Southern Focus Poll, Non-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

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
More liberal	48	34%	34%	-1.24
Neither	18	12.8%	46.8%	-.26
More conservative	66	46.8%	93.6%	.72
Don't know	8	5.7%	99.3%	1.71
No answer	1	.7%	100%	2.69

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
More liberal	50.0% 6	32.7% 17	31.6% 18	36.8% 7	34.3% 48
Neither	0.0% 0	13.5% 7	15.8% 9	10.5% 2	12.9% 18
More conservative	50.0% 6	50.0% 26	40.4% 23	52.6% 10	46.4% 65
Don't know	0.0% 0	3.8% 2	10.5% 6	0.0% 0	5.7% 8
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 52	100.0% 57	100.0% 19	140

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
More liberal	27.5% 14	37.8% 34	34.0% 48
Neither	15.7% 8	11.1% 10	12.8% 18
More conservative	45.1% 23	47.8% 43	46.8% 66
Don't know	9.8% 5	3.3% 3	5.7% 8
No answer	2.0% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 51	100.0% 90	141

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
More liberal	33.3% 27	27.3% 3	66.7% 2	35.7% 5	32.3% 10	33.6% 47
Neither	16.0% 13	18.2% 2	0.0% 0	21.4% 3	0.0% 0	12.9% 18
More conservative	45.7% 37	27.3% 3	33.3% 1	35.7% 5	64.5% 20	47.1% 66
Don't know	3.7% 3	27.3% 3	0.0% 0	7.1% 1	3.2% 1	5.7% 8
No answer	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 81	100.0% 11	100.0% 3	100.0% 14	100.0% 31	140

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
More liberal	34.1% 42	28.6% 2	0.00% 0	36.4% 4	34.0% 48
Neither	11.4% 14	28.6% 2	0.00% 0	18.2% 2	12.8% 18
More conservative	47.2% 58	42.9% 3	0.00% 0	45.5% 5	46.8% 66
Don't know	6.5% 8	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	5.7% 8
No answer	0.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 123	100.0% 7	100.0% 0	100.0% 11	141

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
More liberal	30.0% 3	18.9% 7	44.1% 15	38.3% 23	34.0% 48
Neither	20.0% 2	13.5% 5	8.8% 3	13.3% 8	12.8% 18
More conservative	40.0% 4	59.5% 22	38.2% 13	45.0% 27	46.8% 66
Don't know	10.0% 1	8.1% 3	5.9% 2	3.3% 2	5.7% 8
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.7% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 10	100.0% 37	100.0% 34	100.0% 60	141

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
More liberal	12.9% 4	46.3% 25	37.8% 17	20.0% 1	34.8% 47
Neither	3.2% 1	13.0% 7	15.6% 7	20.0% 1	11.9% 16
More conservative	83.9% 26	33.3% 18	44.4% 20	20.0% 1	48.1% 65
Don't know	0.0% 0	7.4% 4	2.2% 1	40.0% 2	5.2% 7
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 31	100.0% 54	100.0% 45	100.0% 5	135