Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 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	146	17.9%	17.9%	-1.33
Moderate (middle of the road)	246	30.1%	48%	-.5
Conservative	314	38.4%	86.4%	.33
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	34	4.2%	90.6%	1.16
Don't know	55	6.7%	97.3%	1.99
No answer	18	2.2%	99.5%	2.82
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	4	.5%	100%	3.66

Variable Comparisons

Age Gender Education Political party Religion Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24	25 to 44	45 to 64	65 or older	TOTAL
Liberal	32.9% 26	16.7% 61	17.7% 42	13.0% 16	18.0% 145
Moderate (middle of the road)	31.6% 25	30.3% 111	34.6% 82	22.0% 27	30.4% 245
Conservative	24.1% 19	39.9% 146	36.7% 87	45.5% 56	38.3% 308
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	1.3% 1	4.1% 15	4.6% 11	4.1% 5	4.0% 32
Don't know	8.9% 7	6.3% 23	3.8% 9	11.4% 14	6.6% 53
No answer	1.3% 1	2.5% 9	2.1% 5	2.4% 3	2.2% 18
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.3% 1	0.4% 1	1.6% 2	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 79	100.0% 366	100.0% 237	100.0% 123	805

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Liberal	15.5% 53	19.5% 93	17.9% 146
Moderate (middle of the road)	30.2% 103	30.0% 143	30.1% 246
Conservative	43.4% 148	34.9% 166	38.4% 314
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	3.5% 12	4.6% 22	4.2% 34
Don't know	4.7% 16	8.2% 39	6.7% 55
No answer	2.1% 7	2.3% 11	2.2% 18
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.6% 2	0.4% 2	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 341	100.0% 476	817

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Liberal	12.5% 4	15.7% 11	16.3% 39	19.2% 39	18.9% 50	17.7% 143
Moderate (middle of the road)	3.1% 1	28.6% 20	28.8% 69	31.0% 63	34.5% 91	30.2% 244
Conservative	46.9% 15	25.7% 18	34.6% 83	39.9% 81	43.6% 115	38.6% 312
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	9.4% 3	4.3% 3	7.1% 17	3.4% 7	1.5% 4	4.2% 34
Don't know	18.8% 6	20.0% 14	8.8% 21	4.4% 9	1.5% 4	6.7% 54
No answer	3.1% 1	4.3% 3	4.2% 10	2.0% 4	0.0% 0	2.2% 18
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	6.3% 2	1.4% 1	0.4% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.5% 4
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 70	100.0% 240	100.0% 203	100.0% 264	809

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Liberal	7.0% 20	33.9% 84	18.0% 35	7.7% 2	18.7% 141
Moderate (middle of the road)	23.9% 68	33.1% 82	35.6% 69	26.9% 7	30.0% 226
Conservative	62.1% 177	21.0% 52	34.5% 67	19.2% 5	40.0% 301
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	1.1% 3	5.2% 13	3.6% 7	11.5% 3	3.5% 26
Don't know	6.0% 17	5.2% 13	5.7% 11	19.2% 5	6.1% 46
No answer	0.0% 0	1.6% 4	1.5% 3	15.4% 4	1.5% 11
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.0% 2	0.0% 0	0.3% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 285	100.0% 248	100.0% 194	100.0% 26	753

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Liberal	16.7% 54	18.1% 43	18.8% 18	71.4% 5	11.2% 10	29.6% 16	18.1% 146
Moderate (middle of the road)	27.2% 88	32.4% 77	35.4% 34	14.3% 1	28.1% 25	35.2% 19	30.2% 244
Conservative	41.7% 135	39.1% 93	37.5% 36	14.3% 1	39.3% 35	18.5% 10	38.4% 310
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	4.6% 15	5.0% 12	1.0% 1	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	5.6% 3	4.0% 32
Don't know	7.7% 25	3.8% 9	5.2% 5	0.0% 0	12.4% 11	9.3% 5	6.8% 55
No answer	1.5% 5	1.3% 3	2.1% 2	0.0% 0	7.9% 7	1.9% 1	2.2% 18
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	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 324	100.0% 238	100.0% 96	100.0% 7	100.0% 89	100.0% 54	808

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Liberal	16.2% 108	25.2% 26	50.0% 3	21.2% 7	17.8% 144
Moderate (middle of the road)	29.0% 193	36.9% 38	33.3% 2	33.3% 11	30.2% 244
Conservative	41.8% 278	20.4% 21	16.7% 1	36.4% 12	38.7% 312
Never think of self in these terms (no preference)	4.4% 29	4.9% 5	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.2% 34
Don't know	6.3% 42	7.8% 8	0.0% 0	6.1% 2	6.4% 52
No answer	1.8% 12	4.9% 5	0.0% 0	3.0% 1	2.2% 18
R insists that he/she has no understanding of these terms	0.5% 3	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 665	100.0% 103	100.0% 6	100.0% 33	807