Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1993

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LIBCON In general, when it comes to politics, do you usually think of yourself as a liberal, a conservative, a moderate, or what?   1) Liberal   2) Moderate (middle of the road)   3) Conservative   4) Never think of self in these terms (no preference)   5) Don't know   6) No answer   7) R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Liberal	173	19.4%	19.4%	-1.34
Moderate (middle of the road)	248	27.8%	47.2%	-.47
Conservative	379	42.5%	89.7%	.4
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	31	3.5%	93.2%	1.28
Don't know	36	4%	97.2%	2.15
No answer	22	2.5%	99.7%	3.02
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	3	.3%	100%	3.89

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Liberal	23.0% 26	22.5% 92	15.7% 40	11.9% 13	19.3% 171
Moderate (middle of the road)	35.4% 40	27.9% 114	22.8% 58	32.1% 35	27.9% 247
Conservative	29.2% 33	42.1% 172	49.6% 126	41.3% 45	42.5% 376
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	6.2% 7	2.4% 10	3.9% 10	2.8% 3	3.4% 30
Don't know	5.3% 6	2.4% 10	4.7% 12	7.3% 8	4.1% 36
No answer	0.9% 1	2.4% 10	2.8% 7	3.7% 4	2.5% 22
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.9% 1	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 113	100.0% 409	100.0% 254	100.0% 109	885

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Liberal	17.5% 64	20.7% 109	19.4% 173
Moderate (middle of the road)	29.5% 108	26.6% 140	27.8% 248
Conservative	46.2% 169	39.9% 210	42.5% 379
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	3.0% 11	3.8% 20	3.5% 31
Don't know	1.9% 7	5.5% 29	4.0% 36
No answer	1.9% 7	2.9% 15	2.5% 22
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.6% 3	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 366	100.0% 526	892

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Liberal	19.2% 5	24.3% 17	16.5% 41	21.2% 53	19.2% 57	19.4% 173
Moderate (middle of the road)	11.5% 3	30.0% 21	29.4% 73	22.0% 55	32.3% 96	27.8% 248
Conservative	11.5% 3	27.1% 19	42.3% 105	46.4% 116	45.5% 135	42.4% 378
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	7.7% 2	4.3% 3	4.0% 10	4.4% 11	1.7% 5	3.5% 31
Don't know	23.1% 6	12.9% 9	5.2% 13	2.8% 7	0.3% 1	4.0% 36
No answer	19.2% 5	1.4% 1	2.4% 6	2.8% 7	1.0% 3	2.5% 22
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	7.7% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 26	100.0% 70	100.0% 248	100.0% 250	100.0% 297	891

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Liberal	10.1% 32	27.7% 74	22.8% 53	11.5% 3	19.2% 162
Moderate (middle of the road)	22.7% 72	32.2% 86	31.0% 72	30.8% 8	28.3% 238
Conservative	61.8% 196	28.8% 77	39.2% 91	23.1% 6	43.9% 370
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	1.3% 4	2.6% 7	3.9% 9	23.1% 6	3.1% 26
Don't know	2.5% 8	5.6% 15	1.3% 3	7.7% 2	3.3% 28
No answer	1.6% 5	2.2% 6	1.3% 3	3.8% 1	1.8% 15
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.7% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 317	100.0% 267	100.0% 232	100.0% 26	842

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Liberal	19.1% 140	17.8% 19	42.9% 3	21.6% 8	19.3% 170
Moderate (middle of the road)	27.2% 199	36.4% 39	14.3% 1	21.6% 8	28.0% 247
Conservative	45.2% 331	24.3% 26	28.6% 2	43.2% 16	42.5% 375
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	3.0% 22	5.6% 6	0.0% 0	8.1% 3	3.5% 31
Don't know	3.4% 25	8.4% 9	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	4.0% 35
No answer	1.8% 13	6.5% 7	14.3% 1	2.7% 1	2.5% 22
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.3% 2	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 732	100.0% 107	100.0% 7	100.0% 37	883

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Liberal	18.2% 61	19.4% 52	18.9% 27	23.1% 3	11.5% 7	36.8% 21	19.5% 171
Moderate (middle of the road)	28.7% 96	25.0% 67	27.3% 39	53.8% 7	26.2% 16	29.8% 17	27.6% 242
Conservative	41.2% 138	45.9% 123	46.2% 66	23.1% 3	52.5% 32	22.8% 13	42.8% 375
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	3.3% 11	3.0% 8	2.8% 4	0.0% 0	6.6% 4	5.3% 3	3.4% 30
Don't know	6.0% 20	3.0% 8	2.8% 4	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	3.5% 2	3.9% 34
No answer	2.1% 7	3.4% 9	2.1% 3	0.0% 0	3.3% 2	1.8% 1	2.5% 22
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.6% 2	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 335	100.0% 268	100.0% 143	100.0% 13	100.0% 61	100.0% 57	877