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

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WEAPTAI2 (Weighted by WEIGHT) [ASK IF WEAPTAI1 IS "SHOULD SELL ADVANCED WEAPONS TO TAIWAN"] What if selling advanced weapons to Taiwan would seriously damage U.S. relations with China - in that case would you support or oppose the U.S, selling advanced weapons to Taiwan?   1) Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan   2) Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan   8) DK/No opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	251	66.8%	66.8%
Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	113	30.1%	96.9%
DK/No opinion	12	3.2%	100.1%
Missing	974	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	80.1% 177	47.1% 73	66.5% 250
Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	17.6% 39	47.7% 74	30.1% 113
DK/No opinion	2.3% 5	5.2% 8	3.5% 13
Missing	426	548	974
TOTAL	100.0% 221	100.0% 155	376

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	43.5% 20	66.4% 71	71.7% 157	2	66.7% 248
Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	56.5% 26	31.8% 34	24.2% 53	0	30.4% 113
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	4.1% 9	1	3.0% 11
Missing	175	333	461	0	969
TOTAL	100.0% 46	100.0% 107	100.0% 219	3	372

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	39.1% 27	73.8% 79	75.3% 73	67.0% 63	7	65.9% 242
Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	58.0% 40	22.4% 24	23.7% 23	27.7% 26	0	30.8% 113
DK/No opinion	2.9% 2	3.7% 4	1.0% 1	5.3% 5	1	3.3% 12
Missing	254	290	243	174	0	961
TOTAL	100.0% 69	100.0% 107	100.0% 97	100.0% 94	8	367

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	58.8% 87	71.2% 141	78.3% 18	40.0% 2	100.0% 2	1	66.5% 250
Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	37.2% 55	26.3% 52	17.4% 4	40.0% 2	0.0% 0	0	30.1% 113
DK/No opinion	4.1% 6	2.5% 5	4.3% 1	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	0	3.5% 13
Missing	525	369	63	9	4	0	970
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 198	100.0% 23	100.0% 5	100.0% 2	1	376

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	45.0% 9	53.7% 44	71.4% 50	65.4% 51	75.0% 69	27	65.2% 223
Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	50.0% 10	45.1% 37	25.7% 18	32.1% 25	20.7% 19	4	31.9% 109
DK/No opinion	5.0% 1	1.2% 1	2.9% 2	2.6% 2	4.3% 4	3	2.9% 10
Missing	74	198	232	190	184	0	878
TOTAL	100.0% 20	100.0% 82	100.0% 70	100.0% 78	100.0% 92	34	342

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	67.5% 81	69.2% 74	67.6% 48	59.2% 29	58.3% 14	5	66.3% 246
Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	30.0% 36	28.0% 30	29.6% 21	32.7% 16	41.7% 10	0	30.5% 113
DK/No opinion	2.5% 3	2.8% 3	2.8% 2	8.2% 4	0.0% 0	1	3.2% 12
Missing	241	267	307	81	65	0	961
TOTAL	100.0% 120	100.0% 107	100.0% 71	100.0% 49	100.0% 24	6	371

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	70.0% 208	41.4% 12	57.1% 12	62.5% 15	4	66.6% 247
Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	26.9% 80	58.6% 17	42.9% 9	29.2% 7	0	30.5% 113
DK/No opinion	3.0% 9	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	8.3% 2	1	3.0% 11
Missing	726	111	56	66	0	959
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 29	100.0% 21	100.0% 24	5	371

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Support selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	71.6% 53	73.6% 78	52.5% 63	79.4% 54	50.0% 2	1	67.2% 250
Oppose selling advanced weapons to Taiwan	23.0% 17	24.5% 26	44.2% 53	19.1% 13	50.0% 2	1	29.8% 111
DK/No opinion	5.4% 4	1.9% 2	3.3% 4	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	1	3.0% 11
Missing	225	263	289	191	3	0	971
TOTAL	100.0% 74	100.0% 106	100.0% 120	100.0% 68	100.0% 4	3	372