Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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STRLIB ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO THINK OF THEMSELVES AS LIBERAL: Do you think of yourself as a strong liberal, or a not very strong liberal?   1) Strong liberal   2) Not very strong liberal   3) Don't Know   4) No Answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strong liberal	65	44.2%	44.2%	-1.02
Not very strong liberal	76	51.7%	95.9%	.67
Don't Know	5	3.4%	99.3%	2.36
No Answer	1	.7%	100%	4.05

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
Strong liberal	42.9% 9	52.9% 9	61.5% 8	51.0% 26
Not very strong liberal	52.4% 11	47.1% 8	38.5% 5	47.1% 24
Don't Know	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.0% 1
No Answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 21	100.0% 17	100.0% 13	51

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
Strong liberal	60.0% 3	20.0% 1	39.1% 18	48.8% 21	45.8% 22	44.2% 65
Not very strong liberal	20.0% 1	80.0% 4	52.2% 24	48.8% 21	54.2% 26	51.7% 76
Don't Know	20.0% 1	0.0% 0	6.5% 3	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	3.4% 5
No Answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 5	100.0% 5	100.0% 46	100.0% 43	100.0% 48	147

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strong liberal	36.5% 19	48.4% 46	44.2% 65
Not very strong liberal	59.6% 31	47.4% 45	51.7% 76
Don't Know	1.9% 1	4.2% 4	3.4% 5
No Answer	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 52	100.0% 95	147

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
Strong liberal	38.9% 14	61.5% 16	34.8% 8	31.3% 5	42.9% 3	53.3% 16	44.9% 62
Not very strong liberal	55.6% 20	38.5% 10	65.2% 15	62.5% 10	57.1% 4	46.7% 14	52.9% 73
Don't Know	5.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.2% 3
No Answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 36	100.0% 26	100.0% 23	100.0% 16	100.0% 7	100.0% 30	138

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
Strong liberal	18.2% 4	60.0% 48	33.3% 11	33.3% 2	0.0% 0	44.2% 65
Not very strong liberal	72.7% 16	37.5% 30	63.6% 21	66.7% 4	83.3% 5	51.7% 76
Don't Know	4.5% 1	2.5% 2	3.0% 1	0.0% 0	16.7% 1	3.4% 5
No Answer	4.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 22	100.0% 80	100.0% 33	100.0% 6	100.0% 6	147

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
Strong liberal	38.1% 40	68.0% 17	100.0% 2	0.0% 0	38.5% 5	43.8% 64
Not very strong liberal	56.2% 59	32.0% 8	0.0% 0	100.0% 1	61.5% 8	52.1% 76
Don't Know	4.8% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.4% 5
No Answer	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 105	100.0% 25	100.0% 2	100.0% 1	100.0% 13	146