Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1996

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SPEECH 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? Freedom of speech.   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	82	19.4%	19.4%	-1.45
Strike about the right balance	236	55.9%	75.4%	-.13
Don't go far enough	84	19.9%	95.3%	1.19
Don't know/No answer	20	4.7%	100%	2.51

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	4.8% 2	21.0% 38	18.4% 25	27.1% 16	19.4% 81
Strike about the right balance	59.5% 25	51.9% 94	64.7% 88	44.1% 26	55.7% 233
Don't go far enough	33.3% 14	22.7% 41	12.5% 17	20.3% 12	20.1% 84
Don't know/No answer	2.4% 1	4.4% 8	4.4% 6	8.5% 5	4.8% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 42	100.0% 181	100.0% 136	100.0% 59	418

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Go too far	21.0% 37	18.3% 45	19.4% 82
Strike about the right balance	49.4% 87	60.6% 149	55.9% 236
Don't go far enough	26.1% 46	15.4% 38	19.9% 84
Don't know/No answer	3.4% 6	5.7% 14	4.7% 20
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 246	422

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Divorced	Separated	Widowed	Single	TOTAL
Go too far	22.6% 53	22.7% 10	12.5% 1	18.4% 7	11.5% 11	19.5% 82
Strike about the right balance	57.3% 134	50.0% 22	62.5% 5	55.3% 21	54.2% 52	55.7% 234
Don't go far enough	16.2% 38	15.9% 7	12.5% 1	21.1% 8	31.3% 30	20.0% 84
Don't know/No answer	3.8% 9	11.4% 5	12.5% 1	5.3% 2	3.1% 3	4.8% 20
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	21.2% 73	12.9% 4	0.0% 0	9.5% 4	19.3% 81
Strike about the right balance	56.2% 194	51.6% 16	100.0% 1	57.1% 24	56.1% 235
Don't go far enough	18.6% 64	25.8% 8	0.0% 0	28.6% 12	20.0% 84
Don't know/No answer	4.1% 14	9.7% 3	0.0% 0	4.8% 2	4.5% 19
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	18.5% 5	19.0% 24	20.0% 23	19.1% 29	19.3% 81
Strike about the right balance	37.0% 10	54.0% 68	52.2% 60	63.8% 97	56.0% 235
Don't go far enough	29.6% 8	18.3% 23	25.2% 29	15.8% 24	20.0% 84
Don't know/No answer	14.8% 4	8.7% 11	2.6% 3	1.3% 2	4.8% 20
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	30.9% 34	9.7% 14	21.6% 24	21.1% 4	19.8% 76
Strike about the right balance	47.3% 52	66.0% 95	55.0% 61	47.4% 9	56.5% 217
Don't go far enough	17.3% 19	20.1% 29	22.5% 25	26.3% 5	20.3% 78
Don't know/No answer	4.5% 5	4.2% 6	0.9% 1	5.3% 1	3.4% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 144	100.0% 111	100.0% 19	384