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

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PRTYEDUC (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job improving education and the schools? (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	640	47.5%	47.5%
Republicans	537	39.9%	87.4%
(VOL) Both equally	67	5%	92.4%
(VOL) Neither	66	4.9%	97.3%
DK/No opinion	37	2.7%	100%
Missing	2	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Democrats	46.0% 297	48.8% 343	47.5% 640
Republicans	42.3% 273	37.6% 264	39.8% 537
(VOL) Both equally	4.2% 27	5.7% 40	5.0% 67
(VOL) Neither	5.7% 37	4.1% 29	4.9% 66
DK/No opinion	1.7% 11	3.8% 27	2.8% 38
Missing	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 645	100.0% 703	1348

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	55.0% 121	45.6% 201	46.5% 316	2	47.6% 638
Republicans	35.0% 77	42.0% 185	40.1% 272	3	39.9% 534
(VOL) Both equally	4.5% 10	6.1% 27	4.3% 29	1	4.9% 66
(VOL) Neither	3.2% 7	2.9% 13	6.8% 46	0	4.9% 66
DK/No opinion	2.3% 5	3.4% 15	2.4% 16	2	2.7% 36
Missing	0	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 220	100.0% 441	100.0% 679	8	1340

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	57.6% 186	44.5% 177	47.9% 163	39.8% 106	8	47.6% 632
Republicans	35.9% 116	45.2% 180	37.4% 127	39.5% 105	10	39.8% 528
(VOL) Both equally	1.9% 6	5.8% 23	5.3% 18	6.8% 18	1	4.9% 65
(VOL) Neither	3.1% 10	3.0% 12	5.9% 20	8.3% 22	2	4.8% 64
DK/No opinion	1.5% 5	1.5% 6	3.5% 12	5.6% 15	0	2.9% 38
Missing	0	0	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 398	100.0% 340	100.0% 266	21	1327

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	77.0% 518	17.3% 98	23.5% 20	16.7% 2	14.3% 1	1	47.5% 639
Republicans	14.1% 95	71.8% 407	29.4% 25	58.3% 7	0.0% 0	3	39.7% 534
(VOL) Both equally	3.7% 25	4.8% 27	15.3% 13	0.0% 0	14.3% 1	1	4.9% 66
(VOL) Neither	2.5% 17	4.4% 25	24.7% 21	16.7% 2	42.9% 3	0	5.1% 68
DK/No opinion	2.7% 18	1.8% 10	7.1% 6	8.3% 1	28.6% 2	0	2.8% 37
Missing	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 12	100.0% 7	5	1344

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	58.1% 54	47.5% 133	55.3% 166	44.0% 118	46.7% 129	40	49.3% 600
Republicans	21.5% 20	40.0% 112	37.0% 111	42.2% 113	43.1% 119	60	39.0% 475
(VOL) Both equally	9.7% 9	6.1% 17	3.7% 11	4.5% 12	3.3% 9	9	4.8% 58
(VOL) Neither	9.7% 9	2.5% 7	2.7% 8	7.5% 20	5.8% 16	7	4.9% 60
DK/No opinion	1.1% 1	3.9% 11	1.3% 4	1.9% 5	1.1% 3	14	2.0% 24
Missing	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 93	100.0% 280	100.0% 300	100.0% 268	100.0% 276	130	1217

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	42.2% 152	48.4% 180	47.5% 179	53.1% 69	60.7% 54	6	47.7% 634
Republicans	44.2% 159	37.9% 141	40.8% 154	34.6% 45	32.6% 29	9	39.8% 528
(VOL) Both equally	6.1% 22	5.6% 21	4.5% 17	1.5% 2	2.2% 2	3	4.8% 64
(VOL) Neither	4.7% 17	4.8% 18	5.0% 19	5.4% 7	4.5% 4	1	4.9% 65
DK/No opinion	2.8% 10	3.2% 12	2.1% 8	5.4% 7	0.0% 0	0	2.8% 37
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 372	100.0% 377	100.0% 130	100.0% 89	19	1328

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	42.1% 431	78.6% 110	62.7% 47	47.8% 43	9	47.5% 631
Republicans	44.1% 451	14.3% 20	33.3% 25	36.7% 33	7	39.8% 529
(VOL) Both equally	5.3% 54	2.9% 4	0.0% 0	7.8% 7	3	4.9% 65
(VOL) Neither	5.4% 55	0.7% 1	2.7% 2	7.8% 7	1	4.9% 65
DK/No opinion	3.1% 32	3.6% 5	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0	2.9% 38
Missing	1	0	1	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 1023	100.0% 140	100.0% 75	100.0% 90	20	1328

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	54.2% 162	45.5% 167	48.2% 197	41.3% 107	71.4% 5	2	47.6% 638
Republicans	35.5% 106	39.8% 146	40.3% 165	44.0% 114	28.6% 2	3	39.7% 533
(VOL) Both equally	2.7% 8	4.6% 17	5.9% 24	6.6% 17	0.0% 0	1	4.9% 66
(VOL) Neither	4.7% 14	6.8% 25	2.9% 12	5.8% 15	0.0% 0	0	4.9% 66
DK/No opinion	3.0% 9	3.3% 12	2.7% 11	2.3% 6	0.0% 0	0	2.8% 38
Missing	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 367	100.0% 409	100.0% 259	100.0% 7	6	1341