Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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PARTYID Regardless of how you vote, when it comes to national politics, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or what?   1) Republican   2) Democrat   3) Independent   4) Other Party   5) Don't Know

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Republican	255	31.9%	31.9%	-1.03
Democrat	269	33.6%	65.5%	-.22
Independent	160	20%	85.5%	.6
Other Party	42	5.3%	90.8%	1.42
Don't Know	74	9.3%	100%	2.24

Variable Comparisons

Church attendance Education Gender Household income Political party Race

Church attendance (I-ATTEND)

	Attend 0-2 hours	Attend 3-4 hours	Attend over 5 hours	TOTAL
Republican	40.5% 45	38.1% 48	37.7% 49	38.7% 142
Democrat	31.5% 35	33.3% 42	30.0% 39	31.6% 116
Independent	15.3% 17	16.7% 21	16.9% 22	16.3% 60
Other Party	4.5% 5	4.8% 6	5.4% 7	4.9% 18
Don't Know	8.1% 9	7.1% 9	10.0% 13	8.4% 31
TOTAL	100.0% 111	100.0% 126	100.0% 130	367

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
Republican	19.4% 6	23.1% 15	27.6% 63	30.5% 68	41.7% 103	32.1% 255
Democrat	38.7% 12	38.5% 25	38.6% 88	30.9% 69	28.7% 71	33.4% 265
Independent	16.1% 5	15.4% 10	19.7% 45	21.5% 48	20.2% 50	19.9% 158
Other Party	9.7% 3	4.6% 3	3.1% 7	8.1% 18	4.5% 11	5.3% 42
Don't Know	16.1% 5	18.5% 12	11.0% 25	9.0% 20	4.9% 12	9.3% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 65	100.0% 228	100.0% 223	100.0% 247	794

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	37.7% 125	27.8% 130	31.9% 255
Democrat	25.6% 85	39.3% 184	33.6% 269
Independent	24.1% 80	17.1% 80	20.0% 160
Other Party	5.7% 19	4.9% 23	5.3% 42
Don't Know	6.9% 23	10.9% 51	9.3% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 332	100.0% 468	800

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $19,999	$20,000 up to $29,999	$30,000 up to $39,999	$40,000 up to $49,999	$50,000 up to $59,999	More than $60,000	TOTAL
Republican	17.7% 31	29.8% 39	30.0% 27	35.8% 29	41.4% 29	44.6% 66	31.8% 221
Democrat	48.0% 84	36.6% 48	32.2% 29	32.1% 26	30.0% 21	23.0% 34	34.8% 242
Independent	16.6% 29	17.6% 23	26.7% 24	23.5% 19	21.4% 15	23.0% 34	20.7% 144
Other Party	5.1% 9	5.3% 7	6.7% 6	3.7% 3	1.4% 1	4.1% 6	4.6% 32
Don't Know	12.6% 22	10.7% 14	4.4% 4	4.9% 4	5.7% 4	5.4% 8	8.1% 56
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 131	100.0% 90	100.0% 81	100.0% 70	100.0% 148	695

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
Republican	100.0% 255	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	31.9% 255
Democrat	0.0% 0	100.0% 269	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	33.6% 269
Independent	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 160	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	20.0% 160
Other Party	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 42	0.0% 0	5.3% 42
Don't Know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 74	9.3% 74
TOTAL	100.0% 255	100.0% 269	100.0% 160	100.0% 42	100.0% 74	800

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
Republican	37.0% 234	5.6% 6	22.2% 2	50.0% 3	23.1% 9	32.0% 254
Democrat	27.6% 175	69.2% 74	33.3% 3	0.0% 0	43.6% 17	33.9% 269
Independent	21.6% 137	12.1% 13	22.2% 2	16.7% 1	12.8% 5	19.9% 158
Other Party	4.7% 30	4.7% 5	11.1% 1	0.0% 0	10.3% 4	5.0% 40
Don't Know	9.0% 57	8.4% 9	11.1% 1	33.3% 2	10.3% 4	9.2% 73
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794