ABC News Beliefnet Poll, 2001

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I-POLPARTY Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as: (for use with on-line analysis).   1) A Democrat   2) A Republican   3) An Independent   4) Or what?

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
A Democrat	355	35.4%	35.4%	-1.13
A Republican	276	27.5%	63%	-.09
An Independent	301	30%	93%	.95
Or what?	70	7%	100%	1.99

Variable Comparisons

Race Education Household income Marital status Region Age Gender Political party Religious preference

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other	TOTAL
A Democrat	31.2% 246	73.3% 66	42.2% 19	54.5% 6	30.6% 15	35.8% 352
A Republican	32.1% 253	4.4% 4	17.8% 8	0.0% 0	16.3% 8	27.8% 273
An Independent	31.1% 245	17.8% 16	26.7% 12	36.4% 4	26.5% 13	29.5% 290
Or what?	5.6% 44	4.4% 4	13.3% 6	9.1% 1	26.5% 13	6.9% 68
TOTAL	100.0% 788	100.0% 90	100.0% 45	100.0% 11	100.0% 49	983

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less HS	Grad HS	Some coll	Grad coll	Postgrad	TOTAL
A Democrat	37.0% 30	39.7% 114	35.1% 98	32.1% 79	30.6% 33	35.4% 354
A Republican	19.8% 16	24.7% 71	28.0% 78	31.7% 78	30.6% 33	27.6% 276
An Independent	32.1% 26	27.9% 80	29.4% 82	31.7% 78	32.4% 35	30.1% 301
Or what?	11.1% 9	7.7% 22	7.5% 21	4.5% 11	6.5% 7	7.0% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 287	100.0% 279	100.0% 246	100.0% 108	1001

Household income (I-INCOME1)

	Under $25,000	$25,000 or more	Don't know	TOTAL
A Democrat	45.4% 94	33.1% 242	40.0% 4	35.9% 340
A Republican	21.3% 44	29.1% 213	30.0% 3	27.4% 260
An Independent	24.6% 51	31.7% 232	30.0% 3	30.2% 286
Or what?	8.7% 18	6.0% 44	0.0% 0	6.5% 62
TOTAL	100.0% 207	100.0% 731	100.0% 10	948

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Never married	TOTAL
A Democrat	28.6% 136	42.3% 11	38.0% 60	47.5% 56	41.0% 91	35.4% 354
A Republican	34.5% 164	11.5% 3	20.9% 33	27.1% 32	19.4% 43	27.5% 275
An Independent	29.1% 138	42.3% 11	33.5% 53	17.8% 21	35.1% 78	30.1% 301
Or what?	7.8% 37	3.8% 1	7.6% 12	7.6% 9	4.5% 10	6.9% 69
TOTAL	100.0% 475	100.0% 26	100.0% 158	100.0% 118	100.0% 222	999

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
A Democrat	37.0% 70	33.3% 77	39.6% 142	29.6% 66	35.4% 355
A Republican	25.4% 48	28.1% 65	29.0% 104	26.5% 59	27.5% 276
An Independent	30.7% 58	32.9% 76	26.2% 94	32.7% 73	30.0% 301
Or what?	6.9% 13	5.6% 13	5.3% 19	11.2% 25	7.0% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 189	100.0% 231	100.0% 359	100.0% 223	1002

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-45	46-64	65+	TOTAL
A Democrat	32.3% 65	32.9% 85	38.2% 128	37.2% 70	35.4% 348
A Republican	26.4% 53	26.4% 68	26.3% 88	33.5% 63	27.7% 272
An Independent	34.3% 69	33.7% 87	29.6% 99	21.3% 40	30.0% 295
Or what?	7.0% 14	7.0% 18	6.0% 20	8.0% 15	6.8% 67
TOTAL	100.0% 201	100.0% 258	100.0% 335	100.0% 188	982

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
A Democrat	28.6% 142	42.1% 213	35.4% 355
A Republican	29.8% 148	25.3% 128	27.5% 276
An Independent	34.5% 171	25.7% 130	30.0% 301
Or what?	7.1% 35	6.9% 35	7.0% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 496	100.0% 506	1002

Political party (I-POLPARTY)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Or what?	TOTAL
A Democrat	100.0% 355	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	35.4% 355
A Republican	0.0% 0	100.0% 276	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	27.5% 276
An Independent	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 301	0.0% 0	30.0% 301
Or what?	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 70	7.0% 70
TOTAL	100.0% 355	100.0% 276	100.0% 301	100.0% 70	1002

Religious preference (I-RELGROUP)

	Protestant	Catholic	Other Christian	Non-Christian	None	TOTAL
A Democrat	38.2% 195	36.6% 78	32.9% 23	35.6% 16	28.9% 37	36.1% 349
A Republican	32.7% 167	28.2% 60	21.4% 15	8.9% 4	14.8% 19	27.4% 265
An Independent	24.9% 127	29.1% 62	34.3% 24	40.0% 18	44.5% 57	29.8% 288
Or what?	4.3% 22	6.1% 13	11.4% 8	15.6% 7	11.7% 15	6.7% 65
TOTAL	100.0% 511	100.0% 213	100.0% 70	100.0% 45	100.0% 128	967