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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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GOP_B (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Thinking more generally... Is your overall opinion of the Republican Party very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? (Q212A) [Note: GOP_B, DEMS_B and CONG_B were read together as a block, but were read in a random order within the block.]

	1) Very favorable
	2) Mostly favorable
	3) Mostly unfavorable
	4) Very unfavorable
	5) Never heard of (VOL.)
	8) Can't rate (VOL.)
	9) Refused (VOL.)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Very favorable	566	6.4%	6.4%
Mostly favorable	2993	33.9%	40.3%
Mostly unfavorable	2762	31.3%	71.6%
Very unfavorable	1636	18.5%	90.1%
Never heard of (VOL.)	9	.1%	90.2%
Can't rate (VOL.)	413	4.7%	94.9%
Refused (VOL.)	449	5.1%	100%
Missing	8829	%	%

Variable Comparisons

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 34	35 to 44	45 to 54	55 to 64	65 or older	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	8.1% 94	7.0% 107	8.9% 137	3.6% 62	5.1% 67	6.6% 97	1	6.5% 564
Mostly favorable	36.8% 426	37.2% 569	34.9% 537	34.3% 587	26.3% 348	32.7% 479	48	33.8% 2946
Mostly unfavorable	31.3% 363	30.2% 462	32.8% 505	31.9% 545	32.8% 434	29.5% 431	22	31.4% 2740
Very unfavorable	15.3% 177	12.2% 187	17.5% 270	19.6% 335	25.6% 339	21.3% 311	17	18.6% 1619
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 9	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 9
Can't rate (VOL.)	5.1% 59	3.9% 59	3.9% 60	4.9% 83	6.2% 82	4.0% 59	11	4.6% 402
Refused (VOL.)	3.4% 39	9.4% 144	2.0% 31	5.7% 98	3.4% 45	5.9% 86	5	5.1% 443
Missing	1166	1407	1627	1715	1282	1513	0	8710
TOTAL	100.0% 1158	100.0% 1528	100.0% 1540	100.0% 1710	100.0% 1324	100.0% 1463	104	8723

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
Very favorable	9.4% 113	8.7% 84	7.8% 124	5.4% 66	5.6% 54	5.5% 72	53	7.1% 513
Mostly favorable	30.3% 363	30.2% 291	38.6% 615	33.8% 414	40.2% 386	34.7% 454	469	34.8% 2523
Mostly unfavorable	25.1% 301	22.7% 218	27.0% 430	38.4% 471	31.8% 306	40.5% 529	507	31.1% 2255
Very unfavorable	22.6% 271	21.4% 206	19.0% 303	18.8% 230	15.8% 152	16.2% 212	261	19.0% 1374
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.3% 3	0.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 9
Can't rate (VOL.)	5.8% 69	3.1% 30	4.8% 76	3.2% 39	3.4% 33	2.2% 29	137	3.8% 276
Refused (VOL.)	6.6% 79	13.2% 127	2.9% 46	0.4% 5	3.1% 30	0.8% 11	151	4.1% 298
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	1578	7248

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	5.7% 279	12.2% 68	4.3% 32	10.9% 17	5.3% 33	7.3% 135	3	6.4% 564
Mostly favorable	36.9% 1793	29.9% 167	28.5% 213	23.7% 37	27.7% 171	32.5% 598	12	33.9% 2979
Mostly unfavorable	31.4% 1527	26.2% 146	28.6% 214	45.5% 71	25.7% 159	33.9% 624	21	31.2% 2741
Very unfavorable	16.6% 804	17.7% 99	28.7% 215	14.1% 22	26.9% 166	17.5% 322	8	18.5% 1628
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.1% 6	0.0% 0	0.4% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 9
Can't rate (VOL.)	4.4% 216	5.2% 29	5.2% 39	0.0% 0	8.3% 51	4.2% 78	0	4.7% 413
Refused (VOL.)	4.8% 233	8.8% 49	4.3% 32	5.8% 9	6.1% 38	4.6% 85	3	5.1% 446
Missing	4605	576	871	223	527	1991	0	8793
TOTAL	100.0% 4858	100.0% 558	100.0% 748	100.0% 156	100.0% 618	100.0% 1842	47	8780

