Table 2.1 Partisan Antipathy

Q11: Would you say your overall opinion of the Republican/Democratic Party is very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? ASK IF VERY UNFAVORABLE VIEW OF REPUBLICAN/DEMOCRATIC PARTY: Q11at/bt: Would you say the Republican/Democratic Party’s policies are so misguided that they threaten the nation’s well-being, or wouldn’t you go that far?

These questions are discussed in Section 2 of the report.

	Democratic Party			Republican Party
	NET Unfavorable %	Very Unfavorable %	Party is a threat %	NET Unfavorable %	Very Unfavorable %	Party is a threat %	N

TOTAL	47	23	16	55	24	15	3,335
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	82	43	36	28	7	2	1,391
Dem/Dem lean	18	5	2	79	38	27	1,568
PARTY ID
Republican	86	46	37	18	5	1	779
Democrat	12	4	2	82	42	31	1,036
Independent	53	24	17	57	21	11	1,341
Lean Republican	78	40	34	40	9	2	612
Lean Democrat	28	8	2	75	30	19	532
SEX
Men	51	26	20	54	23	14	1,680
Women	43	19	13	57	25	16	1,655
AGE
18-49	43	18	12	55	22	14	1,319
50+	52	28	21	56	27	18	1,963
DETAILED AGE
18-29	39	14	8	51	19	10	447
30-49	45	21	15	57	24	16	872
50-64	51	27	20	58	27	18	957
65+	52	30	23	54	26	16	1,006
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	47	22	16	53	21	12	723
Men 50+	57	31	25	55	26	17	938
Women 18-49	38	14	8	57	23	15	596
Women 50+	47	25	18	57	27	18	1,025
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	56	27	21	53	21	14	2,398
Black, non-Hispanic	18	7	2	72	38	26	337
Hispanic	34	16	9	52	25	11	299
EDUCATION
College grad+	47	20	15	62	27	20	1,351
Post grad	42	18	12	69	31	24	480
College grad	49	21	16	59	25	17	871
Some college	49	23	17	54	21	15	946
HS or less	45	24	17	52	24	13	1,023
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	55	26	20	57	24	17	994
$30,000-$74,999	49	22	17	55	22	13	1,071
<$30,000	40	20	12	56	27	18	911
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	53	27	21	51	22	14	1,694
White NH evangelical Prot.	72	39	34	38	12	8	656
White NH mainline Prot.	56	27	18	54	21	14	568
Total Catholic	45	21	16	50	21	10	658
White NH Cath.	55	26	20	50	18	11	467
Unaffiliated	38	14	11	70	31	21	616
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	54	28	22	48	20	12	1,264
Less than weekly	43	20	14	59	26	17	2,041
REGION
Northeast	43	19	12	61	27	17	598
Midwest	49	22	18	54	22	16	712
South	49	26	19	53	23	15	1,266
West	45	20	15	57	25	14	759
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	83	47	40	29	7	2	763
Women	81	39	30	26	6	1	628
18-29	69	22	16	27	7	2	149
30-49	83	41	35	30	7	1	331
50-64	87	50	42	28	7	2	394
65+	87	55	43	24	6	2	495
Agree with Tea Party	94	63	59	28	6	1	584
Disagree/No opinion	76	31	21	28	7	2	767
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	20	5	2	77	38	26	722
Women	16	5	2	81	38	27	846
18-29	18	6	1	71	27	16	233
30-49	18	5	2	78	36	25	452
50-64	19	6	3	84	46	34	446
65+	15	4	2	85	47	35	420
AMONG WHITES
Men	61	32	26	52	21	13	1,182
Women	51	23	16	54	21	15	1,216
18-29	46	16	9	49	16	9	213
30-49	56	26	21	55	21	15	593
50-64	59	31	24	53	22	16	700
65+	57	33	25	52	23	15	857
College grad	52	22	16	61	25	18	1,046
Some college or less	57	29	23	49	19	12	1,349
College grad men	59	28	20	61	24	17	546
College grad women	46	17	12	60	25	19	500
Some col or less men	61	33	28	48	19	11	634
Some col or less women	53	25	18	51	19	13	715
$75,000+	59	29	23	55	22	16	798
$30,000-$74,999	57	26	21	52	19	11	782
<$30,000	49	25	17	53	23	18	549

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