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

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NUCPOWER (Weighted by WEIGHT) In general, would you favor or oppose building more nuclear power plants at this time? [INTERVIEWER NOTE: Get answer and then ask:] Do you favor/oppose this STRONGLY or SOMEWHAT?   1) Favor STRONGLY   2) Favor SOMEWHAT   3) Oppose STRONGLY   4) Oppose SOMEWHAT   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Favor STRONGLY	224	16.6%	16.6%
Favor SOMEWHAT	269	19.9%	36.5%
Oppose STRONGLY	440	32.6%	69.1%
Oppose SOMEWHAT	361	26.8%	95.9%
DK/No opinion	55	4.1%	100%
Missing	1	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Favor STRONGLY	24.8% 160	9.1% 64	16.6% 224
Favor SOMEWHAT	22.8% 147	17.4% 122	19.9% 269
Oppose STRONGLY	27.1% 175	37.7% 265	32.6% 440
Oppose SOMEWHAT	22.3% 144	30.9% 217	26.8% 361
DK/No opinion	3.1% 20	5.0% 35	4.1% 55
Missing	1	1	2
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 703	1349

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Favor STRONGLY	10.0% 22	18.4% 81	17.6% 119	2	16.6% 222
Favor SOMEWHAT	16.3% 36	19.0% 84	21.2% 144	4	19.7% 264
Oppose STRONGLY	38.0% 84	29.5% 130	33.3% 226	0	32.8% 440
Oppose SOMEWHAT	27.6% 61	29.9% 132	24.8% 168	0	26.9% 361
DK/No opinion	8.1% 18	3.2% 14	3.1% 21	1	4.0% 53
Missing	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 441	100.0% 678	7	1340

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Favor STRONGLY	6.8% 22	17.4% 69	18.8% 64	23.2% 62	6	16.4% 217
Favor SOMEWHAT	17.4% 56	19.6% 78	21.5% 73	22.1% 59	3	20.1% 266
Oppose STRONGLY	44.4% 143	28.7% 114	32.9% 112	25.8% 69	2	33.0% 438
Oppose SOMEWHAT	28.3% 91	32.0% 127	22.9% 78	21.3% 57	8	26.6% 353
DK/No opinion	3.1% 10	2.3% 9	3.8% 13	7.5% 20	3	3.9% 52
Missing	0	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 397	100.0% 340	100.0% 267	22	1326

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Favor STRONGLY	10.7% 72	22.3% 126	22.1% 19	38.5% 5	0.0% 0	2	16.5% 222
Favor SOMEWHAT	17.7% 119	23.5% 133	12.8% 11	7.7% 1	60.0% 3	1	19.9% 267
Oppose STRONGLY	42.3% 284	21.9% 124	33.7% 29	15.4% 2	0.0% 0	1	32.7% 439
Oppose SOMEWHAT	26.3% 177	28.1% 159	19.8% 17	30.8% 4	40.0% 2	1	26.8% 359
DK/No opinion	3.0% 20	4.2% 24	11.6% 10	7.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	4.1% 55
Missing	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 566	100.0% 86	100.0% 13	100.0% 5	5	1342

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Favor STRONGLY	9.6% 9	10.7% 30	16.9% 51	17.9% 48	23.0% 63	23	16.5% 201
Favor SOMEWHAT	23.4% 22	17.5% 49	15.6% 47	20.9% 56	24.8% 68	26	19.9% 242
Oppose STRONGLY	28.7% 27	37.9% 106	39.7% 120	31.3% 84	23.4% 64	40	32.9% 401
Oppose SOMEWHAT	28.7% 27	29.3% 82	24.2% 73	29.1% 78	26.6% 73	28	27.3% 333
DK/No opinion	9.6% 9	4.6% 13	3.6% 11	0.7% 2	2.2% 6	14	3.4% 41
Missing	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 280	100.0% 302	100.0% 268	100.0% 274	131	1218

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Favor STRONGLY	21.1% 76	15.8% 59	14.9% 56	9.4% 12	16.9% 15	6	16.4% 218
Favor SOMEWHAT	23.5% 85	20.1% 75	14.6% 55	24.2% 31	19.1% 17	6	19.8% 263
Oppose STRONGLY	26.3% 95	33.8% 126	33.7% 127	41.4% 53	38.2% 34	4	32.8% 435
Oppose SOMEWHAT	25.2% 91	26.0% 97	32.6% 123	21.1% 27	23.6% 21	1	27.0% 359
DK/No opinion	3.9% 14	4.3% 16	4.2% 16	3.9% 5	2.2% 2	2	4.0% 53
Missing	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 373	100.0% 377	100.0% 128	100.0% 89	19	1328

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Favor STRONGLY	18.7% 191	6.4% 9	13.0% 10	9.1% 8	6	16.4% 218
Favor SOMEWHAT	21.4% 218	13.6% 19	14.3% 11	19.3% 17	3	20.0% 265
Oppose STRONGLY	28.6% 292	46.4% 65	48.1% 37	44.3% 39	7	32.7% 433
Oppose SOMEWHAT	26.8% 274	30.7% 43	24.7% 19	25.0% 22	2	27.0% 358
DK/No opinion	4.5% 46	2.9% 4	0.0% 0	2.3% 2	2	3.9% 52
Missing	1	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 1021	100.0% 140	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
Favor STRONGLY	15.4% 46	17.7% 65	13.9% 57	19.5% 51	33.3% 2	3	16.5% 221
Favor SOMEWHAT	16.4% 49	22.3% 82	20.7% 85	19.5% 51	16.7% 1	2	20.0% 268
Oppose STRONGLY	38.3% 114	31.5% 116	32.7% 134	28.0% 73	33.3% 2	1	32.7% 439
Oppose SOMEWHAT	26.5% 79	24.7% 91	29.8% 122	26.4% 69	0.0% 0	0	26.9% 361
DK/No opinion	3.4% 10	3.8% 14	2.9% 12	6.5% 17	16.7% 1	1	4.0% 54
Missing	1	0	0	1	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 298	100.0% 368	100.0% 410	100.0% 261	100.0% 6	7	1343