Middletown Area Study, 1988

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VOTE1 ASKED ONLY OF THOSE RESPONDENTS WHO ARE PROBABLY OR DEFINITELY GOING TO VOTE: OK, which candidate for president of the United States will you vote for on Tuesday, November 8?   1) Bush   2) Dukakis   3) Other   4) Don't know yet

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Bush	215	56.9%	56.9%	-0.70
Dukakis	118	31.2%	88.1%	0.37
Other	6	1.6%	89.7%	1.44
Don't know yet	39	10.3%	100.0%	2.50

Variable Comparisons

Sex Marital status Education Age Household income Religion

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Bush	60.6% 106	54.0% 109	57.0% 215
Dukakis	30.3% 53	32.2% 65	31.3% 118
Other	1.1% 2	1.5% 3	1.3% 5
Don't know yet	8.0% 14	12.4% 25	10.3% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 175	100.0% 202	377

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	Married	Widowed	Divorced or Separated	Never married	TOTAL
Bush	60.6% 140	48.8% 21	45.9% 17	55.2% 37	56.9% 215
Dukakis	29.9% 69	32.6% 14	40.5% 15	29.9% 20	31.2% 118
Other	1.3% 3	4.7% 2	0.0% 0	1.5% 1	1.6% 6
Don't know yet	8.2% 19	14.0% 6	13.5% 5	13.4% 9	10.3% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 231	100.0% 43	100.0% 37	100.0% 67	378

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	High school graduate	Some college or Trade school	College graduate	Graduate school	TOTAL
Bush	42.6% 20	51.0% 79	68.4% 52	67.2% 43	60.0% 21	57.0% 215
Dukakis	55.3% 26	31.6% 49	22.4% 17	23.4% 15	28.6% 10	31.0% 117
Other	0.0% 0	2.6% 4	1.3% 1	0.0% 0	2.9% 1	1.6% 6
Don't know yet	2.1% 1	14.8% 23	7.9% 6	9.4% 6	8.6% 3	10.3% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 47	100.0% 155	100.0% 76	100.0% 64	100.0% 35	377

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65 & older	TOTAL
Bush	64.1% 50	63.1% 53	58.2% 39	54.0% 47	41.9% 26	56.9% 215
Dukakis	24.4% 19	28.6% 24	31.3% 21	33.3% 29	40.3% 25	31.2% 118
Other	0.0% 0	2.4% 2	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 3	1.6% 6
Don't know yet	11.5% 9	6.0% 5	9.0% 6	12.6% 11	12.9% 8	10.3% 39
TOTAL	100.0% 78	100.0% 84	100.0% 67	100.0% 87	100.0% 62	378

Household income (I-INCOME)

	10K & less	10,001-20K	20,001-30K	30,001-50K	Over 50K	TOTAL
Bush	36.6% 26	46.0% 29	66.2% 43	64.4% 56	65.5% 36	55.7% 190
Dukakis	43.7% 31	38.1% 24	24.6% 16	28.7% 25	27.3% 15	32.6% 111
Other	2.8% 2	3.2% 2	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.5% 5
Don't know yet	16.9% 12	12.7% 8	7.7% 5	6.9% 6	7.3% 4	10.3% 35
TOTAL	100.0% 71	100.0% 63	100.0% 65	100.0% 87	100.0% 55	341

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Catholic	Protestant	Christian	None	Other/DK	TOTAL
Bush	59.1% 39	62.8% 118	49.4% 41	40.7% 11	44.4% 4	57.1% 213
Dukakis	28.8% 19	26.6% 50	39.8% 33	37.0% 10	55.6% 5	31.4% 117
Other	1.5% 1	0.0% 0	4.8% 4	3.7% 1	0.0% 0	1.6% 6
Don't know yet	10.6% 7	10.6% 20	6.0% 5	18.5% 5	0.0% 0	9.9% 37
TOTAL	100.0% 66	100.0% 188	100.0% 83	100.0% 27	100.0% 9	373