2014 Political Polarization Survey

Detailed Tables

Detailed tables that accompany the report: Political Polarization in the American Public.

Section 1: Growing Ideological Consistency

Table 1.1 Ideological Consistency

Section 2: Growing Partisan Antipathy

Table 2.1 Partisan Antipathy

Section 3: Political Polarization and Personal Life

Section 4: Political Compromise and Divisive Policy Debates

Section 5: Political Engagement and Activism

Table 1.1 Ideological Consistency

Scale of 10 political values items. These questions are discussed in Section 1 and Appendix A of the report.

	Consistently liberal %	Mostly liberal %	Mixed %	Mostly conservative %	Consistently conservative %	(N)

TOTAL	12	22	39	18	9	10,013
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	1	9	37	33	20	4,177
Dem/Dem lean	23	33	38	5	0	4,657
PARTY ID
Republican	1	8	34	34	23	2,415
Democrat	25	32	36	6	0	3,064
Independent	9	23	43	18	7	3,968
Lean Republican	1	9	42	31	17	1,762
Lean Democrat	20	35	41	5	0	1,593
SEX
Men	11	21	37	20	12	5,005
Women	14	24	41	15	6	5,008
AGE
18-49	12	25	43	15	5	3,999
50+	12	19	34	21	13	5,852
DETAILED AGE
18-29	13	29	45	11	2	1,405
30-49	12	23	42	17	7	2,594
50-64	12	20	35	21	12	3,018
65+	12	17	34	22	15	2,834
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	11	24	41	17	7	2,163
Men 50+	10	17	32	23	18	2,779
Women 18-49	13	27	45	12	3	1,836
Women 50+	14	21	37	19	9	3,073
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	13	18	36	22	12	7,227
Black, non-Hispanic	12	36	45	7	0	998
Hispanic	8	31	50	9	2	902
EDUCATION
College grad+	24	23	28	17	9	4,125
Post grad	30	22	25	15	7	1,457
College grad	20	23	29	18	10	2,668
Some college	11	22	40	18	9	2,846
HS or less	6	22	46	18	8	2,993
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	17	19	31	21	12	3,002
$30,000-$74,999	12	22	37	19	10	3,174
<$30,000	9	26	49	13	4	2,792
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	8	19	40	21	12	5,015
White NH evang. Prot.	3	11	33	31	22	1,956
White NH mainline Prot.	12	17	41	21	10	1,689
Total Catholic	9	24	44	16	7	2,060
White NH Cath.	10	19	40	21	10	1,448
Unaffiliated	24	27	34	12	3	1,867
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	7	19	39	22	13	3,801
Less than weekly	15	24	39	15	6	6,117
REGION
Northeast	15	25	36	17	6	1,784
Midwest	11	22	39	18	10	2,175
South	10	20	42	19	10	3,739
West	15	24	38	15	8	2,315
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	1	7	32	35	25	2,273
Women	1	10	43	31	15	1,904
18-29	3	17	53	20	7	484
30-49	1	8	40	34	17	1,001
50-64	1	6	30	37	26	1,296
65+	1	5	29	36	29	1,339
Agree with Tea Party	0	3	18	38	40	1,713
Disagree/No opinion	2	12	48	29	8	2,362
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	22	33	39	6	0	2,134
Women	25	33	37	5	0	2,523
18-29	24	36	38	3	0	712
30-49	21	34	40	5	0	1,258
50-64	24	33	36	6	1	1,370
65+	26	28	37	8	1	1,265
AMONG WHITES
Men	12	16	32	24	16	3,568
Women	14	19	40	19	8	3,659
18-29	15	23	44	14	4	761
30-49	13	18	38	22	9	1,724
50-64	12	16	32	24	15	2,240
65+	12	14	31	25	17	2,414
College grad	25	19	27	19	11	3,216
Some college or less	8	17	40	23	12	3,999
College grad men	22	17	25	22	14	1,686
College grad women	27	21	28	16	7	1,530
Some col or less men	7	16	35	25	17	1,875
Some col or less women	9	18	45	20	8	2,124
$75,000+	18	17	29	23	13	2,444
$30,000-$74,999	12	17	33	24	14	2,339
<$30,000	10	20	47	17	6	1,680

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

Table 3.1 Preferred Community

[RANDOMIZE]

This question is discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	Houses are larger/farther apart but schools/stores are miles away %	Houses are smaller/closer, but schools/stores are walking distance %	(VOL.) DK/Ref %	(N)

TOTAL	49	48	2	3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	61	38	2	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	40	58	2	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	63	36	1	788
Democrat	40	59	2	1,036
Independent	49	48	2	1,320
Lean Republican	58	40	2	552
Lean Democrat	41	57	2	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	75	22	3	347
Mostly Conservative	65	33	2	625
Mixed	51	47	2	1,179
Mostly liberal	40	57	2	698
Consistently liberal	21	77	1	492
SEX
Men	52	46	2	1,631
Women	47	51	2	1,710
AGE
18-49	51	47	1	1,336
50+	47	50	3	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	46	53	1	483
30-49	55	43	2	853
50-64	52	45	3	1,028
65+	39	58	3	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	51	48	2	692
Men 50+	54	43	3	922
Women 18-49	52	47	1	644
Women 50+	41	56	2	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	54	44	2	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	41	56	2	348
Hispanic	40	60	0	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	43	55	2	1,378
Post grad	40	57	3	491
College grad	45	54	2	887
Some college	55	43	2	977
HS or less	50	49	2	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	54	45	2	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	55	43	2	1,026
<$30,000	42	56	2	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	55	43	2	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	61	36	3	624
White NH mainline Prot.	60	38	2	583
Total Catholic	46	52	2	715
White NH Cath.	48	49	3	496
Unaffiliated	42	57	1	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	52	46	2	1,270
Less than weekly	48	50	2	2,031
REGION
Northeast	45	53	2	606
Midwest	50	48	2	724
South	55	43	2	1,240
West	44	54	2	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	64	34	2	721
Women	57	41	2	619
18-29	56	44	0	163
30-49	70	29	1	315
50-64	63	35	2	430
65+	49	49	2	417
Agree with Tea Party	70	28	2	555
Disagree/No opinion	55	43	1	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	42	57	2	709
Women	39	59	2	863
18-29	37	62	0	240
30-49	46	53	2	409
50-64	41	57	2	467
65+	32	66	3	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	57	40	3	1,177
Women	50	48	2	1,230
18-29	55	44	1	274
30-49	60	38	2	561
50-64	55	43	2	761
65+	41	56	3	790
College grad	44	54	2	1,091
Some college or less	58	40	2	1,311
College grad men	45	53	2	566
College grad women	43	56	1	525
Some col or less men	62	35	3	609
Some col or less women	53	45	2	702
$75,000+	55	43	1	839
$30,000-$74,999	59	40	2	760
<$30,000	47	50	3	578

