Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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PARTY (Weighted by WEIGHT) In politics today, do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or Independent?   1) Republican   2) Democrat   3) Independent   4) No preference (VOL.)   5) Other party (VOL.)   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Republican	4343	24.6%	24.6%
Democrat	5691	32.2%	56.8%
Independent	6470	36.6%	93.4%
No preference (VOL.)	540	3.1%	96.5%
Other party (VOL.)	51	.3%	96.8%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	563	3.2%	100%

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	23.4% 544	21.0% 615	23.9% 756	25.4% 870	23.9% 624	30.1% 897	38	24.7% 4306
Democrat	29.9% 695	27.3% 802	33.5% 1063	30.9% 1059	34.7% 906	36.9% 1098	68	32.2% 5623
Independent	42.7% 992	44.8% 1314	37.2% 1180	36.7% 1256	34.1% 889	26.0% 775	65	36.7% 6406
No preference (VOL.)	1.2% 27	4.7% 137	2.2% 70	2.7% 94	3.5% 90	3.6% 106	15	3.0% 524
Other party (VOL.)	0.2% 5	0.3% 10	0.1% 4	0.1% 3	1.0% 25	0.1% 4	0	0.3% 51
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.6% 61	1.9% 57	3.0% 96	4.2% 144	2.8% 74	3.2% 96	35	3.0% 528
TOTAL	100.0% 2324	100.0% 2935	100.0% 3169	100.0% 3426	100.0% 2608	100.0% 2976	221	17438

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	16.3% 460	19.5% 377	23.5% 741	25.9% 601	31.2% 591	34.5% 888	685	24.9% 3658
Democrat	35.5% 1000	34.0% 657	35.8% 1130	33.4% 776	29.7% 563	27.0% 695	868	32.8% 4821
Independent	38.2% 1075	40.8% 787	34.4% 1086	37.5% 870	34.9% 660	36.3% 935	1058	36.8% 5413
No preference (VOL.)	4.8% 135	2.8% 55	4.3% 135	1.8% 42	2.3% 44	0.7% 18	111	2.9% 429
Other party (VOL.)	0.5% 15	0.0% 0	0.6% 20	0.0% 0	0.2% 4	0.4% 10	3	0.3% 49
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.6% 130	2.8% 54	1.5% 46	1.4% 32	1.6% 31	1.1% 29	241	2.2% 322
TOTAL	100.0% 2815	100.0% 1930	100.0% 3158	100.0% 2321	100.0% 1893	100.0% 2575	2966	14692

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	29.7% 2807	12.1% 137	18.7% 302	12.4% 47	22.8% 261	20.3% 779	12	24.7% 4333
Democrat	29.8% 2819	37.1% 421	35.4% 573	30.0% 114	40.6% 464	33.3% 1275	24	32.2% 5666
Independent	34.5% 3269	45.3% 514	39.5% 640	48.7% 185	26.4% 302	40.4% 1550	9	36.8% 6460
No preference (VOL.)	2.7% 254	3.2% 36	2.2% 36	5.5% 21	5.4% 62	3.3% 125	5	3.0% 534
Other party (VOL.)	0.2% 16	0.0% 0	0.1% 2	2.1% 8	1.2% 14	0.3% 11	0	0.3% 51
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.1% 298	2.3% 26	4.1% 66	1.3% 5	3.6% 41	2.5% 94	31	3.0% 530
TOTAL	100.0% 9463	100.0% 1134	100.0% 1619	100.0% 380	100.0% 1144	100.0% 3834	81	17574

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	31.7% 2252	23.1% 924	28.4% 689	11.3% 32	8.5% 49	12.4% 371	27	24.8% 4317
Democrat	32.1% 2279	36.1% 1445	26.5% 643	50.0% 141	31.7% 183	31.4% 939	59	32.4% 5630
Independent	30.1% 2135	35.4% 1416	39.6% 962	35.5% 100	50.6% 292	48.7% 1459	106	36.6% 6364
No preference (VOL.)	3.5% 248	1.2% 49	2.6% 63	2.5% 7	7.6% 44	3.2% 96	33	2.9% 507
Other party (VOL.)	0.2% 15	0.0% 0	0.9% 21	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 11	4	0.3% 47
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	2.4% 174	4.1% 165	2.1% 50	0.7% 2	1.6% 9	3.9% 117	46	3.0% 517
TOTAL	100.0% 7103	100.0% 3999	100.0% 2428	100.0% 282	100.0% 577	100.0% 2993	275	17382

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	17.4% 415	25.0% 1376	27.3% 1314	25.7% 731	24.1% 489	18	24.6% 4325
Democrat	34.1% 813	32.9% 1813	29.6% 1426	31.0% 879	36.7% 745	15	32.3% 5676
Independent	36.6% 872	34.2% 1885	38.3% 1844	40.2% 1141	35.3% 717	12	36.7% 6459
No preference (VOL.)	3.4% 81	4.3% 239	2.9% 138	1.0% 27	2.8% 56	0	3.1% 541
Other party (VOL.)	0.8% 18	0.1% 8	0.2% 8	0.5% 13	0.2% 4	0	0.3% 51
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.7% 183	3.5% 193	1.8% 86	1.7% 48	0.9% 19	33	3.0% 529
TOTAL	100.0% 2382	100.0% 5514	100.0% 4816	100.0% 2839	100.0% 2030	78	17581

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	25.1% 2145	24.2% 2199	24.6% 4344
Democrat	25.6% 2187	38.5% 3503	32.2% 5690
Independent	42.9% 3672	30.7% 2798	36.6% 6470
No preference (VOL.)	2.8% 243	3.3% 297	3.1% 540
Other party (VOL.)	0.4% 33	0.2% 18	0.3% 51
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.2% 274	3.2% 289	3.2% 563
TOTAL	100.0% 8554	100.0% 9104	17658

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Republican	53.0% 671	40.4% 2277	16.4% 984	6.2% 162	13.5% 147	102	25.6% 4241
Democrat	13.6% 172	20.7% 1165	36.8% 2203	52.7% 1370	49.2% 536	244	32.9% 5446
Independent	30.5% 386	34.6% 1952	41.6% 2487	36.3% 944	34.1% 371	330	37.1% 6140
No preference (VOL.)	2.6% 33	2.1% 121	2.4% 146	1.9% 49	1.1% 12	177	2.2% 361
Other party (VOL.)	0.1% 1	0.2% 10	0.5% 31	0.1% 3	0.0% 0	5	0.3% 45
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	0.3% 4	2.0% 110	2.2% 131	2.7% 71	2.1% 23	225	2.0% 339
TOTAL	100.0% 1267	100.0% 5635	100.0% 5982	100.0% 2599	100.0% 1089	1083	16572