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

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POLPARTY (Weighted by WEIGHT) Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as:   1) A Democrat   2) A Republican   3) An Independent   4) Or what?   8) DK/No opinion

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
A Democrat	454	33.8%	33.8%
A Republican	344	25.6%	59.4%
An Independent	482	35.9%	95.3%
Or what?	57	4.2%	99.5%
DK/No opinion	7	.5%	100%
Missing	6	%	%

Variable Comparisons

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

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A Democrat	27.2% 175	40.0% 279	33.9% 454
A Republican	28.5% 183	22.9% 160	25.6% 343
An Independent	39.2% 252	32.8% 229	35.9% 481
Or what?	4.4% 28	4.0% 28	4.2% 56
DK/No opinion	0.8% 5	0.3% 2	0.5% 7
Missing	2	4	6
TOTAL	100.0% 643	100.0% 698	1341

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college+	Missing	TOTAL
A Democrat	39.5% 87	36.1% 159	30.8% 208	0	34.0% 454
A Republican	10.5% 23	25.7% 113	30.6% 207	1	25.7% 343
An Independent	46.4% 102	33.6% 148	33.6% 227	4	35.7% 477
Or what?	2.7% 6	4.3% 19	4.4% 30	1	4.1% 55
DK/No opinion	0.9% 2	0.2% 1	0.6% 4	0	0.5% 7
Missing	0	0	4	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 220	100.0% 440	100.0% 676	6	1336

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-60	61+	Missing	TOTAL
A Democrat	34.7% 112	28.9% 114	36.7% 125	36.7% 98	5	33.9% 449
A Republican	22.6% 73	30.1% 119	22.9% 78	25.8% 69	5	25.6% 339
An Independent	40.2% 130	34.4% 136	36.1% 123	32.2% 86	7	35.8% 475
Or what?	2.2% 7	6.6% 26	4.1% 14	3.4% 9	0	4.2% 56
DK/No opinion	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	1.9% 5	1	0.5% 7
Missing	0	2	0	2	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 323	100.0% 395	100.0% 341	100.0% 267	18	1326

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Leaned Democrat	Leaned Republican	Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	TOTAL
A Democrat	67.6% 454	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	33.8% 454
A Republican	0.0% 0	60.7% 344	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.6% 344
An Independent	29.3% 197	35.1% 199	100.0% 85	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	35.8% 481
Or what?	3.0% 20	4.1% 23	0.0% 0	100.0% 13	0.0% 0	4.2% 56
DK/No opinion	0.1% 1	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 6	0.6% 8
Missing	1	1	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	100.0% 672	100.0% 567	100.0% 85	100.0% 13	100.0% 6	1343

Income categories (I-INCMEBRK)

	Under 12K	12K to 30K	30K to 50K	50K to 75K	75K More	Missing	TOTAL
A Democrat	47.9% 45	34.9% 98	39.5% 119	30.6% 82	28.4% 78	33	34.6% 422
A Republican	8.5% 8	16.7% 47	20.3% 61	32.8% 88	35.6% 98	42	24.8% 302
An Independent	36.2% 34	44.8% 126	34.9% 105	32.5% 87	32.0% 88	42	36.1% 440
Or what?	5.3% 5	3.6% 10	5.0% 15	3.7% 10	3.3% 9	7	4.0% 49
DK/No opinion	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	0.7% 2	2	0.5% 6
Missing	1	0	1	1	1	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 94	100.0% 281	100.0% 301	100.0% 268	100.0% 275	126	1219

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Othr Chrst	Other Rel	None	Missing	TOTAL
A Democrat	30.6% 110	31.4% 117	36.2% 136	40.5% 53	38.6% 34	4	33.9% 450
A Republican	29.7% 107	26.5% 99	24.2% 91	19.8% 26	17.0% 15	6	25.5% 338
An Independent	36.7% 132	37.3% 139	33.5% 126	34.4% 45	38.6% 34	5	35.8% 476
Or what?	2.8% 10	3.8% 14	5.3% 20	5.3% 7	5.7% 5	1	4.2% 56
DK/No opinion	0.3% 1	1.1% 4	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.6% 8
Missing	1	1	1	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 360	100.0% 373	100.0% 376	100.0% 131	100.0% 88	16	1328

Hispanic? (I-HSPBCKGD)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Other	Missing	TOTAL
A Democrat	29.4% 300	62.9% 88	37.7% 29	36.7% 33	4	33.9% 450
A Republican	30.6% 312	1.4% 2	16.9% 13	14.4% 13	3	25.6% 340
An Independent	35.1% 358	32.9% 46	39.0% 30	43.3% 39	9	35.6% 473
Or what?	4.5% 46	2.9% 4	3.9% 3	4.4% 4	1	4.3% 57
DK/No opinion	0.5% 5	0.0% 0	2.6% 2	1.1% 1	0	0.6% 8
Missing	3	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100.0% 1021	100.0% 140	100.0% 77	100.0% 90	17	1328

Urban/rural (I-AREA)

	Large city	Suburb of a large city	Small town	Or rural area	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
A Democrat	35.7% 106	34.0% 125	33.9% 139	31.5% 82	42.9% 3	0	33.9% 455
A Republican	21.5% 64	27.4% 101	25.4% 104	28.1% 73	28.6% 2	1	25.6% 344
An Independent	38.4% 114	32.9% 121	35.6% 146	36.5% 95	28.6% 2	4	35.6% 478
Or what?	4.4% 13	4.1% 15	4.9% 20	3.8% 10	0.0% 0	0	4.3% 58
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	1.6% 6	0.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.5% 7
Missing	2	1	0	1	0	0	4
TOTAL	100.0% 297	100.0% 368	100.0% 410	100.0% 260	100.0% 7	5	1342