PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, December 2010

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I-PARTYID (Weighted by WEIGHT) In politics, as of today, do you consider yourself a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent? (Recoded for use with online analysis)   1) Republican   2) Democrat   3) Independent   4) Other party

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Republican	287	30.3%	30.3%
Democrat	333	35.2%	65.5%
Independent	316	33.4%	98.9%
Other party	10	1.1%	100%
Missing	55	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Political party Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	23.4% 39	23.2% 43	40.8% 73	30.8% 77	33.8% 53	2	30.4% 285
Democrat	41.9% 70	37.3% 69	27.9% 50	35.2% 88	32.5% 51	4	35.0% 328
Independent	34.7% 58	37.3% 69	30.7% 55	32.8% 82	33.1% 52	1	33.7% 316
Other party	0.0% 0	2.2% 4	0.6% 1	1.2% 3	0.6% 1	0	1.0% 9
Missing	12	5	3	14	7	0	41
TOTAL	100.0% 167	100.0% 185	100.0% 179	100.0% 250	100.0% 157	7	938

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	TOTAL
Republican	30.8% 20	26.2% 69	28.2% 53	31.3% 26	35.4% 79	32.3% 40	30.3% 287
Democrat	23.1% 15	32.7% 86	43.6% 82	33.7% 28	35.4% 79	35.5% 44	35.3% 334
Independent	44.6% 29	39.2% 103	27.7% 52	34.9% 29	28.7% 64	30.6% 38	33.3% 315
Other party	1.5% 1	1.9% 5	0.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	1.6% 2	1.1% 10
Missing	7	15	4	3	6	8	43
TOTAL	100.0% 65	100.0% 263	100.0% 188	100.0% 83	100.0% 223	100.0% 124	946

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Republican	100.0% 287	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	35.2% 333
Independent	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 316	0.0% 0	33.4% 316
Other party	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 10	1.1% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 287	100.0% 333	100.0% 316	100.0% 10	946

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Republican	31.0% 54	32.5% 66	31.8% 112	25.3% 55	30.3% 287
Democrat	35.6% 62	30.0% 61	37.5% 132	35.9% 78	35.2% 333
Independent	31.0% 54	36.0% 73	30.7% 108	37.3% 81	33.4% 316
Other party	2.3% 4	1.5% 3	0.0% 0	1.4% 3	1.1% 10
Missing	11	17	17	9	54
TOTAL	100.0% 174	100.0% 203	100.0% 352	100.0% 217	946

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Muslim	Something else	Nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	37.2% 159	34.2% 76	33.3% 5	0.0% 0	25.3% 25	12.3% 20	0	30.6% 285
Democrat	30.4% 130	39.2% 87	26.7% 4	100.0% 4	40.4% 40	37.4% 61	8	35.1% 326
Independent	30.4% 130	26.6% 59	40.0% 6	0.0% 0	34.3% 34	49.1% 80	6	33.2% 309
Other party	1.9% 8	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 2	0	1.1% 10
Missing	13	14	0	1	4	5	0	37
TOTAL	100.0% 427	100.0% 222	100.0% 15	100.0% 4	100.0% 99	100.0% 163	14	930

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	31.8% 146	28.7% 140	30.2% 286
Democrat	30.9% 142	39.4% 192	35.3% 334
Independent	36.6% 168	30.4% 148	33.4% 316
Other party	0.7% 3	1.4% 7	1.1% 10
Missing	26	29	55
TOTAL	100.0% 459	100.0% 487	946