PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, August 2010

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PARTY (Weighted by WEIGHT) In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent?   1) Republican   2) Democrat   3) Independent   98) Other party   99) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Republican	217	21.7%	21.7%
Democrat	312	31.2%	52.9%
Independent	384	38.4%	91.3%
Other party	29	2.9%	94.2%
Don't know/Refused	58	5.8%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Political party Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	10.3% 20	23.1% 42	27.6% 51	24.7% 62	26.1% 43	0	22.3% 218
Democrat	35.4% 69	33.0% 60	30.3% 56	27.5% 69	31.5% 52	6	31.3% 306
Independent	44.6% 87	37.4% 68	32.4% 60	41.0% 103	36.4% 60	6	38.7% 378
Other party	5.1% 10	2.2% 4	5.4% 10	1.2% 3	1.2% 2	0	3.0% 29
Don't know/Refused	4.6% 9	4.4% 8	4.3% 8	5.6% 14	4.8% 8	11	4.8% 47
TOTAL	100.0% 195	100.0% 182	100.0% 185	100.0% 251	100.0% 165	23	978

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school diploma	High school complete (grade 12)	Some college, but no degree	Associated degree	College graduate/Bachelors degree	Postgraduate degree	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	10.1% 8	17.6% 43	23.9% 55	30.4% 24	25.0% 50	24.4% 38	0	22.0% 218
Democrat	35.4% 28	33.9% 83	30.0% 69	24.1% 19	31.0% 62	33.3% 52	0	31.6% 313
Independent	46.8% 37	38.4% 94	41.3% 95	39.2% 31	34.5% 69	37.2% 58	0	38.8% 384
Other party	0.0% 0	4.5% 11	1.3% 3	3.8% 3	3.5% 7	2.6% 4	0	2.8% 28
Don't know/Refused	7.6% 6	5.7% 14	3.5% 8	2.5% 2	6.0% 12	2.6% 4	11	4.7% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 245	100.0% 230	100.0% 79	100.0% 200	100.0% 156	11	989

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	100.0% 217	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	23.0% 217
Democrat	0.0% 0	100.0% 312	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	33.1% 312
Independent	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 384	0.0% 0	0	40.8% 384
Other party	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 29	0	3.1% 29
Don't know/Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	58	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 312	100.0% 384	100.0% 29	58	942

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Republican	16.2% 30	28.2% 62	20.9% 77	21.1% 48	21.7% 217
Democrat	40.5% 75	28.6% 63	28.5% 105	30.4% 69	31.2% 312
Independent	35.7% 66	35.5% 78	41.3% 152	38.3% 87	38.3% 383
Other party	5.4% 10	2.3% 5	1.9% 7	3.5% 8	3.0% 30
Don't know/Refused	2.2% 4	5.5% 12	7.3% 27	6.6% 15	5.8% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 220	100.0% 368	100.0% 227	1000

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Muslim	Other religion	Nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	30.9% 125	17.8% 40	14.3% 2	0.0% 0	29.0% 36	6.0% 11	3	22.2% 214
Democrat	25.2% 102	35.6% 80	64.3% 9	53.8% 7	29.0% 36	37.4% 68	10	31.4% 302
Independent	36.8% 149	43.1% 97	21.4% 3	0.0% 0	29.8% 37	47.3% 86	11	38.6% 372
Other party	3.5% 14	2.7% 6	0.0% 0	7.7% 1	4.8% 6	1.1% 2	0	3.0% 29
Don't know/Refused	3.7% 15	0.9% 2	0.0% 0	38.5% 5	7.3% 9	8.2% 15	12	4.8% 46
TOTAL	100.0% 405	100.0% 225	100.0% 14	100.0% 13	100.0% 124	100.0% 182	36	963

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	19.3% 93	24.1% 124	21.7% 217
Democrat	29.0% 140	33.4% 172	31.3% 312
Independent	44.9% 217	32.2% 166	38.4% 383
Other party	2.7% 13	2.9% 15	2.8% 28
Don't know/Refused	4.1% 20	7.4% 38	5.8% 58
TOTAL	100.0% 483	100.0% 515	998