Table 3.2 Ideal Community Type

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

Table 3.3 Important Community Qualities

QA9a/c/d: Still imagining that you are moving to another community. In deciding where to live, would each of the following be important, or not too important to you. (% important shown here)

These questions are discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	Most people share your political views %	Mix of people from different racial/ethnic backgrounds %	Many people who share your religious beliefs %	(N)

TOTAL	28	45	36	3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	31	32	43	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	27	56	31	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	35	33	49	788
Democrat	31	57	33	1,036
Independent	22	43	31	1,320
Lean Republican	26	32	35	552
Lean Democrat	21	54	27	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistent conservative	50	20	57	347
Mostly conservative	29	32	45	625
Mixed	22	39	37	1,179
Mostly liberal	25	58	31	698
Consistent liberal	35	76	17	492
SEX
Men	28	43	36	1,631
Women	27	47	36	1,710
AGE
18-49	25	49	32	1,336
50+	31	40	42	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	23	54	29	483
30-49	27	45	34	853
50-64	31	41	37	1,028
65+	31	40	48	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	26	48	33	692
Men 50+	31	37	40	922
Women 18-49	25	49	31	644
Women 50+	31	43	43	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	25	41	32	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	31	60	48	348
Hispanic	36	48	46	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	30	56	29	1,378
Post grad	31	60	29	491
College grad	30	54	29	887
Some college	25	44	36	977
HS or less	28	38	41	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	30	48	31	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	27	44	35	1,026
<$30,000	27	44	41	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	29	41	46	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	30	35	58	624
White NH mainline Prot.	25	36	29	583
Total Catholic	29	43	37	715
White NH Cath.	22	40	30	496
Unaffiliated	23	53	12	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	32	46	59	1,270
Less than weekly	25	44	24	2,031
REGION
Northeast	27	50	33	606
Midwest	23	40	33	724
South	30	43	43	1,240
West	28	50	31	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	32	30	43	721
Women	31	35	43	619
18-29	29	43	38	163
30-49	30	31	41	315
50-64	32	27	40	430
65+	35	30	55	417
Agree with Tea Party	42	28	51	555
Disagree/No opinion	26	35	38	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	27	56	30	709
Women	27	56	31	863
18-29	21	67	23	240
30-49	27	55	28	409
50-64	33	56	34	467
65+	29	48	42	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	27	40	33	1,177
Women	24	43	32	1,230
18-29	19	54	30	274
30-49	24	42	27	561
50-64	28	36	31	761
65+	29	37	45	790
College grad	29	54	27	1,091
Some college or less	24	36	35	1,311
College grad men	32	47	28	566
College grad women	26	60	26	525
Some col or less men	25	37	36	609
Some col or less women	23	35	34	702
$75,000+	30	48	29	839
$30,000-$74,999	25	39	32	760
<$30,000	20	38	37	578

Table 3.4 Important Community Qualities

QA9g/b/f/e: Still imagining that you are moving to another community. In deciding where to live, would each of the following be important, or not too important to you. (% important shown here. “High-quality public schools” based on those under 55.)

These questions are discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	Being near extended family %	Having high-quality public schools %	Having easy access to the outdoors %	Being near art museums and theaters %	(N)

TOTAL	71	84	67	46	3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	73	83	72	34	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	69	87	62	56	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	74	83	72	33	788
Democrat	72	87	57	55	1,036
Independent	69	85	71	46	1,320
Lean Republican	72	83	73	35	552
Lean Democrat	64	88	70	57	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistent conservative	73	86	73	23	347
Mostly conservative	71	89	69	31	625
Mixed	73	84	67	41	1,179
Mostly liberal	72	77	65	59	698
Consistent liberal	64	79	65	73	492
SEX
Men	67	85	74	44	1,631
Women	75	84	61	47	1,710
AGE
18-49	68	85	70	48	1,336
50+	75	– –	63	43	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	71	87	69	50	483
30-49	67	84	71	47	853
50-64	72	– –	69	43	1,028
65+	78	– –	54	42	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	65	86	74	48	692
Men 50+	69	– –	73	40	922
Women 18-49	72	84	67	49	644
Women 50+	79	– –	54	45	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	72	83	71	41	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	66	86	46	60	348
Hispanic	77	87	68	59	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	67	84	66	57	1,378
Post grad	68	87	66	62	491
College grad	67	82	66	55	887
Some college	70	84	67	44	977
HS or less	75	85	67	40	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	68	83	71	51	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	69	85	68	42	1,026
<$30,000	74	85	66	46	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	73	83	66	39	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	77	81	69	28	624
White NH mainline Prot.	72	83	72	35	583
Total Catholic	78	87	68	49	715
White NH Cath.	78	82	70	43	496
Unaffiliated	59	85	71	52	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	75	83	66	41	1,270
Less than weekly	69	85	68	48	2,031
REGION
Northeast	75	88	65	48	606
Midwest	73	81	67	40	724
South	69	84	67	46	1,240
West	71	85	69	48	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	70	85	80	32	721
Women	77	81	64	36	619
18-29	75	86	80	39	163
30-49	68	84	77	31	315
50-64	75	– –	73	31	430
65+	76	– –	57	36	417
Agree with Tea Party	74	80	75	27	555
Disagree/No opinion	73	84	71	38	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	65	89	67	56	709
Women	73	86	58	55	863
18-29	69	89	62	60	240
30-49	64	86	64	56	409
50-64	69	– –	66	55	467
65+	78	– –	52	50	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	67	84	77	40	1,177
Women	76	82	64	41	1,230
18-29	70	87	80	46	274
30-49	68	83	74	42	561
50-64	72	– –	72	37	761
65+	79	– –	55	39	790
College grad	67	84	70	56	1,091
Some college or less	74	82	71	34	1,311
College grad men	62	83	73	56	566
College grad women	71	85	66	57	525
Some col or less men	69	84	79	33	609
Some col or less women	79	81	63	35	702
$75,000+	69	84	73	50	839
$30,000-$74,999	73	84	72	35	760
<$30,000	73	82	69	38	578

Table 3.5 Family Member Marrying Republican, Democrat

QC28a/b: How do you think you would react if a member of your immediate family told you they were going to marry…

These questions are discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	Republican			Democrat
	Happy %	Unhappy %	Wouldn’t matter/DK %	Happy %	Unhappy %	Wouldn’t matter/DK %	(N)

