Southern Focus Poll, Southern Sample, Spring 1999

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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	145	52%	52%	-.86
Not very strong conservative	119	42.7%	94.6%	.72
Don't know	12	4.3%	98.9%	2.3
No answer	3	1.1%	100%	3.88

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 to 24 years old	25 to 44 years old	45 to 64 years old	65 years or older	TOTAL
Strong conservative	26.3% 5	50.0% 50	55.4% 62	60.0% 27	52.2% 144
Not very strong conservative	73.7% 14	46.0% 46	41.1% 46	26.7% 12	42.8% 118
Don't know	0.0% 0	4.0% 4	1.8% 2	11.1% 5	4.0% 11
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.8% 2	2.2% 1	1.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 19	100.0% 100	100.0% 112	100.0% 45	276

Education (I-EDUC)

	1st-11th grade	12th grade (High school)	Some college (Two year degree)	4 year college graduate	Advanced degree (MA, PHD, LLD, MD)	TOTAL
Strong conservative	36.4% 4	46.5% 33	55.1% 49	52.2% 35	56.4% 22	51.6% 143
Not very strong conservative	63.6% 7	46.5% 33	39.3% 35	43.3% 29	38.5% 15	43.0% 119
Don't know	0.0% 0	7.0% 5	4.5% 4	1.5% 1	5.1% 2	4.3% 12
No answer	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 1	3.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 11	100.0% 71	100.0% 89	100.0% 67	100.0% 39	277

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Strong conservative	55.9% 76	48.3% 69	52.0% 145
Not very strong conservative	39.0% 53	46.2% 66	42.7% 119
Don't know	4.4% 6	4.2% 6	4.3% 12
No answer	0.7% 1	1.4% 2	1.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 136	100.0% 143	279

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Some other religion (Specify)	No religion [Not religious/agnostic/atheist]	TOTAL
Strong conservative	53.1% 119	50.0% 16	0.00% 0	43.8% 7	40.0% 2	52.0% 144
Not very strong conservative	40.2% 90	50.0% 16	0.00% 0	56.3% 9	60.0% 3	42.6% 118
Don't know	5.4% 12	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	4.3% 12
No answer	1.3% 3	0.0% 0	0.00% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.1% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 224	100.0% 32	100.0% 0	100.0% 16	100.0% 5	277