Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994

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PARTYID Regardless of how you vote, when it comes to national politics, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, a Democrat, an Independent, or what?   1) Republican   2) Democrat   3) Independent   4) Other party   5) Don't know/No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Republican	292	31.1%	31.1%	-1.09
Democrat	300	32%	63.1%	-.21
Independent	233	24.8%	88%	.66
Other party	53	5.7%	93.6%	1.54
Don't know/No answer	60	6.4%	100%	2.42

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Political party Race Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Republican	37.1% 36	30.5% 124	29.5% 81	31.3% 46	31.0% 287
Democrat	25.8% 25	32.9% 134	32.0% 88	34.7% 51	32.2% 298
Independent	25.8% 25	23.6% 96	29.1% 80	19.7% 29	24.8% 230
Other party	6.2% 6	6.6% 27	3.6% 10	6.1% 9	5.6% 52
Don't know/No answer	5.2% 5	6.4% 26	5.8% 16	8.2% 12	6.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 97	100.0% 407	100.0% 275	100.0% 147	926

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Republican	21.9% 7	23.9% 21	28.4% 84	31.5% 75	37.4% 105	31.2% 292
Democrat	46.9% 15	29.5% 26	35.5% 105	32.4% 77	27.4% 77	32.1% 300
Independent	9.4% 3	25.0% 22	23.6% 70	25.6% 61	26.7% 75	24.7% 231
Other party	3.1% 1	5.7% 5	5.4% 16	5.9% 14	6.0% 17	5.7% 53
Don't know/No answer	18.8% 6	15.9% 14	7.1% 21	4.6% 11	2.5% 7	6.3% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 88	100.0% 296	100.0% 238	100.0% 281	935

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	35.4% 136	28.2% 156	31.1% 292
Democrat	26.8% 103	35.6% 197	32.0% 300
Independent	29.2% 112	21.8% 121	24.8% 233
Other party	4.7% 18	6.3% 35	5.7% 53
Don't know/No answer	3.9% 15	8.1% 45	6.4% 60
TOTAL	100.0% 384	100.0% 554	938

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Republican	100.0% 292	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	33.3% 292
Democrat	0.0% 0	100.0% 300	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	34.2% 300
Independent	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 233	0.0% 0	26.5% 233
Other party	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	100.0% 53	6.0% 53
Don't know/No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0
TOTAL	100.0% 292	100.0% 300	100.0% 233	100.0% 53	878

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Republican	35.3% 262	8.9% 11	16.7% 1	28.1% 16	31.3% 290
Democrat	27.2% 202	60.2% 74	50.0% 3	33.3% 19	32.1% 298
Independent	26.1% 194	18.7% 23	33.3% 2	22.8% 13	25.0% 232
Other party	5.4% 40	3.3% 4	0.0% 0	8.8% 5	5.3% 49
Don't know/No answer	5.9% 44	8.9% 11	0.0% 0	7.0% 4	6.4% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 742	100.0% 123	100.0% 6	100.0% 57	928

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Republican	29.6% 100	34.8% 96	30.6% 33	16.7% 1	30.3% 43	25.0% 15	31.0% 288
Democrat	38.8% 131	29.0% 80	37.0% 40	50.0% 3	22.5% 32	20.0% 12	32.0% 298
Independent	21.3% 72	27.2% 75	25.9% 28	33.3% 2	25.4% 36	33.3% 20	25.1% 233
Other party	5.3% 18	5.1% 14	1.9% 2	0.0% 0	7.0% 10	13.3% 8	5.6% 52
Don't know/No answer	5.0% 17	4.0% 11	4.6% 5	0.0% 0	14.8% 21	8.3% 5	6.3% 59
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 276	100.0% 108	100.0% 6	100.0% 142	100.0% 60	930