Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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LIBCON In general, when it comes to politics, do you usually think of yourself as a liberal, a conservative, or a moderate?   1) Liberal   2) Moderate (middle of the road)   3) Conservative   4) Never think of self in these terms (no preferences)   5) Don't know   6) No answer   7) Respondent doesn't know

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Liberal	83	19.7%	19.7%	-1.21
Moderate (middle of the road)	141	33.4%	53.1%	-.46
Conservative	132	31.3%	84.4%	.3
Never think of self in these terms (no preferences)	12	2.8%	87.2%	1.05
Don't know	36	8.5%	95.7%	1.8
No answer	15	3.6%	99.3%	2.55
Respondent doesn't know	3	.7%	100%	3.3

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
Liberal	33.3% 14	20.4% 37	18.4% 25	11.9% 7	19.9% 83
Moderate (middle of the road)	28.6% 12	28.7% 52	41.9% 57	32.2% 19	33.5% 140
Conservative	19.0% 8	37.0% 67	27.9% 38	30.5% 18	31.3% 131
Never think of self in these terms (no preferences)	0.0% 0	2.8% 5	3.7% 5	3.4% 2	2.9% 12
Don't know	16.7% 7	6.1% 11	5.9% 8	15.3% 9	8.4% 35
No answer	2.4% 1	4.4% 8	1.5% 2	6.8% 4	3.6% 15
Respondent doesn't know	0.0% 0	0.6% 1	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Liberal	22.2% 39	17.9% 44	19.7% 83
Moderate (middle of the road)	29.0% 51	36.6% 90	33.4% 141
Conservative	35.2% 62	28.5% 70	31.3% 132
Never think of self in these terms (no preferences)	2.3% 4	3.3% 8	2.8% 12
Don't know	7.4% 13	9.3% 23	8.5% 36
No answer	3.4% 6	3.7% 9	3.6% 15
Respondent doesn't know	0.6% 1	0.8% 2	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Liberal	16.2% 38	27.3% 12	25.0% 2	13.2% 5	27.1% 26	19.8% 83
Moderate (middle of the road)	34.6% 81	25.0% 11	37.5% 3	36.8% 14	32.3% 31	33.3% 140
Conservative	35.5% 83	27.3% 12	37.5% 3	26.3% 10	24.0% 23	31.2% 131
Never think of self in these terms (no preferences)	3.4% 8	4.5% 2	0.0% 0	5.3% 2	0.0% 0	2.9% 12
Don't know	6.8% 16	6.8% 3	0.0% 0	15.8% 6	11.5% 11	8.6% 36
No answer	3.0% 7	6.8% 3	0.0% 0	2.6% 1	4.2% 4	3.6% 15
Respondent doesn't know	0.4% 1	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 1	0.7% 3
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
Liberal	16.5% 57	25.8% 8	100.0% 1	38.1% 16	19.6% 82
Moderate (middle of the road)	35.7% 123	22.6% 7	0.0% 0	26.2% 11	33.7% 141
Conservative	33.0% 114	22.6% 7	0.0% 0	21.4% 9	31.0% 130
Never think of self in these terms (no preferences)	2.3% 8	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	2.9% 12
Don't know	9.0% 31	6.5% 2	0.0% 0	7.1% 3	8.6% 36
No answer	3.2% 11	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	3.6% 15
Respondent doesn't know	0.3% 1	3.2% 1	0.0% 0	2.4% 1	0.7% 3
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
Liberal	18.5% 5	15.9% 20	23.5% 27	19.7% 30	19.5% 82
Moderate (middle of the road)	37.0% 10	29.4% 37	29.6% 34	39.5% 60	33.6% 141
Conservative	11.1% 3	32.5% 41	34.8% 40	30.9% 47	31.2% 131
Never think of self in these terms (no preferences)	7.4% 2	4.0% 5	2.6% 3	1.3% 2	2.9% 12
Don't know	18.5% 5	11.9% 15	7.8% 9	4.6% 7	8.6% 36
No answer	7.4% 2	4.8% 6	1.7% 2	3.3% 5	3.6% 15
Respondent doesn't know	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.7% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Liberal	7.3% 8	31.3% 45	21.6% 24	21.1% 4	21.1% 81
Moderate (middle of the road)	28.2% 31	37.5% 54	40.5% 45	26.3% 5	35.2% 135
Conservative	61.8% 68	18.8% 27	22.5% 25	26.3% 5	32.6% 125
Never think of self in these terms (no preferences)	0.0% 0	3.5% 5	2.7% 3	5.3% 1	2.3% 9
Don't know	2.7% 3	7.6% 11	8.1% 9	15.8% 3	6.8% 26
No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	3.6% 4	5.3% 1	1.6% 6
Respondent doesn't know	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.5% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384