TOTAL	13	9	78	15	8	77	3,335
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	26	2	72	5	17	78	1,391
Dem/Dem lean	5	15	80	25	1	74	1,568
PARTY ID
Republican	37	2	61	5	22	73	779
Democrat	5	19	76	31	1	68	1,036
Independent	8	5	87	8	6	86	1,341
Lean Republican	13	3	85	5	12	83	612
Lean Democrat	6	7	86	13	0	87	532
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently liberal	5	23	73	35	1	64	491
Mostly liberal	5	8	86	18	1	81	659
Mixed	9	9	82	14	5	81	1,163
Mostly conservative	23	3	74	5	15	80	656
Consistently conservative	40	1	59	4	30	66	366
SEX
Men	13	9	78	15	8	77	1,680
Women	12	9	78	15	7	78	1,655
AGE
18-49	11	8	81	14	6	80	1,319
50+	15	10	75	16	10	74	1,963
DETAILED AGE
18-29	11	7	81	12	6	83	447
30-49	11	8	81	15	6	79	872
50-64	12	11	77	15	9	76	957
65+	19	10	71	17	13	70	1,006
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	12	8	80	15	5	79	723
Men 50+	15	10	75	13	13	74	938
Women 18-49	10	8	82	13	6	81	596
Women 50+	15	11	75	18	8	74	1,025
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	15	8	78	14	9	77	2,398
Black, non-Hispanic	7	14	79	21	3	76	337
Hispanic	11	12	77	17	5	78	299
EDUCATION
College grad+	14	10	76	18	6	76	1,351
Post grad	16	11	74	24	8	69	480
College grad	14	9	77	14	6	80	871
Some college	13	7	80	14	7	79	946
HS or less	12	10	78	14	9	77	1,023
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	16	8	76	14	8	78	994
$30,000-$74,999	12	7	81	13	7	80	1,071
<$30,000	10	12	78	17	8	75	911
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	16	8	76	13	10	77	1,694
White NH evang. Prot.	25	4	70	10	17	73	656
White NH mainline Prot.	12	7	81	12	8	80	568
Total Catholic	12	9	79	14	8	78	658
White NH Cath.	13	6	81	12	10	78	467
Unaffiliated	7	10	83	17	3	80	616
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	18	9	73	16	10	74	1,264
Less than weekly	10	9	81	15	6	79	2,041
REGION
Northeast	10	10	80	19	7	74	598
Midwest	14	8	79	13	8	79	712
South	14	10	77	15	9	76	1,266
West	13	8	78	13	7	80	759
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	24	2	74	5	17	78	763
Women	27	3	70	5	18	77	628
18-29	23	3	73	7	14	79	149
30-49	22	1	77	6	14	79	331
50-64	25	3	72	5	18	77	394
65+	33	2	65	3	24	74	495
Agree with Tea Party	37	1	62	5	26	69	584
Disagree/No opinion	18	3	79	6	11	83	767
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	6	16	78	25	1	74	722
Women	4	15	81	24	1	75	846
18-29	6	12	83	17	1	82	233
30-49	5	13	81	23	0	77	452
50-64	4	18	78	27	1	72	446
65+	5	20	75	36	1	62	420
AMONG WHITES
Men	16	8	77	14	11	76	1,182
Women	14	8	79	13	8	78	1,216
18-29	13	7	80	12	8	81	213
30-49	14	6	80	14	8	78	593
50-64	13	9	78	13	10	77	700
65+	20	8	72	15	13	72	857
College grad	16	9	75	17	8	75	1,046
Some college or less	14	7	79	12	10	78	1,349
College grad men	15	9	76	15	8	77	546
College grad women	16	10	74	19	7	73	500
Some col or less men	16	7	77	13	12	75	634
Some col or less women	12	7	81	11	9	80	715
$75,000+	17	9	74	14	10	77	798
$30,000-$74,999	15	6	80	13	8	79	782
<$30,000	10	9	81	14	10	75	549

Table 3.6 Family Member Marrying Atheist, Born-Again

QC28e/f: How do you think you would react if a member of your immediate family told you they were going to marry…

These questions are discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	Atheist			“Born again” Christian
	Happy %	Unhappy %	Wouldn’t matter/DK %	Happy %	Unhappy %	Wouldn’t matter/DK %	(N)

TOTAL	4	49	47	32	9	59	3,335
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	2	59	38	42	5	53	1,391
Dem/Dem lean	6	41	54	25	13	62	1,568
PARTY ID
Republican	2	67	30	51	5	43	779
Democrat	5	45	50	30	12	58	1,036
Independent	5	42	53	25	9	66	1,341
Lean Republican	3	50	48	30	5	65	612
Lean Democrat	6	34	60	17	14	68	532
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently conservative	2	73	24	57	3	40	366
Mostly conservative	3	58	39	42	6	52	656
Mixed	3	51	46	31	6	63	1,163
Mostly liberal	5	41	54	26	9	65	659
Consistently liberal	10	24	66	16	27	57	491
SEX
Men	5	43	51	31	9	61	1,680
Women	3	54	43	34	9	57	1,655
AGE
18-49	6	42	52	28	8	63	1,319
50+	3	57	41	37	10	53	1,963
DETAILED AGE
18-29	6	35	59	25	8	67	447
30-49	6	46	48	31	9	61	872
50-64	3	52	45	34	10	56	957
65+	2	64	34	42	10	48	1,006
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	7	37	56	27	9	64	723
Men 50+	3	51	46	35	9	56	938
Women 18-49	5	46	49	29	8	63	596
Women 50+	2	62	36	39	11	50	1,025
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	4	47	49	31	10	58	2,398
Black, non-Hispanic	4	61	35	45	4	51	337
Hispanic	4	49	48	27	7	66	299
EDUCATION
College grad+	6	41	53	25	17	58	1,351
Post grad	7	40	54	22	21	56	480
College grad	6	42	52	26	15	58	871
Some college	4	46	50	32	7	62	946
HS or less	4	55	41	37	5	57	1,023
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	5	44	51	28	15	57	994
$30,000-$74,999	4	48	48	32	7	61	1,071
<$30,000	4	53	44	36	7	58	911
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	3	64	34	50	3	47	1,694
White NH evang. Prot.	3	77	20	70	1	29	656
White NH mainline Prot.	2	46	52	23	7	70	568
Total Catholic	2	55	43	20	10	70	658
White NH Cath.	1	56	43	20	11	69	467
Unaffiliated	10	13	77	9	17	74	616
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	3	73	24	54	6	40	1,264
Less than weekly	5	35	59	21	11	69	2,041
REGION
Northeast	5	41	53	21	13	66	598
Midwest	4	49	47	34	8	58	712
South	4	56	40	40	7	53	1,266
West	4	41	54	26	10	64	759
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	2	56	42	40	5	55	763
Women	2	63	34	43	5	52	628
18-29	5	40	55	32	5	63	149
30-49	2	57	41	40	5	55	331
50-64	2	64	35	44	5	51	394
65+	2	73	25	49	6	45	495
Agree with Tea Party	2	65	32	48	3	49	584
Disagree/No opinion	3	56	42	38	6	56	767
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	8	33	59	22	12	66	722
Women	4	47	49	28	14	58	846
18-29	8	32	60	18	11	70	233
30-49	6	39	54	23	12	65	452
50-64	4	42	54	28	15	57	446
65+	4	54	43	36	15	49	420
AMONG WHITES
Men	5	42	52	30	10	60	1,182
Women	4	51	45	32	11	57	1,216
18-29	9	26	65	20	11	69	213
30-49	6	44	50	32	10	58	593
50-64	1	50	49	30	11	59	700
65+	2	63	34	42	10	49	857
College grad	6	40	54	24	19	57	1,046
Some college or less	4	50	46	34	7	59	1,349
College grad men	7	38	55	25	19	56	546
College grad women	5	42	53	23	19	58	500
Some col or less men	5	44	51	32	7	61	634
Some col or less women	3	55	42	37	7	56	715
$75,000+	5	44	51	26	16	58	798
$30,000-$74,999	5	46	49	31	8	61	782
<$30,000	4	50	46	36	8	56	549

Table 3.7 Family Member Marrying Someone of Different Race, From Outside U.S.

