Southern Focus Poll, South Survey, Spring 1994

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STRCON [If R answered conservative, R was asked STRCON] Do you think of yourself as a strong conservative or a not very strong conservative?   1) Strong conservative   2) Not very strong conservative   3) Don't know   4) No answer

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Strong conservative	159	50.6%	50.6%	-.9
Not very strong conservative	135	43%	93.6%	.7
Don't know	19	6.1%	99.7%	2.31
No answer	1	.3%	100%	3.91

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
Strong conservative	26.3% 5	45.2% 66	64.4% 56	51.8% 29	50.6% 156
Not very strong conservative	68.4% 13	51.4% 75	26.4% 23	37.5% 21	42.9% 132
Don't know	5.3% 1	2.7% 4	9.2% 8	10.7% 6	6.2% 19
No answer	0.0% 0	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 146	100.0% 87	100.0% 56	308

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strong conservative	54.7% 81	47.0% 78	50.6% 159
Not very strong conservative	39.9% 59	45.8% 76	43.0% 135
Don't know	4.7% 7	7.2% 12	6.1% 19
No answer	0.7% 1	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 148	100.0% 166	314

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than grade 9	9th to 11th grade	High school graduate	Some college	College graduate or more	TOTAL
Strong conservative	60.0% 9	55.6% 10	45.8% 38	46.9% 38	53.9% 62	50.3% 157
Not very strong conservative	26.7% 4	33.3% 6	48.2% 40	49.4% 40	39.1% 45	43.3% 135
Don't know	13.3% 2	11.1% 2	4.8% 4	3.7% 3	7.0% 8	6.1% 19
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.2% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 15	100.0% 18	100.0% 83	100.0% 81	100.0% 115	312

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	Other party	TOTAL
Strong conservative	55.9% 99	42.3% 22	41.8% 28	20.0% 1	49.8% 150
Not very strong conservative	41.2% 73	46.2% 24	49.3% 33	60.0% 3	44.2% 133
Don't know	2.8% 5	9.6% 5	9.0% 6	20.0% 1	5.6% 17
No answer	0.0% 0	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 177	100.0% 52	100.0% 67	100.0% 5	301

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Baptist	Other Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
Strong conservative	51.9% 70	51.6% 48	41.7% 15	0.0% 0	48.6% 17	60.0% 6	50.3% 156
Not very strong conservative	41.5% 56	45.2% 42	58.3% 21	100.0% 1	34.3% 12	30.0% 3	43.5% 135
Don't know	6.7% 9	2.2% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	17.1% 6	10.0% 1	5.8% 18
No answer	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 135	100.0% 93	100.0% 36	100.0% 1	100.0% 35	100.0% 10	310

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black/African-American	Native American/Indian	Other	TOTAL
Strong conservative	50.0% 139	61.9% 13	0.0% 0	50.0% 6	50.6% 158
Not very strong conservative	43.5% 121	28.6% 6	100.0% 1	50.0% 6	42.9% 134
Don't know	6.5% 18	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	6.1% 19
No answer	0.0% 0	4.8% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.3% 1
TOTAL	100.0% 278	100.0% 21	100.0% 1	100.0% 12	312