Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Fall 1994

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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	165	17.6%	17.6%	-1.31
Moderate (middle of the road)	295	31.4%	49%	-.51
Conservative	338	36%	85.1%	.3
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	36	3.8%	88.9%	1.11
Don't know	74	7.9%	96.8%	1.91
No answer	28	3%	99.8%	2.72
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	2	.2%	100%	3.53

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
Liberal	23.7% 23	20.1% 82	14.9% 41	11.6% 17	17.6% 163
Moderate (middle of the road)	32.0% 31	29.7% 121	33.8% 93	31.3% 46	31.4% 291
Conservative	30.9% 30	34.6% 141	38.2% 105	39.5% 58	36.1% 334
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	3.1% 3	4.2% 17	2.5% 7	6.1% 9	3.9% 36
Don't know	9.3% 9	7.4% 30	6.9% 19	10.2% 15	7.9% 73
No answer	1.0% 1	3.7% 15	3.3% 9	1.4% 2	2.9% 27
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.2% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
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
Liberal	6.3% 2	13.6% 12	14.9% 44	23.1% 55	18.5% 52	17.6% 165
Moderate (middle of the road)	18.8% 6	23.9% 21	27.7% 82	33.2% 79	38.1% 107	31.6% 295
Conservative	28.1% 9	28.4% 25	38.9% 115	36.1% 86	35.9% 101	35.9% 336
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	12.5% 4	10.2% 9	3.0% 9	3.4% 8	1.8% 5	3.7% 35
Don't know	28.1% 9	18.2% 16	11.5% 34	2.5% 6	3.2% 9	7.9% 74
No answer	6.3% 2	4.5% 4	4.1% 12	1.7% 4	2.1% 6	3.0% 28
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 88	100.0% 296	100.0% 238	100.0% 281	935

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Liberal	16.4% 63	18.4% 102	17.6% 165
Moderate (middle of the road)	27.6% 106	34.1% 189	31.4% 295
Conservative	43.2% 166	31.0% 172	36.0% 338
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	3.9% 15	3.8% 21	3.8% 36
Don't know	5.7% 22	9.4% 52	7.9% 74
No answer	3.1% 12	2.9% 16	3.0% 28
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.4% 2	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 384	100.0% 554	938

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Liberal	6.5% 19	28.7% 86	21.5% 50	11.3% 6	18.3% 161
Moderate (middle of the road)	26.7% 78	34.3% 103	37.8% 88	30.2% 16	32.5% 285
Conservative	56.2% 164	24.7% 74	32.2% 75	22.6% 12	37.0% 325
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	1.7% 5	3.0% 9	3.4% 8	17.0% 9	3.5% 31
Don't know	7.2% 21	6.3% 19	3.4% 8	15.1% 8	6.4% 56
No answer	1.4% 4	2.7% 8	1.7% 4	3.8% 2	2.1% 18
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.3% 1	0.3% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
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
Liberal	17.4% 129	21.1% 26	0.0% 0	12.3% 7	17.5% 162
Moderate (middle of the road)	29.9% 222	39.8% 49	66.7% 4	35.1% 20	31.8% 295
Conservative	39.1% 290	22.0% 27	0.0% 0	31.6% 18	36.1% 335
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	3.4% 25	4.1% 5	0.0% 0	8.8% 5	3.8% 35
Don't know	7.7% 57	6.5% 8	16.7% 1	8.8% 5	7.7% 71
No answer	2.3% 17	6.5% 8	16.7% 1	3.5% 2	3.0% 28
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.3% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
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
Liberal	16.0% 54	16.7% 46	23.1% 25	16.7% 1	17.6% 25	21.7% 13	17.6% 164
Moderate (middle of the road)	29.0% 98	36.6% 101	29.6% 32	66.7% 4	24.6% 35	40.0% 24	31.6% 294
Conservative	41.1% 139	35.9% 99	32.4% 35	16.7% 1	34.5% 49	20.0% 12	36.0% 335
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	4.4% 15	1.8% 5	3.7% 4	0.0% 0	6.3% 9	3.3% 2	3.8% 35
Don't know	6.2% 21	5.8% 16	10.2% 11	0.0% 0	13.4% 19	8.3% 5	7.7% 72
No answer	3.3% 11	2.9% 8	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.8% 4	6.7% 4	3.0% 28
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.2% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 338	100.0% 276	100.0% 108	100.0% 6	100.0% 142	100.0% 60	930