QC28h/d: How do you think you would react if a member of your immediate family told you they were going to marry…

These questions are discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	Someone of different race			Someone born/raised outside U.S.
	Happy %	Unhappy %	Wouldn’t matter/DK %	Happy %	Unhappy %	Wouldn’t matter/DK %	(N)

TOTAL	9	11	80	10	7	83	3,335
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	8	16	76	9	9	82	1,391
Dem/Dem lean	11	7	82	10	6	84	1,568
PARTY ID
Republican	8	19	72	9	11	80	779
Democrat	11	7	82	9	6	85	1,036
Independent	9	9	82	11	6	83	1,341
Lean Republican	7	12	81	9	6	84	612
Lean Democrat	10	7	83	11	6	83	532
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently conservative	6	23	71	7	11	82	366
Mostly conservative	6	19	74	8	13	79	656
Mixed	10	11	79	10	8	82	1,163
Mostly liberal	8	4	88	8	4	88	659
Consistently liberal	14	1	85	15	1	84	491
SEX
Men	10	12	79	10	6	83	1,680
Women	9	10	81	9	8	83	1,655
AGE
18-49	11	6	84	11	5	84	1,319
50+	7	17	76	8	10	82	1,963
DETAILED AGE
18-29	11	3	86	13	2	85	447
30-49	10	8	82	10	6	84	872
50-64	8	13	80	9	9	83	957
65+	7	24	70	7	13	80	1,006
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	12	6	82	12	4	84	723
Men 50+	7	19	75	8	10	82	938
Women 18-49	9	5	85	10	6	85	596
Women 50+	8	15	77	8	11	81	1,025
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	8	13	78	9	8	83	2,398
Black, non-Hispanic	10	5	86	11	5	84	337
Hispanic	12	7	81	13	6	81	299
EDUCATION
College grad+	9	7	84	11	4	85	1,351
Post grad	11	8	81	10	3	87	480
College grad	8	7	85	11	5	84	871
Some college	9	9	82	8	5	86	946
HS or less	9	15	76	10	11	79	1,023
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	8	10	82	10	6	85	994
$30,000-$74,999	8	9	82	9	6	85	1,071
<$30,000	11	12	77	10	9	81	911
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	9	13	78	9	9	81	1,694
White NH evang. Prot.	9	21	71	10	13	77	656
White NH mainline Prot.	9	12	79	8	7	85	568
Total Catholic	10	14	77	10	8	82	658
White NH Cath.	7	16	77	7	9	84	467
Unaffiliated	8	4	88	10	4	87	616
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	12	13	76	13	8	79	1,264
Less than weekly	8	10	82	8	7	85	2,041
REGION
Northeast	10	9	81	11	4	85	598
Midwest	9	12	79	8	8	84	712
South	8	14	78	9	9	81	1,266
West	11	6	83	11	5	83	759
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	8	16	76	10	8	83	763
Women	7	15	77	9	10	81	628
18-29	12	7	81	14	2	84	149
30-49	8	11	81	11	7	83	331
50-64	7	16	77	6	11	83	394
65+	5	30	66	7	15	78	495
Agree with Tea Party	9	17	74	8	10	82	584
Disagree/No opinion	7	14	78	10	8	82	767
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	11	7	82	11	5	84	722
Women	10	7	83	9	7	84	846
18-29	13	1	86	12	3	85	233
30-49	12	6	83	10	5	85	452
50-64	8	9	83	9	7	84	446
65+	10	17	74	8	11	81	420
AMONG WHITES
Men	9	15	76	10	8	83	1,182
Women	8	12	80	8	9	83	1,216
18-29	12	4	84	15	3	82	213
30-49	10	10	80	10	6	84	593
50-64	6	14	79	7	10	83	700
65+	5	25	69	7	12	81	857
College grad	9	8	82	11	4	85	1,046
Some college or less	8	16	76	8	10	82	1,349
College grad men	10	10	81	11	5	84	546
College grad women	9	7	84	10	4	86	500
Some col or less men	9	17	73	9	9	82	634
Some col or less women	7	14	79	8	11	82	715
$75,000+	8	11	82	9	6	85	798
$30,000-$74,999	9	13	78	9	7	83	782
<$30,000	9	17	75	9	11	80	549

Table 3.8 Family Member Marrying Gun Owner, Someone Who Didn’t Go To College

QC28g/c: How do you think you would react if a member of your immediate family told you they were going to marry…

These questions are discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	Gun owner			Someone who didn’t go to college
	Happy %	Unhappy %	Wouldn’t matter/DK %	Happy %	Unhappy %	Wouldn’t matter/DK %	(N)

