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

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PRTYECON (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job handling the nation's economy? (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	627	46.5%	46.5%
Republicans	575	42.7%	89.2%
(VOL) Both equally	53	3.9%	93.1%
(VOL) Neither	48	3.6%	96.7%
DK/No opinion	45	3.3%	100%
Missing	1	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Democrats	42.3% 273	50.4% 354	46.5% 627
Republicans	47.4% 306	38.3% 269	42.7% 575
(VOL) Both equally	3.1% 20	4.7% 33	3.9% 53
(VOL) Neither	4.2% 27	3.0% 21	3.6% 48
DK/No opinion	3.1% 20	3.6% 25	3.3% 45
Missing	0	1	1
TOTAL	100.0% 646	100.0% 702	1348

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	50.9% 113	50.5% 222	42.7% 290	2	46.6% 625
Republicans	32.0% 71	42.0% 185	46.4% 315	4	42.6% 571
(VOL) Both equally	5.9% 13	3.6% 16	3.4% 23	1	3.9% 52
(VOL) Neither	3.6% 8	1.4% 6	5.0% 34	1	3.6% 48
DK/No opinion	7.7% 17	2.5% 11	2.5% 17	0	3.4% 45
Missing	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 222	100.0% 440	100.0% 679	8	1341

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	52.9% 171	42.6% 169	48.4% 164	42.7% 114	8	46.6% 618
Republicans	38.7% 125	49.1% 195	41.3% 140	39.3% 105	11	42.6% 565
(VOL) Both equally	2.5% 8	3.8% 15	3.8% 13	6.4% 17	0	4.0% 53
(VOL) Neither	3.1% 10	2.0% 8	4.7% 16	4.9% 13	2	3.5% 47
DK/No opinion	2.8% 9	2.5% 10	1.8% 6	6.7% 18	1	3.2% 43
Missing	0	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 397	100.0% 339	100.0% 267	22	1326

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	81.0% 544	9.3% 53	30.2% 26	15.4% 2	28.6% 2	1	46.6% 627
Republicans	11.6% 78	81.7% 463	26.7% 23	53.8% 7	14.3% 1	3	42.5% 572
(VOL) Both equally	1.9% 13	4.4% 25	14.0% 12	15.4% 2	0.0% 0	1	3.9% 52
(VOL) Neither	2.2% 15	2.1% 12	20.9% 18	7.7% 1	42.9% 3	0	3.6% 49
DK/No opinion	3.3% 22	2.5% 14	8.1% 7	7.7% 1	14.3% 1	0	3.3% 45
Missing	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 567	100.0% 86	100.0% 13	100.0% 7	5	1345

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	56.4% 53	53.6% 150	55.5% 167	40.7% 109	39.3% 108	39	48.2% 587
Republicans	20.2% 19	37.1% 104	39.2% 118	51.9% 139	50.2% 138	57	42.5% 518
(VOL) Both equally	11.7% 11	4.3% 12	1.7% 5	3.4% 9	3.3% 9	6	3.8% 46
(VOL) Neither	6.4% 6	2.1% 6	1.7% 5	3.0% 8	4.7% 13	11	3.1% 38
DK/No opinion	5.3% 5	2.9% 8	2.0% 6	1.1% 3	2.5% 7	16	2.4% 29
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 280	100.0% 301	100.0% 268	100.0% 275	129	1218

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	40.4% 146	43.4% 162	49.6% 187	60.5% 78	56.2% 50	4	46.9% 623
Republicans	48.5% 175	43.4% 162	40.8% 154	31.8% 41	34.8% 31	12	42.4% 563
(VOL) Both equally	3.6% 13	6.2% 23	2.7% 10	3.1% 4	1.1% 1	1	3.8% 51
(VOL) Neither	4.2% 15	3.5% 13	3.7% 14	2.3% 3	2.2% 2	1	3.5% 47
DK/No opinion	3.3% 12	3.5% 13	3.2% 12	2.3% 3	5.6% 5	0	3.4% 45
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 373	100.0% 377	100.0% 129	100.0% 89	18	1329

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	40.7% 416	83.5% 116	50.0% 39	58.4% 52	4	46.9% 623
Republicans	47.2% 483	13.7% 19	39.7% 31	33.7% 30	12	42.4% 563
(VOL) Both equally	4.3% 44	1.4% 2	3.8% 3	3.4% 3	1	3.9% 52
(VOL) Neither	4.2% 43	0.7% 1	1.3% 1	2.2% 2	1	3.5% 47
DK/No opinion	3.6% 37	0.7% 1	5.1% 4	2.2% 2	1	3.3% 44
TOTAL	100.0% 1023	100.0% 139	100.0% 78	100.0% 89	19	1329

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	54.5% 163	44.7% 164	47.4% 194	39.6% 103	33.3% 2	1	46.7% 626
Republicans	34.4% 103	44.1% 162	43.3% 177	48.1% 125	50.0% 3	4	42.5% 570
(VOL) Both equally	2.3% 7	3.8% 14	4.9% 20	4.6% 12	0.0% 0	0	4.0% 53
(VOL) Neither	6.0% 18	4.6% 17	1.7% 7	1.9% 5	0.0% 0	1	3.5% 47
DK/No opinion	2.7% 8	2.7% 10	2.7% 11	5.8% 15	16.7% 1	0	3.4% 45
Missing	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 367	100.0% 409	100.0% 260	100.0% 6	6	1341