General Social Survey, 2002

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IF00WHO If did not vote or ineligible: Who would you have voted for, for President, if you had voted?   1) Gore   2) Bush   3) Nader   4) Other   8) Don't know/Remember   9) No answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Gore	350	35.2%	35.2%	-.73
Bush	382	38.4%	73.6%	-.29
Nader	26	2.6%	76.2%	.15
Other	123	12.4%	88.5%	.59
Don't know/Remember	66	6.6%	95.2%	2.34
No answer	48	4.8%	100%	2.78

Variable Comparisons

Race Marital status Age Family income Political ideology Religion Education Sex

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	TOTAL
Gore	29.3% 211	59.9% 100	35.1% 311
Bush	44.1% 317	15.6% 26	38.7% 343
Nader	3.1% 22	1.2% 2	2.7% 24
Other	12.9% 93	11.4% 19	12.6% 112
Don't know/Remember	6.5% 47	4.2% 7	6.1% 54
No answer	4.0% 29	7.8% 13	4.7% 42
TOTAL	100.0% 719	100.0% 167	886

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced	Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Gore	32.4% 121	38.3% 23	30.7% 51	31.8% 14	40.1% 141	35.2% 350
Bush	43.7% 163	38.3% 23	39.2% 65	34.1% 15	33.0% 116	38.4% 382
Nader	1.3% 5	1.7% 1	5.4% 9	2.3% 1	2.8% 10	2.6% 26
Other	11.3% 42	10.0% 6	13.9% 23	13.6% 6	13.1% 46	12.4% 123
Don't know/Remember	5.4% 20	6.7% 4	7.2% 12	11.4% 5	7.1% 25	6.6% 66
No answer	5.9% 22	5.0% 3	3.6% 6	6.8% 3	4.0% 14	4.8% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 373	100.0% 60	100.0% 166	100.0% 44	100.0% 352	995

Age (I-AGE)

	18-30	31-44	45-64	65+	TOTAL
Gore	37.6% 129	35.9% 113	32.8% 77	30.4% 31	35.2% 350
Bush	41.4% 142	37.1% 117	37.4% 88	34.3% 35	38.4% 382
Nader	2.6% 9	3.2% 10	2.1% 5	2.0% 2	2.6% 26
Other	9.3% 32	13.7% 43	13.6% 32	15.7% 16	12.4% 123
Don't know/Remember	5.0% 17	8.6% 27	6.4% 15	6.9% 7	6.6% 66
No answer	4.1% 14	1.6% 5	7.7% 18	10.8% 11	4.8% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 343	100.0% 315	100.0% 235	100.0% 102	995

Family income (I-FINCOME)

	Less than $10K	$10K-19,999	$20K-24,999	$25K or over	TOTAL
Gore	40.3% 60	32.5% 51	35.3% 30	36.0% 174	36.0% 315
Bush	32.2% 48	40.1% 63	41.2% 35	43.2% 209	40.6% 355
Nader	4.0% 6	2.5% 4	3.5% 3	2.3% 11	2.7% 24
Other	12.1% 18	13.4% 21	11.8% 10	10.5% 51	11.4% 100
Don't know/Remember	8.1% 12	7.6% 12	4.7% 4	4.5% 22	5.7% 50
No answer	3.4% 5	3.8% 6	3.5% 3	3.5% 17	3.5% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 149	100.0% 157	100.0% 85	100.0% 484	875

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Liberal	Moderate, middle of the road	Conservative	Don't know	TOTAL
Gore	42.1% 48	37.9% 78	21.7% 28	25.9% 7	33.8% 161
Bush	28.1% 32	35.4% 73	52.7% 68	18.5% 5	37.4% 178
Nader	7.0% 8	1.9% 4	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	2.7% 13
Other	12.3% 14	13.1% 27	11.6% 15	3.7% 1	12.0% 57
Don't know/Remember	7.0% 8	7.3% 15	7.0% 9	44.4% 12	9.2% 44
No answer	3.5% 4	4.4% 9	6.2% 8	7.4% 2	4.8% 23
TOTAL	100.0% 114	100.0% 206	100.0% 129	100.0% 27	476

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	None	Other	Don't know	TOTAL
Gore	33.3% 161	38.0% 89	66.7% 6	36.3% 62	33.0% 31	0.00% 0	35.2% 349
Bush	44.0% 213	39.3% 92	11.1% 1	28.1% 48	29.8% 28	0.00% 0	38.5% 382
Nader	1.7% 8	1.7% 4	0.0% 0	5.3% 9	5.3% 5	0.00% 0	2.6% 26
Other	11.8% 57	10.3% 24	0.0% 0	15.8% 27	16.0% 15	0.00% 0	12.4% 123
Don't know/Remember	5.2% 25	5.6% 13	22.2% 2	9.4% 16	10.6% 10	0.00% 0	6.7% 66
No answer	4.1% 20	5.1% 12	0.0% 0	5.3% 9	5.3% 5	0.00% 0	4.6% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 484	100.0% 234	100.0% 9	100.0% 171	100.0% 94	100.0% 0	992

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school	Associate/Junior college	Bachelor's	Graduate	TOTAL
Gore	32.6% 77	33.7% 198	38.8% 19	42.4% 36	52.6% 20	35.2% 350
Bush	39.8% 94	41.2% 242	34.7% 17	29.4% 25	10.5% 4	38.4% 382
Nader	0.8% 2	2.6% 15	4.1% 2	3.5% 3	10.5% 4	2.6% 26
Other	13.6% 32	12.8% 75	10.2% 5	8.2% 7	10.5% 4	12.4% 123
Don't know/Remember	9.7% 23	5.3% 31	6.1% 3	8.2% 7	5.3% 2	6.6% 66
No answer	3.4% 8	4.4% 26	6.1% 3	8.2% 7	10.5% 4	4.8% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 236	100.0% 587	100.0% 49	100.0% 85	100.0% 38	995

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Gore	29.8% 136	39.8% 214	35.2% 350
Bush	42.5% 194	34.9% 188	38.4% 382
Nader	3.1% 14	2.2% 12	2.6% 26
Other	15.3% 70	9.9% 53	12.4% 123
Don't know/Remember	5.7% 26	7.4% 40	6.6% 66
No answer	3.7% 17	5.8% 31	4.8% 48
TOTAL	100.0% 457	100.0% 538	995