TOTAL	17	19	64	6	14	80	3,335
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	28	9	62	6	14	80	1,391
Dem/Dem lean	9	26	65	7	15	79	1,568
PARTY ID
Republican	32	10	57	6	16	78	779
Democrat	8	28	64	7	15	79	1,036
Independent	18	16	66	6	13	81	1,341
Lean Republican	24	8	68	6	12	82	612
Lean Democrat	10	22	67	7	15	79	532
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently conservative	49	1	50	6	8	86	366
Mostly conservative	30	7	63	7	11	82	656
Mixed	14	22	64	6	14	79	1,163
Mostly liberal	7	25	68	5	15	80	659
Consistently liberal	5	31	65	7	17	77	491
SEX
Men	23	14	63	7	12	80	1,680
Women	12	23	64	5	15	80	1,655
AGE
18-49	18	18	65	6	15	79	1,319
50+	17	21	62	7	12	81	1,963
DETAILED AGE
18-29	18	16	66	6	17	77	447
30-49	18	18	64	6	14	80	872
50-64	18	18	64	6	12	81	957
65+	17	24	59	7	12	81	1,006
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	23	15	62	8	14	78	723
Men 50+	23	14	64	6	10	83	938
Women 18-49	12	20	68	4	17	80	596
Women 50+	13	27	61	7	13	80	1,025
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	21	13	66	6	12	82	2,398
Black, non-Hispanic	8	27	65	6	14	79	337
Hispanic	8	40	52	9	18	73	299
EDUCATION
College grad+	13	20	67	5	21	74	1,351
Post grad	13	24	64	5	26	69	480
College grad	13	18	69	5	18	77	871
Some college	18	14	68	6	11	83	946
HS or less	20	22	58	7	11	82	1,023
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	18	15	67	5	17	78	994
$30,000-$74,999	20	14	66	5	12	83	1,071
<$30,000	15	27	59	8	14	78	911
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	21	15	63	6	12	82	1,694
White NH evang. Prot.	31	10	59	7	11	83	656
White NH mainline Prot.	18	13	70	4	11	84	568
Total Catholic	12	27	62	7	15	78	658
White NH Cath.	17	13	70	5	13	82	467
Unaffiliated	15	15	70	6	12	82	616
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	20	22	58	8	15	77	1,264
Less than weekly	16	17	67	5	13	81	2,041
REGION
Northeast	13	26	61	6	15	78	598
Midwest	19	13	68	5	10	85	712
South	20	18	62	7	14	79	1,266
West	15	21	64	6	16	78	759
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	33	8	59	7	12	81	763
Women	23	11	66	5	17	78	628
18-29	31	12	57	8	22	70	149
30-49	29	9	62	7	14	79	331
50-64	29	7	64	5	12	83	394
65+	25	11	63	6	12	83	495
Agree with Tea Party	42	3	56	7	10	82	584
Disagree/No opinion	20	13	66	6	17	77	767
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	13	21	66	8	14	78	722
Women	5	31	64	6	15	79	846
18-29	9	18	73	7	15	78	233
30-49	9	26	66	5	16	80	452
50-64	8	27	65	8	13	79	446
65+	9	39	52	9	13	78	420
AMONG WHITES
Men	27	9	64	7	10	83	1,182
Women	15	17	68	4	14	82	1,216
18-29	24	10	66	7	15	78	213
30-49	22	11	67	6	13	82	593
50-64	19	13	68	5	11	84	700
65+	19	20	61	5	10	85	857
College grad	14	15	70	5	19	76	1,046
Some college or less	24	12	64	6	9	85	1,349
College grad men	19	11	70	6	16	78	546
College grad women	10	19	71	4	22	74	500
Some col or less men	31	8	61	8	7	85	634
Some col or less women	17	16	67	4	10	85	715
$75,000+	19	13	68	4	16	79	798
$30,000-$74,999	24	10	66	6	9	84	782
<$30,000	19	17	64	6	11	83	549

Table 3.9 Discuss Politics

Now, thinking about the people you talk with, whether in person, over the phone, or electronically… Q41: How often do you discuss government and politics with others?

This question is discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	Nearly every day %	A few times a week %	A few times a month %	Less often %	(N)

TOTAL	13	29	26	32	3,308
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	16	32	29	23	1,388
Dem/Dem lean	11	28	26	35	1,662
PARTY ID
Republican	16	33	30	21	772
Democrat	10	29	24	37	1,099
Independent	14	28	27	32	1,325
Lean Republican	16	30	27	27	616
Lean Democrat	11	27	30	32	563
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently conservative	32	37	20	11	343
Mostly conservative	15	33	28	24	592
Mixed	8	24	25	43	1,015
Mostly liberal	8	26	29	36	674
Consistently liberal	21	38	25	16	684
SEX
Men	16	35	26	23	1,637
Women	10	23	27	40	1,671
AGE
18-49	10	27	28	35	1,413
50+	16	32	24	28	1,881
DETAILED AGE
18-29	9	26	27	38	505
30-49	12	27	29	32	908
50-64	15	31	23	30	1,073
65+	18	33	24	25	808
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	14	33	28	24	694
Men 50+	19	37	22	21	939
Women 18-49	7	20	28	45	719
Women 50+	13	27	25	34	942
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	14	32	28	26	2,562
Black, non-Hispanic	9	20	24	47	259
Hispanic	10	23	24	44	255
EDUCATION
College grad+	18	35	30	16	1,690
Post grad	20	40	26	14	633
College grad	17	33	32	18	1,057
Some college	13	30	27	30	926
HS or less	10	24	23	44	689
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	17	37	28	18	1,166
$30,000-$74,999	14	31	29	26	1,141
<$30,000	8	21	22	48	819
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	13	29	24	34	1,566
White NH evang. Prot.	15	35	27	23	603
White NH mainline Prot.	13	31	26	31	594
Total Catholic	13	27	26	33	629
White NH Cath.	13	30	28	28	470
Unaffiliated	13	30	29	29	731
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	13	31	26	30	1,158
Less than weekly	13	28	26	33	2,145
REGION
Northeast	13	29	30	28	585
Midwest	12	28	31	29	756
South	14	29	22	35	1,130
West	13	30	25	32	837
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	19	36	28	17	762
Women	12	27	30	31	626
18-29	6	28	34	31	161
30-49	15	30	32	23	379
50-64	17	36	25	23	467
65+	24	32	25	19	372
Agree with Tea Party	28	39	24	9	638
Disagree/No opinion	8	28	32	32	724
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	13	35	26	26	742
Women	9	23	26	41	920
18-29	10	27	25	38	301
30-49	7	26	30	37	453
50-64	13	29	25	33	506
65+	14	33	22	30	399
AMONG WHITES
Men	19	38	25	18	1,280
Women	10	26	31	33	1,282
18-29	12	30	30	29	304
30-49	12	29	31	28	701
50-64	16	34	23	27	837
65+	18	35	28	19	710
College grad	19	36	31	14	1,396
Some college or less	12	30	27	31	1,163
College grad men	22	41	27	10	738
College grad women	16	32	34	18	658
Some col or less men	17	37	24	22	540
Some col or less women	8	23	29	40	623
$75,000+	18	36	29	16	1,002
$30,000-$74,999	14	32	31	23	891
<$30,000	10	25	24	41	534

Table 3.10 Close Friends Share Political Views

[OR]

This question is discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	Most friends share my views %	Some friends share my views, but many do not %	Don’t really know what most friends think %	(N)

