Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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ELECT_B (Weighted by WEIGHT) If the elections for U.S. Congress were being held today, would you vote for the Republican Party's candidate or the Democratic Party's candidate for Congress in your district? (Q210)   1) Republican Party's candidate   2) Democratic Party's candidate   3) Other (VOL.)   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Republican Party's candidate	3078	34.9%	34.9%
Democratic Party's candidate	3514	39.8%	74.7%
Other (VOL.)	585	6.6%	81.3%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	1652	18.7%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age Household income Marital status Religion Education Sex Political ideology

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Republican Party's candidate	38.2% 442	33.6% 514	33.0% 508	35.6% 608	28.6% 379	40.5% 593	34	34.9% 3044
Democratic Party's candidate	45.3% 525	37.4% 571	37.4% 576	39.0% 667	45.1% 598	37.0% 541	37	39.9% 3478
Other (VOL.)	2.2% 26	9.8% 150	7.3% 113	5.7% 98	7.8% 103	6.4% 93	3	6.7% 583
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	14.2% 165	19.2% 293	22.3% 343	19.7% 337	18.6% 246	16.2% 237	31	18.6% 1621
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1326	100.0% 1464	105	8726

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $20,000	$20,000 to under $30,000	$30,000 to under $50,000	$50,000 to under $75,000	$75,000 to under $100,000	$100,000 or more	Missing	TOTAL
Republican Party's candidate	29.2% 350	29.6% 285	31.3% 499	39.2% 480	40.2% 386	42.9% 561	516	35.3% 2561
Democratic Party's candidate	40.5% 486	42.7% 411	44.7% 712	38.0% 465	41.4% 398	38.2% 499	543	41.0% 2971
Other (VOL.)	6.7% 80	2.2% 21	7.0% 111	6.4% 78	4.6% 44	6.0% 79	171	5.7% 413
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	23.6% 283	25.5% 245	17.1% 272	16.5% 202	13.8% 133	12.9% 168	349	18.0% 1303
Missing	1615	967	1564	1096	931	1267	0	7440
TOTAL	100.0% 1199	100.0% 962	100.0% 1594	100.0% 1225	100.0% 961	100.0% 1307	1579	7248

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Republican Party's candidate	39.0% 1893	32.1% 179	21.8% 163	14.1% 22	32.7% 202	32.7% 603	16	34.9% 3062
Democratic Party's candidate	34.3% 1665	47.3% 264	51.9% 388	51.3% 80	49.2% 304	43.0% 793	19	39.8% 3494
Other (VOL.)	6.2% 299	3.4% 19	12.7% 95	1.3% 2	5.2% 32	7.4% 136	2	6.6% 583
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	20.6% 1002	17.2% 96	13.5% 101	33.3% 52	12.9% 80	16.9% 311	10	18.7% 1642
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4859	100.0% 558	100.0% 747	100.0% 156	100.0% 618	100.0% 1843	47	8781

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Roman Catholic	Other Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)	Jewish	Other religion	Atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular	Missing	TOTAL
Republican Party's candidate	40.8% 1480	36.6% 725	40.4% 432	25.6% 34	10.3% 36	22.3% 347	24	35.0% 3054
Democratic Party's candidate	35.8% 1299	41.5% 822	31.6% 337	55.6% 74	64.0% 224	45.0% 700	56	39.7% 3456
Other (VOL.)	5.5% 198	4.9% 98	6.8% 73	6.0% 8	11.7% 41	9.5% 147	20	6.5% 565
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	18.0% 653	16.9% 335	21.2% 226	12.8% 17	14.0% 49	23.2% 360	12	18.8% 1640
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3630	100.0% 1980	100.0% 1068	100.0% 133	100.0% 350	100.0% 1554	112	8715

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than a high school diploma	High school graduate	Some college, no four-year degree	Four-year college degree	Post-graduate training or professional schooling after college	Missing	TOTAL
Republican Party's candidate	27.7% 326	32.7% 866	40.0% 995	39.3% 560	30.6% 318	13	34.9% 3065
Democratic Party's candidate	42.6% 502	40.4% 1069	37.9% 942	35.3% 504	46.1% 479	17	39.8% 3496
Other (VOL.)	6.8% 80	5.5% 147	5.5% 136	8.8% 125	9.0% 93	4	6.6% 581
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	22.9% 270	21.4% 567	16.6% 412	16.6% 237	14.3% 149	18	18.6% 1635
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1178	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2485	100.0% 1426	100.0% 1039	52	8777

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican Party's candidate	36.4% 1559	33.4% 1519	34.9% 3078
Democratic Party's candidate	33.4% 1430	45.8% 2084	39.8% 3514
Other (VOL.)	8.2% 353	5.1% 232	6.6% 585
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	21.9% 938	15.7% 714	18.7% 1652
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4280	100.0% 4549	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Republican Party's candidate	66.5% 438	54.2% 1508	26.9% 788	14.7% 201	12.3% 66	77	36.3% 3001
Democratic Party's candidate	16.7% 110	21.4% 594	46.4% 1358	67.7% 926	70.1% 375	150	40.7% 3363
Other (VOL.)	7.7% 51	5.4% 150	8.4% 245	2.6% 35	8.2% 44	60	6.4% 525
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	9.1% 60	19.1% 530	18.2% 533	15.0% 205	9.3% 50	274	16.7% 1378
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 659	100.0% 2782	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1367	100.0% 535	561	8267