Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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MODERATE ASKED ONLY OF RESPONDENTS WHO THINK OF THEMSELVES AS MODERATE: Do you think of yourself as more like a liberal, or more like a conservative?   1) More liberal   2) Neither   3) More conservative   4) Don't Know   5) No Answer

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
More liberal	92	36.9%	36.9%	-1.2
Neither	25	10%	47%	-.2
More conservative	123	49.4%	96.4%	.79
Don't Know	7	2.8%	99.2%	1.79
No Answer	2	.8%	100%	2.78

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
More liberal	29.2% 7	35.0% 14	37.1% 13	34.3% 34
Neither	16.7% 4	7.5% 3	5.7% 2	9.1% 9
More conservative	50.0% 12	55.0% 22	57.1% 20	54.5% 54
Don't Know	4.2% 1	2.5% 1	0.0% 0	2.0% 2
No Answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 24	100.0% 40	100.0% 35	99

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than Grade 9	Grade 9 to 11	High School Grad	Some College	College Grad or More	TOTAL
More liberal	10.0% 1	28.6% 8	38.5% 25	34.8% 23	43.4% 33	36.7% 90
Neither	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	7.7% 5	9.1% 6	14.5% 11	9.4% 23
More conservative	80.0% 8	67.9% 19	50.8% 33	51.5% 34	38.2% 29	50.2% 123
Don't Know	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	4.5% 3	2.6% 2	2.9% 7
No Answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	1.3% 1	0.8% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 28	100.0% 65	100.0% 66	100.0% 76	245

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
More liberal	31.1% 32	41.1% 60	36.9% 92
Neither	12.6% 13	8.2% 12	10.0% 25
More conservative	52.4% 54	47.3% 69	49.4% 123
Don't Know	2.9% 3	2.7% 4	2.8% 7
No Answer	1.0% 1	0.7% 1	0.8% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 103	100.0% 146	249

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
More liberal	36.5% 23	27.8% 10	45.8% 11	46.4% 13	35.7% 10	38.1% 16	37.6% 83
Neither	9.5% 6	8.3% 3	8.3% 2	7.1% 2	21.4% 6	9.5% 4	10.4% 23
More conservative	50.8% 32	58.3% 21	45.8% 11	39.3% 11	39.3% 11	50.0% 21	48.4% 107
Don't Know	3.2% 2	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	3.6% 1	2.4% 1	2.7% 6
No Answer	0.0% 0	2.8% 1	0.0% 0	3.6% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.9% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 63	100.0% 36	100.0% 24	100.0% 28	100.0% 28	100.0% 42	221

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other Party	Don't Know	TOTAL
More liberal	22.4% 13	46.3% 50	35.4% 23	42.9% 3	27.3% 3	36.9% 92
Neither	1.7% 1	13.0% 14	12.3% 8	14.3% 1	9.1% 1	10.0% 25
More conservative	74.1% 43	36.1% 39	47.7% 31	42.9% 3	63.6% 7	49.4% 123
Don't Know	1.7% 1	2.8% 3	4.6% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 7
No Answer	0.0% 0	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 58	100.0% 108	100.0% 65	100.0% 7	100.0% 11	249

Race (I-RACE)

	White/Caucasian	Black, African-American, Colored, Etc.	Native American/Indian	Asian/Oriental	Other	TOTAL
More liberal	35.2% 69	44.1% 15	0.0% 0	50.0% 1	41.7% 5	36.6% 90
Neither	9.2% 18	8.8% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	25.0% 3	9.8% 24
More conservative	51.0% 100	47.1% 16	100.0% 2	50.0% 1	33.3% 4	50.0% 123
Don't Know	3.6% 7	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.8% 7
No Answer	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.8% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 196	100.0% 34	100.0% 2	100.0% 2	100.0% 12	246