TOTAL	35	39	26	3,308
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	42	42	17	1,388
Dem/Dem lean	33	37	30	1,662
PARTY ID
Republican	47	39	14	772
Democrat	35	35	30	1,099
Independent	30	42	28	1,325
Lean Republican	35	45	20	616
Lean Democrat	30	41	29	563
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently conservative	63	30	7	343
Mostly conservative	44	36	20	592
Mixed	25	39	35	1,015
Mostly liberal	25	43	32	674
Consistently liberal	49	39	12	684
SEX
Men	36	43	21	1,637
Women	34	35	31	1,671
AGE
18-49	33	39	28	1,413
50+	37	39	24	1,881
DETAILED AGE
18-29	30	38	32	505
30-49	35	39	26	908
50-64	35	39	26	1,073
65+	41	37	22	808
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	35	44	21	694
Men 50+	38	41	21	939
Women 18-49	31	33	35	719
Women 50+	37	36	27	942
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	39	40	21	2,562
Black, non-Hispanic	27	31	42	259
Hispanic	25	39	36	255
EDUCATION
College grad+	43	44	13	1,690
Post grad	45	46	8	633
College grad	42	43	15	1,057
Some college	36	40	23	926
HS or less	28	33	39	689
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	42	45	13	1,166
$30,000-$74,999	38	40	21	1,141
<$30,000	25	32	43	819
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	37	36	27	1,566
White NH evang. Prot.	46	34	20	603
White NH mainline Prot.	36	39	25	594
Total Catholic	30	40	30	629
White NH Cath.	33	45	22	470
Unaffiliated	32	43	24	731
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	41	35	24	1,158
Less than weekly	32	41	28	2,145
REGION
Northeast	34	38	27	585
Midwest	34	43	23	756
South	37	35	28	1,130
West	33	40	27	837
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	42	44	14	762
Women	42	38	20	626
18-29	28	51	21	161
30-49	38	46	17	379
50-64	47	37	16	467
65+	52	35	14	372
Agree with Tea Party	58	37	5	638
Disagree/No opinion	31	45	23	724
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	34	42	24	742
Women	33	33	34	920
18-29	34	34	32	301
30-49	36	34	30	453
50-64	29	42	29	506
65+	32	39	29	399
AMONG WHITES
Men	40	44	17	1,280
Women	38	38	24	1,282
18-29	35	43	22	304
30-49	37	40	22	701
50-64	38	40	21	837
65+	43	40	17	710
College grad	46	45	9	1,396
Some college or less	35	38	26	1,163
College grad men	47	45	8	738
College grad women	45	45	10	658
Some col or less men	36	43	21	540
Some col or less women	35	34	31	623
$75,000+	43	46	11	1,002
$30,000-$74,999	41	41	19	891
<$30,000	30	34	36	534

Table 3.11 Views of MSNBC/FOX

QA29a/b: Your overall opinion of…

These questions are discussed in Section 3 of the report.

	MSNBC		Fox News
	Favorable %	Unfavorable %	Favorable %	Unfavorable %	(N)

TOTAL	34	20	42	24	3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	21	37	59	9	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	45	7	32	39	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	22	38	64	6	788
Democrat	49	7	33	38	1,036
Independent	30	20	39	25	1,320
Lean Republican	19	37	53	12	552
Lean Democrat	38	8	29	40	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently conservative	10	71	74	5	347
Mostly conservative	20	33	57	7	625
Mixed	38	13	45	17	1,179
Mostly liberal	41	8	33	32	698
Consistently liberal	45	9	8	73	492
SEX
Men	32	26	44	26	1,631
Women	37	14	41	23	1,710
AGE
18-49	36	17	37	27	1,336
50+	33	23	49	22	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	30	13	32	29	483
30-49	39	20	40	25	853
50-64	31	23	47	23	1,028
65+	36	23	52	20	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	33	22	38	28	692
Men 50+	30	31	51	23	922
Women 18-49	38	12	36	25	644
Women 50+	35	16	48	21	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	29	23	41	26	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	50	7	46	23	348
Hispanic	46	12	50	15	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	30	24	30	41	1,378
Post grad	28	25	25	49	491
College grad	30	24	33	38	887
Some college	31	21	41	23	977
HS or less	40	15	52	14	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	27	31	36	36	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	33	19	42	24	1,026
<$30,000	42	11	47	18	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	33	22	49	17	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	24	31	56	11	624
White NH mainline Prot.	32	22	44	21	583
Total Catholic	39	19	45	20	715
White NH Cath.	29	23	40	25	496
Unaffiliated	33	16	25	44	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	32	24	51	17	1,270
Less than weekly	36	17	38	28	2,031
REGION
Northeast	37	20	36	30	606
Midwest	31	18	44	21	724
South	35	21	47	22	1,240
West	34	18	38	28	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	17	45	61	9	721
Women	25	29	57	8	619
18-29	21	20	39	15	163
30-49	24	37	54	9	315
50-64	16	44	67	6	430
65+	21	45	76	6	417
Agree with Tea Party	9	64	73	7	555
Disagree/No opinion	27	22	51	10	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	46	10	30	43	709
Women	45	5	33	36	863
18-29	34	8	26	42	240
30-49	50	9	33	39	409
50-64	46	6	33	40	467
65+	52	7	35	34	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	26	31	43	27	1,177
Women	32	16	39	25	1,230
18-29	28	15	26	34	274
30-49	31	23	37	27	561
50-64	25	27	46	25	761
65+	32	27	53	20	790
College grad	25	27	31	43	1,091
Some college or less	30	22	45	19	1,311
College grad men	24	38	35	43	566
College grad women	27	17	28	44	525
Some col or less men	27	28	46	21	609
Some col or less women	34	16	45	17	702
$75,000+	25	32	37	36	839
$30,000-$74,999	29	22	42	23	760
<$30,000	34	16	42	21	578

Table 4.1 Political Compromise in Principle

Q51mm: Which statement comes closer to your view, even if neither is exactly right? I like elected officials who…

This question is discussed in Section 4 of the report.

	Make compromises with people they disagree with %	Stick to their positions %	Other/DK/Ref %	(N)

TOTAL	56	39	5	3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	49	47	3	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	64	33	3	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	48	48	4	788
Democrat	64	33	3	1,036
Independent	56	39	5	1,320
Lean Republican	51	46	3	552
Lean Democrat	62	34	4	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	32	63	5	347
Mostly Conservative	48	47	5	625
Mixed	52	43	5	1,179
Mostly Liberal	64	32	4	698
Consistently Liberal	82	14	4	492
SEX
Men	56	39	5	1,631
Women	56	40	4	1,710
AGE
18-49	58	38	4	1,336
50+	53	41	6	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	59	36	5	483
30-49	57	39	3	853
50-64	54	41	6	1,028
65+	53	41	6	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	59	37	4	692
Men 50+	53	40	7	922
Women 18-49	57	39	4	644
Women 50+	54	41	5	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	59	36	5	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	52	44	4	348
Hispanic	45	51	4	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	67	29	3	1,378
Post grad	71	26	4	491
College grad	66	31	3	887
Some college	58	37	5	977
HS or less	46	48	5	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	66	30	4	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	58	39	4	1,026
<$30,000	50	45	5	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	50	46	5	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	48	48	5	624
White NH mainline Prot.	58	38	4	583
Total Catholic	56	40	4	715
White NH Cath.	62	35	4	496
Unaffiliated	66	28	6	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	49	45	6	1,270
Less than weekly	60	36	4	2,031
REGION
Northeast	60	35	5	606
Midwest	55	40	5	724
South	53	43	4	1,240
West	58	37	5	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	49	48	3	721
Women	50	47	4	619
18-29	54	45	1	163
30-49	52	47	2	315
50-64	46	49	6	430
65+	47	48	5	417
Agree with Tea Party	36	59	5	555
Disagree/No opinion	57	40	3	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	64	32	3	709
Women	63	34	3	863
18-29	67	29	4	240
30-49	63	35	2	409
50-64	63	34	3	467
65+	60	36	4	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	58	37	6	1,177
Women	60	36	4	1,230
18-29	64	31	6	274
30-49	60	36	3	561
50-64	57	38	5	761
65+	55	39	6	790
College grad	69	27	3	1,091
Some college or less	54	40	6	1,311
College grad men	69	27	4	566
College grad women	70	28	2	525
Some col or less men	52	41	7	609
Some col or less women	56	39	5	702
$75,000+	66	30	4	839
$30,000-$74,999	60	36	4	760
<$30,000	53	41	6	578

