Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1996

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SPEECH In general, when you think about the current laws and regulations to protect the following, do they go too far, strike about the right balance, or not go far enough? - Freedom of speech   1) Go too far   2) Strike about the right balance   3) Don't go far enough   4) Don't Know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Go too far	172	21.5%	21.5%	-1.4
Strike about the right balance	383	47.9%	69.4%	-.18
Don't go far enough	201	25.1%	94.5%	1.05
Don't Know	44	5.5%	100%	2.27

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
Go too far	24.3% 27	25.4% 32	24.6% 32	24.8% 91
Strike about the right balance	52.3% 58	48.4% 61	40.0% 52	46.6% 171
Don't go far enough	18.0% 20	21.4% 27	30.0% 39	23.4% 86
Don't Know	5.4% 6	4.8% 6	5.4% 7	5.2% 19
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
Go too far	19.4% 6	13.8% 9	18.4% 42	24.2% 54	24.3% 60	21.5% 171
Strike about the right balance	25.8% 8	43.1% 28	42.1% 96	47.1% 105	57.5% 142	47.7% 379
Don't go far enough	41.9% 13	36.9% 24	32.5% 74	24.2% 54	14.6% 36	25.3% 201
Don't Know	12.9% 4	6.2% 4	7.0% 16	4.5% 10	3.6% 9	5.4% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 65	100.0% 228	100.0% 223	100.0% 247	794

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go too far	22.9% 76	20.5% 96	21.5% 172
Strike about the right balance	49.7% 165	46.6% 218	47.9% 383
Don't go far enough	24.4% 81	25.6% 120	25.1% 201
Don't Know	3.0% 10	7.3% 34	5.5% 44
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
Go too far	14.3% 25	23.7% 31	26.7% 24	25.9% 21	21.4% 15	21.6% 32	21.3% 148
Strike about the right balance	40.6% 71	47.3% 62	46.7% 42	51.9% 42	60.0% 42	54.7% 81	48.9% 340
Don't go far enough	35.4% 62	26.7% 35	24.4% 22	19.8% 16	15.7% 11	19.6% 29	25.2% 175
Don't Know	9.7% 17	2.3% 3	2.2% 2	2.5% 2	2.9% 2	4.1% 6	4.6% 32
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
Go too far	25.1% 64	16.4% 44	21.9% 35	16.7% 7	29.7% 22	21.5% 172
Strike about the right balance	49.4% 126	52.0% 140	45.6% 73	50.0% 21	31.1% 23	47.9% 383
Don't go far enough	22.4% 57	26.0% 70	28.1% 45	19.0% 8	28.4% 21	25.1% 201
Don't Know	3.1% 8	5.6% 15	4.4% 7	14.3% 6	10.8% 8	5.5% 44
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
Go too far	22.1% 140	21.5% 23	22.2% 2	16.7% 1	15.4% 6	21.7% 172
Strike about the right balance	50.1% 317	35.5% 38	44.4% 4	50.0% 3	51.3% 20	48.1% 382
Don't go far enough	22.3% 141	37.4% 40	33.3% 3	33.3% 2	28.2% 11	24.8% 197
Don't Know	5.5% 35	5.6% 6	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.1% 2	5.4% 43
TOTAL	100.0% 633	100.0% 107	100.0% 9	100.0% 6	100.0% 39	794