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June 12, 2014

2014 Political Polarization Survey

Table 3.2 Ideal Community Type

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QA6: If you could live anywhere in the United States that you wanted to, would you prefer a city, a suburban area, a small town or a rural area?

This question is discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	City %	Suburb %	Small town %	Rural %	(VOL.) DK/Ref %	(N)

TOTAL	24	21	30	24	2	3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	17	22	30	31	1	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	32	22	28	17	1	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	14	20	31	34	1	788
Democrat	32	21	28	18	1	1,036
Independent	25	21	30	23	1	1,320
Lean Republican	20	25	28	26	1	552
Lean Democrat	31	23	28	17	1	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently conservative	4	20	35	41	0	347
Mostly conservative	14	19	32	34	1	625
Mixed	23	20	31	24	2	1,179
Mostly liberal	32	23	29	15	1	698
Consistently liberal	46	21	20	11	1	492
SEX
Men	23	20	28	28	2	1,631
Women	26	21	31	20	1	1,710
AGE
18-49	29	23	27	20	2	1,336
50+	19	18	34	28	1	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	38	21	26	14	1	483
30-49	23	23	28	23	2	853
50-64	19	19	32	29	1	1,028
65+	18	17	37	27	1	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	27	23	26	23	1	692
Men 50+	17	17	31	34	2	922
Women 18-49	31	23	27	16	2	644
Women 50+	20	19	36	24	1	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	20	20	31	28	1	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	34	23	24	17	2	348
Hispanic	36	19	32	11	2	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	33	28	23	15	1	1,378
Post grad	36	31	19	12	2	491
College grad	31	27	25	16	1	887
Some college	24	20	28	27	1	977
HS or less	20	16	36	27	2	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	26	32	21	19	2	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	23	20	30	27	1	1,026
<$30,000	25	14	36	25	1	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	19	20	30	29	2	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	10	17	33	38	2	624
White NH mainline Prot.	15	19	32	33	2	583
Total Catholic	26	21	32	19	1	715
White NH Cath.	18	25	32	24	1	496
Unaffiliated	31	20	29	19	1	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	19	21	33	25	2	1,270
Less than weekly	27	20	28	23	1	2,031
REGION
Northeast	23	23	29	25	1	606
Midwest	20	23	29	26	1	724
South	24	18	32	25	2	1,240
West	30	21	29	18	2	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	15	21	31	33	1	721
Women	19	24	28	28	0	619
18-29	33	23	25	19	0	163
30-49	12	26	29	31	1	315
50-64	13	19	30	38	0	430
65+	13	20	35	31	1	417
Agree with Tea Party	9	24	28	38	0	555
Disagree/No opinion	21	21	31	26	1	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	32	21	23	22	1	709
Women	31	23	31	13	1	863
18-29	46	24	21	9	0	240
30-49	31	26	24	17	2	409
50-64	26	19	32	22	0	467
65+	23	16	37	22	2	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	18	19	30	32	2	1,177
Women	21	21	32	24	1	1,230
18-29	32	19	29	20	0	274
30-49	18	24	29	27	3	561
50-64	16	19	30	34	1	761
65+	16	18	38	28	1	790
College grad	29	29	24	17	1	1,091
Some college or less	15	16	34	33	2	1,311
College grad men	28	28	24	18	2	566
College grad women	30	30	24	16	1	525
Some col or less men	13	15	32	38	2	609
Some col or less women	17	18	36	28	2	702
$75,000+	24	31	23	20	2	839
$30,000-$74,999	17	18	32	33	1	760
<$30,000	17	11	38	32	2	578

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