Table 4.2 Political Compromise in Practice

[FOR HALF OF SAMPLE OBAMA AND REPUBLICANS ARE REVERSED]

This question is discussed in Section 4 of the report.

	Obama (0-49) %	50 %	Republicans (51-100) %	(VOL.) DK/Ref %	(N)

TOTAL	25	49	20	5	3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	10	50	37	3	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	42	46	8	4	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	10	47	41	2	788
Democrat	44	43	8	5	1,036
Independent	21	56	19	4	1,320
Lean Republican	10	54	33	3	552
Lean Democrat	38	52	7	3	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	7	33	57	3	347
Mostly Conservative	11	50	34	4	625
Mixed	22	54	17	7	1,179
Mostly Liberal	30	55	11	4	698
Consistently Liberal	62	34	2	3	492
SEX
Men	27	46	22	5	1,631
Women	24	53	18	6	1,710
AGE
18-49	27	47	21	4	1,336
50+	23	52	19	6	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	29	48	19	4	483
30-49	26	47	23	4	853
50-64	23	52	21	4	1,028
65+	23	52	17	8	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	30	41	24	5	692
Men 50+	25	51	20	4	922
Women 18-49	25	53	18	4	644
Women 50+	22	53	18	8	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	23	50	23	4	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	35	46	11	8	348
Hispanic	30	47	17	7	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	31	46	21	3	1,378
Post grad	34	46	18	3	491
College grad	30	46	22	2	887
Some college	22	52	22	4	977
HS or less	24	50	19	7	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	28	46	24	2	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	24	51	21	3	1,026
<$30,000	26	50	17	7	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	20	52	23	5	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	13	51	31	5	624
White NH mainline Prot.	19	53	23	5	583
Total Catholic	25	49	22	4	715
White NH Cath.	18	54	25	3	496
Unaffiliated	35	48	12	5	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	21	50	23	6	1,270
Less than weekly	28	49	18	4	2,031
REGION
Northeast	28	49	19	4	606
Midwest	25	51	20	4	724
South	23	49	22	6	1,240
West	28	49	19	4	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	11	45	42	2	721
Women	9	55	33	3	619
18-29	18	46	33	2	163
30-49	7	47	45	1	315
50-64	8	52	38	3	430
65+	8	56	30	6	417
Agree with Tea Party	8	37	53	2	555
Disagree/No opinion	11	58	28	3	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	48	43	6	3	709
Women	36	49	10	5	863
18-29	42	47	9	2	240
30-49	44	43	9	4	409
50-64	41	50	6	3	467
65+	38	47	7	9	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	26	45	25	4	1,177
Women	20	55	20	5	1,230
18-29	26	48	22	5	274
30-49	24	47	26	3	561
50-64	21	53	22	3	761
65+	21	55	18	6	790
College grad	30	46	22	3	1,091
Some college or less	19	53	23	5	1,311
College grad men	32	39	26	3	566
College grad women	29	51	17	2	525
Some col or less men	23	48	25	4	609
Some col or less women	16	57	21	6	702
$75,000+	28	44	25	2	839
$30,000-$74,999	22	52	23	3	760
<$30,000	20	55	19	7	578

Table 4.3 Gun Rights/Gun Control

[RANDOMIZE]

These questions are discussed in Section 4 of the report.

	Control gun ownership			Protect gun rights
TOTAL	Total % 48	Only law enforcement able to own % 12	Most able to own with limits % 35	Total % 49	Some restrictions % 38	No restrictions % 11	(N)3341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	25	6	19	74	55	19	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	68	17	50	30	26	4	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	22	5	17	76	56	19	788
Democrat	69	18	50	28	24	4	1,036
Independent	46	11	35	53	40	12	1,320
Lean Republican	28	7	21	72	53	18	552
Lean Democrat	66	15	50	33	29	4	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	4	0	4	96	60	34	347
Mostly Conservative	19	6	13	79	59	19	625
Mixed	49	13	35	48	39	9	1,179
Mostly Liberal	67	18	48	31	26	5	698
Consistently Liberal	81	16	64	14	12	2	492
SEX
Men	39	9	29	59	43	14	1,631
Women	56	15	41	41	33	8	1,710
AGE
18-49	49	12	36	49	38	10	1,336
50+	47	12	33	51	38	12	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	48	11	36	49	37	11	483
30-49	50	13	36	48	38	10	853
50-64	45	10	33	53	38	14	1,028
65+	49	15	33	48	38	9	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	40	11	28	57	43	13	692
Men 50+	37	8	29	61	44	16	922
Women 18-49	58	14	44	40	32	7	644
Women 50+	55	16	37	42	33	8	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	39	7	31	59	45	13	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	72	21	48	25	21	4	348
Hispanic	70	28	42	28	19	9	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	57	15	42	41	32	9	1,378
Post grad	65	17	47	34	28	6	491
College grad	53	14	39	45	34	11	887
Some college	40	6	33	57	43	13	977
HS or less	48	15	32	49	38	10	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	48	10	37	51	39	11	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	41	9	31	58	45	13	1,026
<$30,000	54	15	38	43	33	9	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	42	9	32	56	43	13	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	24	3	21	74	55	19	624
White NH mainline Prot.	35	5	30	62	47	14	583
Total Catholic	55	18	36	43	33	10	715
White NH Cath.	45	10	35	54	43	10	496
Unaffiliated	55	11	42	42	34	8	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	45	14	31	52	40	12	1,270
Less than weekly	50	11	38	48	37	11	2,031
REGION
Northeast	54	15	38	44	34	9	606
Midwest	46	11	35	53	41	12	724
South	47	12	34	50	37	12	1,240
West	46	11	35	51	39	11	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	18	4	14	81	58	22	721
Women	33	8	24	66	51	14	619
18-29	30	8	22	69	50	18	163
30-49	23	5	18	76	60	15	315
50-64	20	4	16	79	54	25	430
65+	27	7	20	71	55	15	417
Agree with Tea Party	8	1	7	92	63	27	555
Disagree/No opinion	34	9	26	64	50	14	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	61	15	45	37	32	5	709
Women	73	18	54	23	21	2	863
18-29	62	13	48	36	31	4	240
30-49	72	18	53	27	23	4	409
50-64	67	16	49	30	26	3	467
65+	69	21	46	28	25	3	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	30	4	26	67	50	16	1,177
Women	47	9	37	51	41	10	1,230
18-29	37	5	32	60	45	13	274
30-49	38	5	32	61	49	12	561
50-64	37	6	31	60	43	16	761
65+	42	11	31	55	43	10	790
College grad	53	11	41	46	36	10	1,091
Some college or less	32	5	27	65	49	14	1,311
College grad men	44	8	35	55	42	13	566
College grad women	62	14	47	37	30	7	525
Some col or less men	24	2	21	73	54	18	609
Some col or less women	40	7	33	57	45	11	702
$75,000+	43	7	35	56	43	12	839
$30,000-$74,999	32	5	27	67	51	15	760
<$30,000	39	6	32	56	43	12	578

