Southern Focus Poll, Non-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 other?   1) Republican   2) Democrat   3) Independent   4) Other   5) Don't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Republican	110	26.1%	26.1%	-1.16
Democrat	144	34.1%	60.2%	-.31
Independent	111	26.3%	86.5%	.54
Other	19	4.5%	91%	1.39
Don't know	38	9%	100%	2.24

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Marital status Race Education Political party

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Republican	14.3% 6	30.9% 56	20.6% 28	32.2% 19	26.1% 109
Democrat	33.3% 14	30.4% 55	40.4% 55	33.9% 20	34.4% 144
Independent	40.5% 17	22.7% 41	28.7% 39	22.0% 13	26.3% 110
Other	2.4% 1	6.6% 12	3.7% 5	1.7% 1	4.5% 19
Don't know	9.5% 4	9.4% 17	6.6% 9	10.2% 6	8.6% 36
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	26.1% 46	26.0% 64	26.1% 110
Democrat	28.4% 50	38.2% 94	34.1% 144
Independent	33.0% 58	21.5% 53	26.3% 111
Other	4.0% 7	4.9% 12	4.5% 19
Don't know	8.5% 15	9.3% 23	9.0% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Republican	30.3% 71	13.6% 6	25.0% 2	21.1% 8	22.9% 22	26.0% 109
Democrat	31.6% 74	38.6% 17	50.0% 4	36.8% 14	36.5% 35	34.3% 144
Independent	23.9% 56	29.5% 13	12.5% 1	26.3% 10	32.3% 31	26.4% 111
Other	6.0% 14	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	3.1% 3	4.3% 18
Don't know	8.1% 19	18.2% 8	12.5% 1	13.2% 5	5.2% 5	9.0% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 234	100.0% 44	100.0% 8	100.0% 38	100.0% 96	420

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Republican	30.1% 104	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	9.5% 4	26.0% 109
Democrat	29.6% 102	67.7% 21	0.0% 0	47.6% 20	34.1% 143
Independent	27.0% 93	16.1% 5	100.0% 1	26.2% 11	26.3% 110
Other	4.9% 17	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	4.5% 19
Don't know	8.4% 29	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	14.3% 6	9.1% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 345	100.0% 31	100.0% 1	100.0% 42	419

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Republican	22.2% 6	21.4% 27	25.2% 29	30.9% 47	26.0% 109
Democrat	37.0% 10	38.9% 49	33.9% 39	29.6% 45	34.0% 143
Independent	25.9% 7	21.4% 27	27.0% 31	30.3% 46	26.4% 111
Other	3.7% 1	6.3% 8	5.2% 6	2.6% 4	4.5% 19
Don't know	11.1% 3	11.9% 15	8.7% 10	6.6% 10	9.0% 38
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Republican	100.0% 110	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	28.6% 110
Democrat	0.0% 0	100.0% 144	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	37.5% 144
Independent	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 111	0.0% 0	28.9% 111
Other	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 19	4.9% 19
Don't know	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384