PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, December 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

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Republican	287	28.7%	28.7%
Democrat	333	33.3%	62%
Independent	316	31.6%	93.6%
Other party	10	1%	94.6%
Don't know/Refused	55	5.5%	100.1%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Political party Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	21.8% 39	22.6% 43	40.1% 73	29.2% 77	32.3% 53	2	29.1% 285
Democrat	39.1% 70	36.3% 69	27.5% 50	33.3% 88	31.1% 51	4	33.5% 328
Independent	32.4% 58	36.3% 69	30.2% 55	31.1% 82	31.7% 52	1	32.3% 316
Other party	0.0% 0	2.1% 4	0.5% 1	1.1% 3	0.6% 1	0	0.9% 9
Don't know/Refused	6.7% 12	2.6% 5	1.6% 3	5.3% 14	4.3% 7	14	4.2% 41
TOTAL	100.0% 179	100.0% 190	100.0% 182	100.0% 264	100.0% 164	21	979

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school diploma	High school complete (grade 12)	Some college, but no degree	Associates degree	College graduate/Bachelors degree	Postgraduate Degree, such as Master's, PH.D., MD, JD	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	27.8% 20	24.8% 69	27.6% 53	30.2% 26	34.5% 79	30.3% 40	0	29.0% 287
Democrat	20.8% 15	30.9% 86	42.7% 82	32.6% 28	34.5% 79	33.3% 44	0	33.8% 334
Independent	40.3% 29	37.1% 103	27.1% 52	33.7% 29	27.9% 64	28.8% 38	0	31.9% 315
Other party	1.4% 1	1.8% 5	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.5% 2	0	1.0% 10
Don't know/Refused	9.7% 7	5.4% 15	2.1% 4	3.5% 3	2.6% 6	6.1% 8	12	4.3% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 72	100.0% 278	100.0% 192	100.0% 86	100.0% 229	100.0% 132	12	989

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	100.0% 287	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	30.3% 287
Democrat	0.0% 0	100.0% 333	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	35.2% 333
Independent	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 316	0.0% 0	0	33.4% 316
Other party	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 10	0	1.1% 10
Don't know/Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	55	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 287	100.0% 333	100.0% 316	100.0% 10	55	946

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Republican	29.2% 54	30.0% 66	30.4% 112	24.3% 55	28.7% 287
Democrat	33.5% 62	27.7% 61	35.8% 132	34.5% 78	33.3% 333
Independent	29.2% 54	33.2% 73	29.3% 108	35.8% 81	31.6% 316
Other party	2.2% 4	1.4% 3	0.0% 0	1.3% 3	1.0% 10
Don't know/Refused	5.9% 11	7.7% 17	4.6% 17	4.0% 9	5.4% 54
TOTAL	100.0% 185	100.0% 220	100.0% 369	100.0% 226	1000

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Muslim	Something else	Nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	36.1% 159	32.2% 76	33.3% 5	0.0% 0	24.3% 25	11.9% 20	0	29.5% 285
Democrat	29.5% 130	36.9% 87	26.7% 4	80.0% 4	38.8% 40	36.3% 61	8	33.7% 326
Independent	29.5% 130	25.0% 59	40.0% 6	0.0% 0	33.0% 34	47.6% 80	6	32.0% 309
Other party	1.8% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0	1.0% 10
Don't know/Refused	3.0% 13	5.9% 14	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	3.9% 4	3.0% 5	17	3.8% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 440	100.0% 236	100.0% 15	100.0% 5	100.0% 103	100.0% 168	31	967

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	30.1% 146	27.1% 140	28.6% 286
Democrat	29.3% 142	37.2% 192	33.4% 334
Independent	34.6% 168	28.7% 148	31.6% 316
Other party	0.6% 3	1.4% 7	1.0% 10
Don't know/Refused	5.4% 26	5.6% 29	5.5% 55
TOTAL	100.0% 485	100.0% 516	1001