Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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ENVIRON 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? The environment.   1) Go too far   2) Strike about the right balance   3) Don't go far enough   4) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Go too far	59	14%	14%	-1.85
Strike about the right balance	135	32%	46%	-.56
Don't go far enough	212	50.2%	96.2%	.72
Don't know/No answer	16	3.8%	100%	2.01

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
Go too far	9.5% 4	9.9% 18	19.1% 26	18.6% 11	14.1% 59
Strike about the right balance	21.4% 9	33.7% 61	27.9% 38	40.7% 24	31.6% 132
Don't go far enough	66.7% 28	52.5% 95	50.0% 68	35.6% 21	50.7% 212
Don't know/No answer	2.4% 1	3.9% 7	2.9% 4	5.1% 3	3.6% 15
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go too far	14.8% 26	13.4% 33	14.0% 59
Strike about the right balance	32.4% 57	31.7% 78	32.0% 135
Don't go far enough	48.3% 85	51.6% 127	50.2% 212
Don't know/No answer	4.5% 8	3.3% 8	3.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Go too far	17.9% 42	11.4% 5	0.0% 0	15.8% 6	6.3% 6	14.0% 59
Strike about the right balance	37.6% 88	25.0% 11	50.0% 4	21.1% 8	22.9% 22	31.7% 133
Don't go far enough	41.0% 96	61.4% 27	50.0% 4	57.9% 22	65.6% 63	50.5% 212
Don't know/No answer	3.4% 8	2.3% 1	0.0% 0	5.3% 2	5.2% 5	3.8% 16
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
Go too far	13.9% 48	12.9% 4	0.0% 0	11.9% 5	13.6% 57
Strike about the right balance	33.9% 117	22.6% 7	0.0% 0	26.2% 11	32.2% 135
Don't go far enough	49.0% 169	54.8% 17	100.0% 1	57.1% 24	50.4% 211
Don't know/No answer	3.2% 11	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	3.8% 16
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
Go too far	14.8% 4	12.7% 16	17.4% 20	12.5% 19	14.0% 59
Strike about the right balance	18.5% 5	37.3% 47	25.2% 29	35.5% 54	32.1% 135
Don't go far enough	51.9% 14	46.8% 59	54.8% 63	48.7% 74	50.0% 210
Don't know/No answer	14.8% 4	3.2% 4	2.6% 3	3.3% 5	3.8% 16
TOTAL	100.0% 27	100.0% 126	100.0% 115	100.0% 152	420

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other	TOTAL
Go too far	19.1% 21	12.5% 18	11.7% 13	10.5% 2	14.1% 54
Strike about the right balance	40.0% 44	25.0% 36	29.7% 33	52.6% 10	32.0% 123
Don't go far enough	38.2% 42	61.1% 88	55.0% 61	31.6% 6	51.3% 197
Don't know/No answer	2.7% 3	1.4% 2	3.6% 4	5.3% 1	2.6% 10
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384