Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1994

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LIBCON In general, when it comes to politics, do you usually think of yourself as a liberal, a conservative, a moderate, or what?   1) Liberal   2) Moderate (middle of the road)   3) Conservative   4) Never think of self in these terms (no preference)   5) Don't know   6) No answer   7) R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Liberal	94	22.4%	22.4%	-1.23
Moderate (middle of the road)	138	32.9%	55.4%	-.37
Conservative	138	32.9%	88.3%	.49
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	20	4.8%	93.1%	1.36
Don't know	21	5%	98.1%	2.22
No answer	7	1.7%	99.8%	3.08
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	1	.2%	100%	3.95

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Liberal	35.9% 14	21.9% 43	20.8% 27	20.8% 10	22.8% 94
Moderate (middle of the road)	23.1% 9	33.7% 66	33.1% 43	35.4% 17	32.7% 135
Conservative	23.1% 9	34.2% 67	36.2% 47	29.2% 14	33.2% 137
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	10.3% 4	3.6% 7	5.4% 7	4.2% 2	4.8% 20
Don't know	5.1% 2	4.6% 9	3.8% 5	6.3% 3	4.6% 19
No answer	2.6% 1	2.0% 4	0.8% 1	2.1% 1	1.7% 7
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.1% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 39	100.0% 196	100.0% 130	100.0% 48	413

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Liberal	0.0% 0	13.0% 3	24.8% 32	22.9% 22	22.4% 35	22.2% 92
Moderate (middle of the road)	20.0% 2	26.1% 6	30.2% 39	34.4% 33	36.5% 57	33.1% 137
Conservative	60.0% 6	43.5% 10	27.1% 35	31.3% 30	35.3% 55	32.9% 136
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	10.0% 1	13.0% 3	5.4% 7	5.2% 5	2.6% 4	4.8% 20
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	10.9% 14	4.2% 4	1.9% 3	5.1% 21
No answer	10.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	2.1% 2	1.3% 2	1.7% 7
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	4.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 23	100.0% 129	100.0% 96	100.0% 156	414

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Liberal	20.7% 42	24.1% 52	22.4% 94
Moderate (middle of the road)	29.6% 60	36.1% 78	32.9% 138
Conservative	38.4% 78	27.8% 60	32.9% 138
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	5.4% 11	4.2% 9	4.8% 20
Don't know	4.4% 9	5.6% 12	5.0% 21
No answer	1.5% 3	1.9% 4	1.7% 7
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.5% 1	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 203	100.0% 216	419

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	Don't know/No answer	TOTAL
Liberal	8.9% 10	39.5% 49	22.0% 29	4.5% 1	0.00% 0	22.8% 89
Moderate (middle of the road)	25.9% 29	29.8% 37	41.7% 55	40.9% 9	0.00% 0	33.3% 130
Conservative	60.7% 68	22.6% 28	27.3% 36	9.1% 2	0.00% 0	34.4% 134
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	1.8% 2	0.8% 1	3.8% 5	27.3% 6	0.00% 0	3.6% 14
Don't know	2.7% 3	6.5% 8	3.8% 5	9.1% 2	0.00% 0	4.6% 18
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 2	9.1% 2	0.00% 0	1.0% 4
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 112	100.0% 124	100.0% 132	100.0% 22	100.0% 0	390

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	No answer	TOTAL
Liberal	21.7% 78	36.0% 9	0.0% 0	23.1% 6	0.00% 0	22.5% 93
Moderate (middle of the road)	33.4% 120	28.0% 7	75.0% 3	26.9% 7	0.00% 0	33.1% 137
Conservative	34.5% 124	20.0% 5	0.0% 0	26.9% 7	0.00% 0	32.9% 136
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	3.9% 14	8.0% 2	25.0% 1	11.5% 3	0.00% 0	4.8% 20
Don't know	5.0% 18	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	7.7% 2	0.00% 0	5.1% 21
No answer	1.1% 4	4.0% 1	0.0% 0	3.8% 1	0.00% 0	1.4% 6
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 359	100.0% 25	100.0% 4	100.0% 26	100.0% 0	414

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Liberal	18.9% 7	22.9% 27	23.9% 32	38.9% 7	21.1% 12	18.8% 9	22.8% 94
Moderate (middle of the road)	29.7% 11	32.2% 38	33.6% 45	16.7% 3	28.1% 16	41.7% 20	32.3% 133
Conservative	45.9% 17	33.1% 39	32.1% 43	38.9% 7	36.8% 21	20.8% 10	33.3% 137
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	5.4% 2	5.9% 7	3.0% 4	0.0% 0	5.3% 3	8.3% 4	4.9% 20
Don't know	0.0% 0	4.2% 5	5.2% 7	5.6% 1	7.0% 4	8.3% 4	5.1% 21
No answer	0.0% 0	1.7% 2	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	2.1% 1	1.5% 6
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 37	100.0% 118	100.0% 134	100.0% 18	100.0% 57	100.0% 48	412