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

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PRTYTXCT (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job cutting taxes? (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	507	37.6%	37.6%
Republicans	695	51.5%	89.1%
(VOL) Both equally	31	2.3%	91.4%
(VOL) Neither	75	5.6%	97%
DK/No opinion	41	3%	100%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Democrats	30.4% 197	44.2% 310	37.6% 507
Republicans	58.6% 379	45.0% 316	51.5% 695
(VOL) Both equally	2.5% 16	2.1% 15	2.3% 31
(VOL) Neither	6.0% 39	5.1% 36	5.6% 75
DK/No opinion	2.5% 16	3.6% 25	3.0% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 647	100.0% 702	1349

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	47.5% 105	40.6% 179	32.5% 221	2	37.6% 505
Republicans	37.1% 82	50.1% 221	56.9% 387	5	51.4% 690
(VOL) Both equally	2.7% 6	3.6% 16	1.5% 10	0	2.4% 32
(VOL) Neither	5.9% 13	4.1% 18	6.6% 45	0	5.7% 76
DK/No opinion	6.8% 15	1.6% 7	2.5% 17	2	2.9% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 441	100.0% 680	9	1342

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	46.1% 149	31.9% 127	37.5% 127	35.4% 95	8	37.5% 498
Republicans	46.7% 151	59.3% 236	50.1% 170	47.4% 127	12	51.5% 684
(VOL) Both equally	0.3% 1	2.3% 9	2.9% 10	3.7% 10	1	2.3% 30
(VOL) Neither	4.3% 14	4.8% 19	6.2% 21	7.8% 21	1	5.6% 75
DK/No opinion	2.5% 8	1.8% 7	3.2% 11	5.6% 15	0	3.1% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 398	100.0% 339	100.0% 268	22	1328

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	65.6% 441	8.5% 48	16.5% 14	23.1% 3	0.0% 0	1	37.7% 506
Republicans	24.7% 166	84.8% 481	41.2% 35	53.8% 7	50.0% 3	3	51.5% 692
(VOL) Both equally	1.6% 11	2.3% 13	7.1% 6	7.7% 1	0.0% 0	0	2.3% 31
(VOL) Neither	5.8% 39	2.5% 14	21.2% 18	15.4% 2	16.7% 1	1	5.5% 74
DK/No opinion	2.2% 15	1.9% 11	14.1% 12	0.0% 0	33.3% 2	0	3.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 13	100.0% 6	5	1343

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	51.1% 48	51.8% 145	42.4% 128	30.3% 81	22.9% 63	42	38.2% 465
Republicans	31.9% 30	37.1% 104	49.0% 148	56.2% 150	69.5% 191	72	51.1% 623
(VOL) Both equally	3.2% 3	2.9% 8	1.7% 5	3.0% 8	2.2% 6	1	2.5% 30
(VOL) Neither	9.6% 9	5.4% 15	4.6% 14	7.9% 21	4.0% 11	5	5.7% 70
DK/No opinion	4.3% 4	2.9% 8	2.3% 7	2.6% 7	1.5% 4	10	2.5% 30
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 280	100.0% 302	100.0% 267	100.0% 275	130	1218

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	31.3% 113	35.7% 133	44.0% 166	36.9% 48	43.8% 39	7	37.5% 499
Republicans	56.2% 203	53.1% 198	45.1% 170	56.2% 73	44.9% 40	12	51.4% 684
(VOL) Both equally	3.6% 13	2.9% 11	1.9% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1	2.3% 31
(VOL) Neither	5.8% 21	6.2% 23	5.3% 20	3.8% 5	6.7% 6	0	5.6% 75
DK/No opinion	3.0% 11	2.1% 8	3.7% 14	3.1% 4	4.5% 4	0	3.1% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 361	100.0% 373	100.0% 377	100.0% 130	100.0% 89	20	1330

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	31.9% 327	70.5% 98	43.6% 34	46.1% 41	7	37.6% 500
Republicans	56.3% 576	21.6% 30	52.6% 41	42.7% 38	10	51.5% 685
(VOL) Both equally	2.4% 25	1.4% 2	1.3% 1	2.2% 2	1	2.3% 30
(VOL) Neither	6.4% 66	2.2% 3	2.6% 2	4.5% 4	1	5.6% 75
DK/No opinion	2.9% 30	4.3% 6	0.0% 0	4.5% 4	1	3.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 1024	100.0% 139	100.0% 78	100.0% 89	20	1330

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	41.1% 123	34.9% 128	39.9% 163	33.8% 88	28.6% 2	3	37.6% 504
Republicans	48.8% 146	55.0% 202	48.2% 197	55.0% 143	42.9% 3	3	51.5% 691
(VOL) Both equally	2.0% 6	1.4% 5	3.7% 15	1.9% 5	0.0% 0	0	2.3% 31
(VOL) Neither	5.7% 17	5.7% 21	4.9% 20	6.5% 17	14.3% 1	0	5.7% 76
DK/No opinion	2.3% 7	3.0% 11	3.4% 14	2.7% 7	14.3% 1	0	3.0% 40
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 367	100.0% 409	100.0% 260	100.0% 7	6	1342