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

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PRTYSSEC (Weighted by WEIGHT) Which political party, the (Democrats) or the (Republicans), do you trust to do a better job protecting the Social Security system? (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	699	51.9%	51.9%
Republicans	471	35%	86.9%
(VOL) Both equally	62	4.6%	91.5%
(VOL) Neither	69	5.1%	96.6%
DK/No opinion	46	3.4%	100%
Missing	2	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Democrats	49.9% 322	53.6% 377	51.9% 699
Republicans	37.8% 244	32.3% 227	34.9% 471
(VOL) Both equally	4.7% 30	4.6% 32	4.6% 62
(VOL) Neither	5.4% 35	5.0% 35	5.2% 70
DK/No opinion	2.2% 14	4.6% 32	3.4% 46
Missing	1	1	2
TOTAL	100.0% 645	100.0% 703	1348

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	55.7% 123	52.2% 230	51.0% 346	0	52.1% 699
Republicans	30.8% 68	34.2% 151	36.7% 249	3	34.9% 468
(VOL) Both equally	5.4% 12	5.7% 25	3.7% 25	0	4.6% 62
(VOL) Neither	2.3% 5	5.2% 23	5.7% 39	2	5.0% 67
DK/No opinion	5.9% 13	2.7% 12	2.9% 20	1	3.4% 45
Missing	0	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 441	100.0% 679	6	1341

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	59.1% 191	47.5% 188	52.8% 180	49.4% 131	9	52.1% 690
Republicans	31.9% 103	41.2% 163	33.4% 114	30.6% 81	9	34.8% 461
(VOL) Both equally	2.8% 9	5.1% 20	4.1% 14	7.2% 19	0	4.7% 62
(VOL) Neither	4.0% 13	4.5% 18	6.7% 23	4.9% 13	2	5.1% 67
DK/No opinion	2.2% 7	1.8% 7	2.9% 10	7.9% 21	1	3.4% 45
Missing	0	0	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 396	100.0% 341	100.0% 265	21	1325

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	83.1% 559	18.7% 106	31.8% 27	30.8% 4	28.6% 2	1	51.9% 698
Republicans	8.9% 60	67.7% 384	20.0% 17	46.2% 6	14.3% 1	3	34.8% 468
(VOL) Both equally	3.0% 20	5.3% 30	11.8% 10	7.7% 1	28.6% 2	0	4.7% 63
(VOL) Neither	3.0% 20	4.8% 27	25.9% 22	7.7% 1	14.3% 1	0	5.3% 71
DK/No opinion	2.1% 14	3.5% 20	10.6% 9	7.7% 1	14.3% 1	1	3.3% 45
Missing	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 673	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	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	60.6% 57	52.9% 148	59.8% 180	48.7% 131	50.0% 138	46	53.6% 654
Republicans	22.3% 21	35.0% 98	32.6% 98	39.0% 105	36.2% 100	49	34.6% 422
(VOL) Both equally	11.7% 11	2.9% 8	2.3% 7	5.2% 14	6.2% 17	6	4.7% 57
(VOL) Neither	4.3% 4	3.9% 11	4.0% 12	5.6% 15	5.4% 15	12	4.7% 57
DK/No opinion	1.1% 1	5.4% 15	1.3% 4	1.5% 4	2.2% 6	17	2.5% 30
Missing	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 280	100.0% 301	100.0% 269	100.0% 276	130	1220

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	47.8% 172	53.8% 200	51.1% 193	60.0% 78	57.3% 51	5	52.2% 694
Republicans	39.2% 141	32.3% 120	36.0% 136	27.7% 36	31.5% 28	9	34.7% 461
(VOL) Both equally	3.6% 13	6.7% 25	4.5% 17	3.1% 4	2.2% 2	1	4.6% 61
(VOL) Neither	5.6% 20	5.4% 20	4.8% 18	5.4% 7	4.5% 4	1	5.2% 69
DK/No opinion	3.9% 14	1.9% 7	3.7% 14	3.8% 5	4.5% 4	1	3.3% 44
Missing	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 372	100.0% 378	100.0% 130	100.0% 89	17	1329

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	47.0% 481	82.9% 116	59.2% 45	56.2% 50	7	52.1% 692
Republicans	38.3% 392	11.4% 16	34.2% 26	31.5% 28	9	34.8% 462
(VOL) Both equally	4.9% 50	2.9% 4	2.6% 2	4.5% 4	1	4.5% 60
(VOL) Neither	6.3% 64	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	4.5% 4	2	5.2% 69
DK/No opinion	3.5% 36	2.9% 4	2.6% 2	3.4% 3	1	3.4% 45
Missing	1	0	1	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 1023	100.0% 140	100.0% 76	100.0% 89	20	1328

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	61.9% 185	51.0% 187	47.8% 196	48.5% 126	57.1% 4	1	52.0% 698
Republicans	27.4% 82	33.8% 124	38.3% 157	39.2% 102	42.9% 3	3	34.8% 468
(VOL) Both equally	4.0% 12	4.6% 17	5.1% 21	5.0% 13	0.0% 0	0	4.7% 63
(VOL) Neither	4.3% 13	6.8% 25	4.6% 19	4.6% 12	0.0% 0	1	5.1% 69
DK/No opinion	2.3% 7	3.8% 14	4.1% 17	2.7% 7	0.0% 0	1	3.4% 45
Missing	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 299	100.0% 367	100.0% 410	100.0% 260	100.0% 7	6	1343