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

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BSHENRSC (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which do you think is more important to Bush - (protecting the environment) or (finding new sources of oil and natural gas)? [QUESTIONS ENECIMP AND BUSHENEC ASKED OF HALF THE SAMPLE---QUESTIONS ENVRESRC AND BSHENRSC ASKED OF OTHER HALF]   1) Protecting the environment   2) Finding new sources of oil and natural gas   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Protecting the environment	107	15.5%	15.5%
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	527	76.3%	91.8%
DK/No opinion	57	8.2%	100%
Missing	659	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	15.5% 52	15.5% 55	15.5% 107
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	76.5% 257	76.0% 269	76.2% 526
DK/No opinion	8.0% 27	8.5% 30	8.3% 57
Missing	310	349	659
TOTAL	100.0% 336	100.0% 354	690

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	27.6% 34	15.2% 37	11.2% 36	0	15.6% 107
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	64.2% 79	74.9% 182	81.7% 263	3	76.2% 524
DK/No opinion	8.1% 10	9.9% 24	7.1% 23	1	8.3% 57
Missing	98	199	359	0	656
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 243	100.0% 322	4	688

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	20.6% 32	18.3% 40	11.4% 20	11.4% 15	0	15.7% 107
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	76.1% 118	75.8% 166	79.5% 140	73.5% 97	7	76.4% 521
DK/No opinion	3.2% 5	5.9% 13	9.1% 16	15.2% 20	3	7.9% 54
Missing	168	178	164	137	0	647
TOTAL	100.0% 155	100.0% 219	100.0% 176	100.0% 132	10	682

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	14.2% 51	19.0% 54	2.6% 1	25.0% 1	0.0% 0	0	15.5% 107
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	78.6% 283	73.9% 210	78.9% 30	50.0% 2	25.0% 1	1	76.2% 526
DK/No opinion	7.2% 26	7.0% 20	18.4% 7	25.0% 1	75.0% 3	1	8.3% 57
Missing	312	283	47	10	3	0	655
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 284	100.0% 38	100.0% 4	100.0% 4	2	690

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	22.9% 11	24.5% 38	12.7% 20	12.5% 16	8.3% 12	11	15.3% 97
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	68.8% 33	69.0% 107	76.4% 120	79.7% 102	86.1% 124	42	76.9% 486
DK/No opinion	8.3% 4	6.5% 10	10.8% 17	7.8% 10	5.6% 8	8	7.8% 49
Missing	47	125	145	141	131	0	589
TOTAL	100.0% 48	100.0% 155	100.0% 157	100.0% 128	100.0% 144	61	632

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	13.3% 23	16.7% 32	13.4% 28	14.8% 9	26.0% 13	1	15.3% 105
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	79.2% 137	74.5% 143	78.5% 164	75.4% 46	68.0% 34	2	76.5% 524
DK/No opinion	7.5% 13	8.9% 17	8.1% 17	9.8% 6	6.0% 3	1	8.2% 56
Missing	187	183	169	68	38	0	645
TOTAL	100.0% 173	100.0% 192	100.0% 209	100.0% 61	100.0% 50	4	685

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	12.5% 66	23.9% 16	25.0% 10	26.0% 13	1	15.3% 105
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	79.4% 420	59.7% 40	70.0% 28	70.0% 35	5	76.2% 523
DK/No opinion	8.1% 43	16.4% 11	5.0% 2	4.0% 2	1	8.5% 58
Missing	495	73	38	39	0	645
TOTAL	100.0% 529	100.0% 67	100.0% 40	100.0% 50	7	686

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Protecting the environment	18.2% 30	11.8% 22	16.2% 33	17.5% 22	0.0% 0	0	15.6% 107
Finding new sources of oil and natural gas	73.9% 122	80.7% 151	75.5% 154	74.6% 94	60.0% 3	3	76.3% 524
DK/No opinion	7.9% 13	7.5% 14	8.3% 17	7.9% 10	40.0% 2	1	8.2% 56
Missing	134	181	205	134	2	0	656
TOTAL	100.0% 165	100.0% 187	100.0% 204	100.0% 126	100.0% 5	4	687