Missing	4	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Too much	25.8% 166	29.8% 209	27.9% 375
Too little	13.0% 84	12.3% 86	12.6% 170
About the right amount	52.0% 335	47.2% 331	49.5% 666
DK/No opinion	9.2% 59	10.8% 76	10.0% 135
Missing	3	2	5
TOTAL	100.0% 644	100.0% 702	1346

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Too much	35.3% 78	29.5% 130	24.4% 165	1	27.9% 373
Too little	12.2% 27	10.4% 46	14.3% 97	0	12.7% 170
About the right amount	38.9% 86	51.9% 229	51.3% 347	4	49.4% 662
DK/No opinion	13.6% 30	8.2% 36	10.0% 68	2	10.0% 134
Missing	0	0	3	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 441	100.0% 677	7	1339

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Too much	34.8% 112	26.9% 107	26.6% 90	22.6% 60	5	27.9% 369
Too little	13.0% 42	12.1% 48	14.5% 49	11.3% 30	1	12.8% 169
About the right amount	43.5% 140	52.5% 209	49.7% 168	50.4% 134	15	49.2% 651
DK/No opinion	8.7% 28	8.5% 34	9.2% 31	15.8% 42	1	10.2% 135
Missing	1	0	2	1	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 398	100.0% 338	100.0% 266	22	1324

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Too much	37.5% 251	15.5% 88	36.5% 31	16.7% 2	16.7% 1	1	27.9% 373
Too little	21.2% 142	3.4% 19	7.1% 6	16.7% 2	0.0% 0	0	12.6% 169
About the right amount	31.7% 212	71.8% 407	40.0% 34	58.3% 7	33.3% 2	3	49.4% 662
DK/No opinion	9.6% 64	9.3% 53	16.5% 14	8.3% 1	50.0% 3	0	10.1% 135
Missing	3	0	0	1	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 669	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 12	100.0% 6	4	1339

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Too much	34.8% 32	33.7% 94	31.1% 94	25.4% 68	19.4% 53	32	28.1% 341
Too little	16.3% 15	11.1% 31	12.3% 37	14.6% 39	15.0% 41	6	13.4% 163
About the right amount	38.0% 35	43.7% 122	45.7% 138	51.9% 139	58.2% 159	72	48.8% 593
DK/No opinion	10.9% 10	11.5% 32	10.9% 33	8.2% 22	7.3% 20	19	9.6% 117
Missing	1	1	0	0	2	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 92	100.0% 279	100.0% 302	100.0% 268	100.0% 273	129	1214

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Too much	23.5% 85	27.0% 100	31.4% 118	26.7% 35	36.4% 32	5	27.9% 370
Too little	11.9% 43	13.5% 50	10.6% 40	20.6% 27	10.2% 9	0	12.7% 169
About the right amount	52.6% 190	50.9% 189	48.7% 183	41.2% 54	43.2% 38	12	49.3% 654
DK/No opinion	11.9% 43	8.6% 32	9.3% 35	11.5% 15	10.2% 9	2	10.1% 134
Missing	0	2	2	0	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 371	100.0% 376	100.0% 131	100.0% 88	19	1327

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Too much	23.0% 235	58.3% 81	27.6% 21	35.2% 31	6	27.8% 368
Too little	12.4% 127	15.8% 22	9.2% 7	13.6% 12	1	12.7% 168
About the right amount	54.3% 555	15.8% 22	55.3% 42	40.9% 36	11	49.4% 655
DK/No opinion	10.3% 105	10.1% 14	7.9% 6	10.2% 9	2	10.1% 134
Missing	2	1	1	1	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 1022	100.0% 139	100.0% 76	100.0% 88	20	1325

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Too much	26.8% 80	26.0% 95	31.9% 130	25.3% 66	28.6% 2	1	27.8% 373
Too little	17.1% 51	15.8% 58	10.3% 42	6.5% 17	28.6% 2	0	12.7% 170
About the right amount	41.1% 123	47.8% 175	51.2% 209	59.4% 155	14.3% 1	4	49.4% 663
DK/No opinion	15.1% 45	10.4% 38	6.6% 27	8.8% 23	28.6% 2	1	10.1% 135
Missing	1	2	2	0	0	0	5
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 366	100.0% 408	100.0% 261	100.0% 7	6	1341