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
Very favorable	6.7% 242	7.1% 141	9.8% 105	8.3% 11	4.6% 16	2.8% 44	7	6.4% 559
Mostly favorable	37.9% 1377	36.6% 726	34.4% 368	33.1% 44	15.8% 55	25.5% 397	25	34.0% 2967
Mostly unfavorable	29.4% 1066	29.6% 587	37.2% 398	37.6% 50	31.5% 110	34.3% 533	18	31.5% 2744
Very unfavorable	17.6% 638	14.6% 290	11.3% 121	13.5% 18	38.4% 134	26.6% 414	23	18.5% 1615
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 6	0.0% 0	0	0.1% 9
Can't rate (VOL.)	4.2% 153	4.1% 81	3.6% 38	4.5% 6	7.2% 25	5.9% 91	19	4.5% 394
Refused (VOL.)	4.2% 152	7.9% 156	3.7% 40	3.0% 4	0.9% 3	4.8% 75	20	4.9% 430
Missing	3473	2018	1359	149	226	1439	0	8664
TOTAL	100.0% 3631	100.0% 1981	100.0% 1070	100.0% 133	100.0% 349	100.0% 1554	112	8718

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
Very favorable	11.4% 134	6.9% 182	6.3% 156	4.6% 66	2.4% 25	3	6.4% 563
Mostly favorable	29.8% 351	32.5% 860	37.8% 938	34.0% 485	33.1% 344	15	33.9% 2978
Mostly unfavorable	21.4% 252	30.9% 819	28.7% 712	39.9% 568	38.5% 400	10	31.4% 2751
Very unfavorable	15.2% 179	18.3% 484	19.8% 492	15.7% 224	24.3% 252	4	18.6% 1631
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6	0.0% 3
Can't rate (VOL.)	6.8% 80	6.5% 172	3.7% 91	3.4% 48	1.3% 14	7	4.6% 405
Refused (VOL.)	15.3% 180	4.9% 129	3.8% 95	2.4% 34	0.4% 4	6	5.0% 442
Missing	1206	2863	2329	1414	990	0	8802
TOTAL	100.0% 1176	100.0% 2649	100.0% 2484	100.0% 1425	100.0% 1039	51	8773

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Very favorable	8.2% 351	4.7% 216	6.4% 567
Mostly favorable	34.0% 1453	33.8% 1540	33.9% 2993
Mostly unfavorable	31.4% 1344	31.2% 1418	31.3% 2762
Very unfavorable	17.2% 734	19.8% 902	18.5% 1636
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.1% 6	0.1% 3	0.1% 9
Can't rate (VOL.)	3.8% 164	5.5% 249	4.7% 413
Refused (VOL.)	5.3% 227	4.9% 222	5.1% 449
Missing	4274	4555	8829
TOTAL	100.0% 4279	100.0% 4550	8829

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Very favorable	10.5% 69	8.5% 235	6.5% 190	0.6% 8	4.9% 26	37	6.4% 528
Mostly favorable	54.3% 357	45.8% 1275	29.9% 874	22.4% 307	17.8% 95	85	35.2% 2908
Mostly unfavorable	19.1% 126	26.0% 724	37.4% 1095	38.2% 523	29.6% 158	136	31.8% 2626
Very unfavorable	11.7% 77	11.3% 314	16.9% 494	31.3% 428	42.7% 228	95	18.6% 1541
Never heard of (VOL.)	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	9	0.0% 0
Can't rate (VOL.)	1.8% 12	3.0% 83	5.8% 170	3.5% 48	0.0% 0	99	3.8% 313
Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 17	5.4% 150	3.5% 101	3.9% 54	5.1% 27	100	4.2% 349
Missing	609	2852	3057	1233	555	0	8306
TOTAL	100.0% 658	100.0% 2781	100.0% 2924	100.0% 1368	100.0% 534	561	8265