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

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PRTYTRST (Weighted by WEIGHT) On another subject, overall, which party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job in coping with the main problems the nation faces over the next few years? (ITEMS IN PARENTHESES WERE ROTATED)   1) Democrats   2) Republicans   3) (VOL) Both equally   4) (VOL) Neither   8) DK/No opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Democrats	628	46.6%	46.6%
Republicans	543	40.3%	86.9%
(VOL) Both equally	49	3.6%	90.5%
(VOL) Neither	93	6.9%	97.4%
DK/No opinion	36	2.7%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Democrats	41.8% 270	50.9% 358	46.5% 628
Republicans	45.4% 293	35.7% 251	40.3% 544
(VOL) Both equally	2.6% 17	4.5% 32	3.6% 49
(VOL) Neither	7.6% 49	6.3% 44	6.9% 93
DK/No opinion	2.6% 17	2.7% 19	2.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 704	1350

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	56.1% 124	47.3% 209	43.2% 294	1	46.7% 627
Republicans	31.7% 70	42.5% 188	41.5% 282	4	40.2% 540
(VOL) Both equally	5.4% 12	4.1% 18	2.8% 19	1	3.6% 49
(VOL) Neither	5.0% 11	2.5% 11	10.3% 70	2	6.9% 92
DK/No opinion	1.8% 4	3.6% 16	2.2% 15	1	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 442	100.0% 680	9	1343

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	57.8% 186	42.1% 167	44.1% 150	43.8% 117	7	46.8% 620
Republicans	33.9% 109	45.8% 182	38.5% 131	41.2% 110	10	40.1% 532
(VOL) Both equally	1.9% 6	3.3% 13	4.4% 15	5.2% 14	2	3.6% 48
(VOL) Neither	4.7% 15	6.0% 24	10.3% 35	6.4% 17	1	6.9% 91
DK/No opinion	1.9% 6	2.8% 11	2.6% 9	3.4% 9	1	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 322	100.0% 397	100.0% 340	100.0% 267	21	1326

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	82.5% 555	8.3% 47	24.7% 21	23.1% 3	0.0% 0	1	46.6% 626
Republicans	7.3% 49	82.2% 466	21.2% 18	30.8% 4	33.3% 2	3	40.1% 539
(VOL) Both equally	3.6% 24	2.3% 13	12.9% 11	15.4% 2	0.0% 0	0	3.7% 50
(VOL) Neither	4.9% 33	4.8% 27	34.1% 29	15.4% 2	33.3% 2	0	6.9% 93
DK/No opinion	1.8% 12	2.5% 14	7.1% 6	15.4% 2	33.3% 2	1	2.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 13	100.0% 6	5	1344

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	54.3% 51	53.2% 149	55.7% 167	42.2% 113	40.4% 111	36	48.6% 591
Republicans	21.3% 20	36.8% 103	36.0% 108	42.5% 114	47.6% 131	66	39.1% 476
(VOL) Both equally	10.6% 10	2.5% 7	2.3% 7	6.0% 16	1.8% 5	4	3.7% 45
(VOL) Neither	13.8% 13	3.9% 11	4.3% 13	6.7% 18	8.4% 23	15	6.4% 78
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	3.6% 10	1.7% 5	2.6% 7	1.8% 5	9	2.2% 27
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 280	100.0% 300	100.0% 268	100.0% 275	130	1217

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	38.8% 140	45.8% 171	49.1% 185	59.5% 78	54.5% 48	6	46.8% 622
Republicans	46.3% 167	39.1% 146	40.6% 153	27.5% 36	35.2% 31	10	40.1% 533
(VOL) Both equally	3.9% 14	4.6% 17	3.2% 12	3.1% 4	2.3% 2	1	3.7% 49
(VOL) Neither	8.9% 32	7.2% 27	4.2% 16	7.6% 10	6.8% 6	1	6.8% 91
DK/No opinion	2.2% 8	3.2% 12	2.9% 11	2.3% 3	1.1% 1	1	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 373	100.0% 377	100.0% 131	100.0% 88	19	1330

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	40.5% 414	85.0% 119	57.9% 44	47.8% 43	7	46.7% 620
Republicans	45.1% 461	10.0% 14	32.9% 25	37.8% 34	9	40.2% 534
(VOL) Both equally	4.2% 43	0.0% 0	3.9% 3	3.3% 3	0	3.7% 49
(VOL) Neither	7.4% 76	2.9% 4	2.6% 2	10.0% 9	2	6.8% 91
DK/No opinion	2.8% 29	2.1% 3	2.6% 2	1.1% 1	2	2.6% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 1023	100.0% 140	100.0% 76	100.0% 90	20	1329

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	53.2% 159	46.3% 170	45.5% 186	41.4% 108	33.3% 2	2	46.6% 625
Republicans	32.8% 98	39.5% 145	42.8% 175	45.2% 118	50.0% 3	4	40.2% 539
(VOL) Both equally	4.0% 12	3.3% 12	2.9% 12	5.0% 13	0.0% 0	0	3.7% 49
(VOL) Neither	8.0% 24	7.9% 29	5.6% 23	6.5% 17	0.0% 0	0	6.9% 93
DK/No opinion	2.0% 6	3.0% 11	3.2% 13	1.9% 5	16.7% 1	0	2.7% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 367	100.0% 409	100.0% 261	100.0% 6	6	1342