Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009

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BLAME_A (Weighted by WEIGHT) If WRKTOG_A = 2: Who do you think is most to blame for them not working together? [Choices 1 and 2 read in a random order] (Q111)   1) Barack Obama   2) Republican leaders in Congress   3) Both (VOL.)   4) Neither (VOL.)   5) Other (VOL.)   9) Don't know/Refused (VOL.)

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Barack Obama	1533	27.7%	27.7%
Republican leaders in Congress	2533	45.7%	73.4%
Both (VOL.)	809	14.6%	88%
Neither (VOL.)	123	2.2%	90.2%
Other (VOL.)	206	3.7%	93.9%
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	335	6%	99.9%
Missing	12118	%	%

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
Barack Obama	22.4% 121	27.2% 209	30.1% 293	28.7% 325	29.1% 276	27.0% 300	9	27.8% 1524
Republican leaders in Congress	45.8% 248	42.6% 327	42.2% 410	46.5% 527	45.7% 433	51.3% 570	19	45.9% 2515
Both (VOL.)	17.0% 92	17.2% 132	11.9% 116	16.0% 182	14.3% 136	11.2% 124	27	14.3% 782
Neither (VOL.)	6.3% 34	1.3% 10	2.6% 25	0.8% 9	3.0% 28	1.5% 17	0	2.2% 123
Other (VOL.)	1.3% 7	5.5% 42	6.7% 65	2.1% 24	3.4% 32	2.3% 26	8	3.6% 196
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	7.2% 39	6.1% 47	6.5% 63	5.9% 67	4.5% 43	6.7% 75	2	6.1% 334
Missing	1782	2169	2196	2290	1658	1864	0	11959
TOTAL	100.0% 541	100.0% 767	100.0% 972	100.0% 1134	100.0% 948	100.0% 1112	65	5474

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
Barack Obama	22.3% 161	26.0% 143	18.6% 194	28.3% 219	35.6% 231	35.0% 357	228	27.4% 1305
Republican leaders in Congress	58.2% 421	47.4% 261	53.0% 554	44.0% 341	37.3% 242	41.0% 418	296	47.0% 2237
Both (VOL.)	13.6% 98	16.3% 90	14.2% 148	14.3% 111	17.3% 112	14.0% 143	108	14.7% 702
Neither (VOL.)	1.0% 7	0.0% 0	5.0% 52	2.3% 18	3.5% 23	1.7% 17	7	2.5% 117
Other (VOL.)	0.7% 5	1.6% 9	3.3% 34	5.8% 45	2.9% 19	3.6% 37	55	3.1% 149
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.3% 31	8.7% 48	6.0% 63	5.3% 41	3.2% 21	4.6% 47	85	5.3% 251
Missing	2089	1378	2114	1547	1245	1556	0	9929
TOTAL	100.0% 723	100.0% 551	100.0% 1045	100.0% 775	100.0% 648	100.0% 1019	779	4761

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Living with a partner	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Never been married	Missing	TOTAL
Barack Obama	30.1% 961	23.3% 70	25.9% 157	26.7% 32	34.1% 115	20.4% 196	2	27.8% 1531
Republican leaders in Congress	42.3% 1350	57.5% 173	54.7% 332	50.8% 61	43.9% 148	46.9% 450	20	45.6% 2514
Both (VOL.)	15.0% 477	15.6% 47	10.0% 61	11.7% 14	10.1% 34	17.7% 170	5	14.6% 803
Neither (VOL.)	2.1% 66	0.0% 0	2.0% 12	3.3% 4	1.2% 4	3.9% 37	0	2.2% 123
Other (VOL.)	4.2% 133	0.0% 0	2.5% 15	4.2% 5	2.4% 8	4.7% 45	0	3.7% 206
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.3% 201	3.7% 11	4.9% 30	3.3% 4	8.3% 28	6.4% 61	0	6.1% 335
Missing	6275	834	1011	259	809	2875	0	12063
TOTAL	100.0% 3188	100.0% 301	100.0% 607	100.0% 120	100.0% 337	100.0% 959	27	5512

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
Barack Obama	30.2% 686	25.3% 316	29.5% 257	30.0% 30	15.4% 19	23.3% 194	31	27.6% 1502
Republican leaders in Congress	42.5% 965	50.9% 635	38.3% 334	46.0% 46	74.8% 92	53.2% 444	18	46.2% 2516
Both (VOL.)	15.8% 359	9.6% 120	17.8% 155	9.0% 9	6.5% 8	15.3% 128	30	14.3% 779
Neither (VOL.)	2.0% 45	3.4% 43	2.5% 22	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.7% 14	0	2.3% 124
Other (VOL.)	3.4% 78	1.9% 24	6.0% 52	15.0% 15	3.3% 4	3.2% 27	6	3.7% 200
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.2% 140	8.8% 110	6.0% 52	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.2% 27	8	6.0% 329
Missing	4831	2751	1557	182	454	2160	0	11935
TOTAL	100.0% 2273	100.0% 1248	100.0% 872	100.0% 100	100.0% 123	100.0% 834	93	5450

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
Barack Obama	17.0% 89	30.5% 524	26.3% 405	35.1% 358	21.6% 157	0	27.7% 1533
Republican leaders in Congress	62.0% 324	49.1% 843	39.9% 616	37.0% 377	50.5% 368	6	45.7% 2528
Both (VOL.)	10.5% 55	11.8% 203	17.3% 266	17.5% 179	14.4% 105	0	14.6% 808
Neither (VOL.)	4.4% 23	0.8% 14	2.7% 42	2.6% 27	2.3% 17	0	2.2% 123
Other (VOL.)	0.0% 0	1.6% 27	5.4% 84	4.1% 42	6.9% 50	3	3.7% 203
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	6.1% 32	6.2% 106	8.4% 129	3.6% 37	4.3% 31	0	6.1% 335
Missing	1860	3796	3273	1819	1301	0	12049
TOTAL	100.0% 523	100.0% 1717	100.0% 1542	100.0% 1020	100.0% 728	9	5530

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Barack Obama	29.8% 853	25.3% 679	27.6% 1532
Republican leaders in Congress	43.5% 1244	48.1% 1290	45.7% 2534
Both (VOL.)	15.4% 440	13.8% 370	14.6% 810
Neither (VOL.)	2.9% 83	1.5% 41	2.2% 124
Other (VOL.)	4.6% 131	2.8% 75	3.7% 206
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	3.8% 110	8.4% 225	6.0% 335
Missing	5694	6424	12118
TOTAL	100.0% 2861	100.0% 2680	5541

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

	Very conservative	Conservative	Moderate	Liberal	Very liberal	Missing	TOTAL
Barack Obama	55.9% 275	42.7% 853	15.2% 286	10.0% 63	4.4% 14	41	28.0% 1491
Republican leaders in Congress	18.9% 93	32.0% 639	51.1% 961	75.1% 474	79.9% 255	112	45.5% 2422
Both (VOL.)	18.3% 90	14.0% 280	17.4% 328	11.1% 70	5.6% 18	24	14.8% 786
Neither (VOL.)	1.2% 6	2.0% 40	3.1% 59	0.6% 4	2.8% 9	4	2.2% 118
Other (VOL.)	1.0% 5	4.3% 85	5.2% 98	0.0% 0	1.3% 4	14	3.6% 192
Don't know/Refused (VOL.)	4.7% 23	5.0% 100	7.9% 149	3.2% 20	6.0% 19	24	5.8% 311
Missing	774	3637	4100	1969	772	0	11252
TOTAL	100.0% 492	100.0% 1997	100.0% 1881	100.0% 631	100.0% 319	219	5320