Middletown Area Study, 1995

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PARTYID Have you usually thought of yourself:   1) As a Republican   2) As an Independent   3) As a Democrat   4) As a member of some other party, or   5) Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat   6) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
As a Republican	123	29.5%	29.5%	-1.19
As an Independent	50	12%	41.5%	-.58
As a Democrat	112	26.9%	68.3%	.03
As a member of some other party, or	3	.7%	69.1%	.64
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	117	28.1%	97.1%	1.25
Don't know	12	2.9%	100%	1.86

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Education Place of birth Race Age Household income Political party Religion

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
As a Republican	36.1% 66	24.4% 57	29.5% 123
As an Independent	13.1% 24	11.1% 26	12.0% 50
As a Democrat	26.2% 48	27.4% 64	26.9% 112
As a member of some other party, or	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	0.7% 3
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	22.4% 41	32.5% 76	28.1% 117
Don't know	2.2% 4	3.4% 8	2.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 183	100.0% 234	417

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Div./Sep.	Nev. marr.	TOTAL
As a Republican	34.2% 82	24.6% 31	22.9% 8	16.7% 2	29.8% 123
As an Independent	10.8% 26	13.5% 17	11.4% 4	25.0% 3	12.1% 50
As a Democrat	25.0% 60	25.4% 32	48.6% 17	16.7% 2	26.9% 111
As a member of some other party, or	0.4% 1	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	27.1% 65	31.0% 39	14.3% 5	41.7% 5	27.6% 114
Don't know	2.5% 6	4.0% 5	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 240	100.0% 126	100.0% 35	100.0% 12	413

Education (I-EDUCATN)

	Lt H.S.	H.S. grad	SomCol/Trd	Coll grad	Grad schl	TOTAL
As a Republican	15.2% 15	26.1% 47	40.3% 25	54.8% 17	40.9% 18	29.3% 122
As an Independent	9.1% 9	12.2% 22	16.1% 10	12.9% 4	11.4% 5	12.0% 50
As a Democrat	37.4% 37	27.2% 49	21.0% 13	12.9% 4	20.5% 9	26.9% 112
As a member of some other party, or	1.0% 1	0.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	0.7% 3
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	33.3% 33	30.6% 55	21.0% 13	19.4% 6	22.7% 10	28.1% 117
Don't know	4.0% 4	3.3% 6	1.6% 1	0.0% 0	2.3% 1	2.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 99	100.0% 180	100.0% 62	100.0% 31	100.0% 44	416

Place of birth (I-WHERBORN)

	Delaware County	Other Indiana county	Outside Indiana	TOTAL
As a Republican	26.6% 38	30.2% 39	31.7% 46	29.5% 123
As an Independent	11.9% 17	14.0% 18	10.3% 15	12.0% 50
As a Democrat	30.8% 44	21.7% 28	27.6% 40	26.9% 112
As a member of some other party, or	0.0% 0	2.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	28.7% 41	29.5% 38	26.2% 38	28.1% 117
Don't know	2.1% 3	2.3% 3	4.1% 6	2.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 143	100.0% 129	100.0% 145	417

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Other	TOTAL
As a Republican	31.3% 123	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	29.6% 123
As an Independent	12.2% 48	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	11.8% 49
As a Democrat	24.7% 97	66.7% 14	100.0% 1	27.0% 112
As a member of some other party, or	0.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	28.5% 112	19.0% 4	0.0% 0	28.0% 116
Don't know	2.5% 10	9.5% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 393	100.0% 21	100.0% 1	415

Age (I-AGE)

	60-64	65-69	70-74	75-79	80 & up	TOTAL
As a Republican	27.1% 29	23.8% 25	32.6% 30	36.2% 21	34.0% 18	29.6% 123
As an Independent	12.1% 13	11.4% 12	13.0% 12	12.1% 7	11.3% 6	12.0% 50
As a Democrat	22.4% 24	32.4% 34	22.8% 21	22.4% 13	35.8% 19	26.7% 111
As a member of some other party, or	0.9% 1	1.0% 1	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	30.8% 33	30.5% 32	28.3% 26	25.9% 15	18.9% 10	28.0% 116
Don't know	6.5% 7	1.0% 1	2.2% 2	3.4% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 107	100.0% 105	100.0% 92	100.0% 58	100.0% 53	415

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10-20K	20-30K	30-50K	50K & up	TOTAL
As a Republican	16.7% 14	29.9% 32	29.5% 18	31.9% 15	45.2% 19	28.7% 98
As an Independent	8.3% 7	14.0% 15	11.5% 7	21.3% 10	9.5% 4	12.6% 43
As a Democrat	46.4% 39	20.6% 22	23.0% 14	17.0% 8	19.0% 8	26.7% 91
As a member of some other party, or	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.6% 2
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	27.4% 23	29.0% 31	34.4% 21	27.7% 13	26.2% 11	29.0% 99
Don't know	1.2% 1	4.7% 5	1.6% 1	2.1% 1	0.0% 0	2.3% 8
TOTAL	100.0% 84	100.0% 107	100.0% 61	100.0% 47	100.0% 42	341

Political party (I-PARTY)

	Republican	Independnt	Democrat	Varies/Oth	TOTAL
As a Republican	100.0% 123	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	30.4% 123
As an Independent	0.0% 0	100.0% 50	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	12.3% 50
As a Democrat	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 112	0.0% 0	27.7% 112
As a member of some other party, or	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.5% 3	0.7% 3
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	97.5% 117	28.9% 117
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 50	100.0% 112	100.0% 120	405

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
As a Republican	24.2% 8	34.0% 89	24.0% 18	18.5% 5	13.3% 2	29.6% 122
As an Independent	15.2% 5	8.4% 22	21.3% 16	22.2% 6	6.7% 1	12.1% 50
As a Democrat	24.2% 8	24.4% 64	30.7% 23	33.3% 9	40.0% 6	26.7% 110
As a member of some other party, or	0.0% 0	0.8% 2	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 3
Sometimes a Republican, sometimes a Democrat	30.3% 10	29.8% 78	20.0% 15	22.2% 6	40.0% 6	27.9% 115
Don't know	6.1% 2	2.7% 7	2.7% 2	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	2.9% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 33	100.0% 262	100.0% 75	100.0% 27	100.0% 15	412