Table 4.4 Immigration

[RANDOMIZE]

These questions are discussed in Section 4 of the report.

	Immigrants eligible for citizenship			Immigrants not eligible for citizenship
TOTAL	Total % 76	Right away % 20	Only after period of time % 54	Total % 23	No nat’l effort to deport % 5	Nat’l effort to deport % 17	(N)3341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	66	14	51	32	6	25	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	84	26	57	15	4	11	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	66	13	52	32	5	27	788
Democrat	83	25	57	16	4	11	1,036
Independent	76	20	55	22	5	17	1,320
Lean Republican	67	17	50	32	8	23	552
Lean Democrat	86	27	57	12	3	10	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	51	7	44	48	7	41	347
Mostly Conservative	62	10	52	36	7	28	625
Mixed	73	18	55	25	5	19	1,179
Mostly Liberal	88	25	61	10	3	7	698
Consistently Liberal	97	45	49	2	2	1	492
SEX
Men	73	19	53	25	6	19	1,631
Women	78	22	55	21	4	16	1,710
AGE
18-49	78	25	52	21	5	16	1,336
50+	73	15	57	25	5	20	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	79	29	50	20	5	14	483
30-49	77	22	54	22	5	17	853
50-64	72	16	55	26	4	20	1,028
65+	74	13	59	25	5	19	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	77	24	52	22	6	16	692
Men 50+	69	12	56	29	6	22	922
Women 18-49	79	26	52	19	4	16	644
Women 50+	76	17	57	22	4	18	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	73	18	54	25	5	20	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	81	24	57	17	4	12	348
Hispanic	84	30	54	14	5	9	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	83	24	57	16	6	10	1,378
Post grad	84	23	60	15	5	9	491
College grad	82	25	56	16	6	10	887
Some college	75	19	54	23	4	18	977
HS or less	72	19	52	27	4	22	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	79	20	57	20	5	15	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	76	20	56	22	5	17	1,026
<$30,000	75	23	51	24	5	19	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	71	17	53	27	5	22	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	65	13	51	34	6	28	624
White NH mainline Prot.	71	17	52	28	5	22	583
Total Catholic	78	19	57	20	4	15	715
White NH Cath.	74	13	59	24	4	19	496
Unaffiliated	81	27	53	18	3	14	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	74	19	54	23	4	18	1,270
Less than weekly	76	21	54	22	5	17	2,031
REGION
Northeast	79	20	58	20	4	16	606
Midwest	71	17	53	27	5	21	724
South	73	19	53	25	5	19	1,240
West	81	25	55	18	4	12	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	63	12	50	36	8	27	721
Women	70	17	53	28	5	23	619
18-29	69	23	45	30	5	25	163
30-49	69	15	54	30	7	23	315
50-64	62	11	50	37	6	29	430
65+	66	8	57	33	6	26	417
Agree with Tea Party	59	10	48	39	7	31	555
Disagree/No opinion	71	17	54	28	6	22	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	85	24	59	14	5	9	709
Women	84	27	55	15	3	12	863
18-29	88	36	51	11	6	5	240
30-49	83	27	54	16	3	13	409
50-64	84	20	62	14	2	11	467
65+	82	19	62	17	3	14	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	70	16	53	29	6	23	1,177
Women	76	19	56	22	4	18	1,230
18-29	75	24	50	24	5	19	274
30-49	75	20	53	23	4	19	561
50-64	69	14	54	29	4	23	761
65+	74	14	59	25	5	19	790
College grad	82	25	56	16	6	11	1,091
Some college or less	69	15	53	29	4	24	1,311
College grad men	78	21	56	20	8	12	566
College grad women	85	28	56	13	3	9	525
Some col or less men	66	14	51	33	5	27	609
Some col or less women	72	16	55	26	4	22	702
$75,000+	80	21	58	19	4	14	839
$30,000-$74,999	72	17	54	27	5	21	760
<$30,000	68	18	48	31	5	25	578

Table 4.5 Abortion

[RANDOMIZE]

These questions are discussed in Section 4 of the report.

	Legal in all or most cases			Illegal in all or most cases
TOTAL	Total % 51	No restrictions % 19	Situations where restricted % 31	Total % 43	Situations where allowed % 28	No situations where allowed % 14	(N)3341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	37	11	26	58	39	19	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	67	27	38	29	19	10	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	32	10	22	62	39	21	788
Democrat	65	29	35	30	19	10	1,036
Independent	53	18	35	42	29	12	1,320
Lean Republican	42	11	31	54	38	15	552
Lean Democrat	68	24	44	29	20	9	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	19	5	15	73	51	21	347
Mostly Conservative	36	12	23	58	37	19	625
Mixed	50	16	33	44	29	14	1,179
Mostly Liberal	57	23	33	36	23	13	698
Consistently Liberal	88	43	44	9	8	2	492
SEX
Men	49	17	31	45	30	14	1,631
Women	53	21	31	41	27	14	1,710
AGE
18-49	53	18	34	42	26	15	1,336
50+	49	21	28	44	31	12	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	51	16	35	45	28	16	483
30-49	54	20	34	40	25	14	853
50-64	54	22	31	41	28	12	1,028
65+	43	18	24	49	35	13	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	51	16	35	44	26	17	692
Men 50+	47	19	27	46	35	10	922
Women 18-49	55	21	33	40	27	13	644
Women 50+	52	22	29	43	27	15	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	54	19	34	41	28	12	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	47	23	24	46	28	17	348
Hispanic	44	17	26	51	30	20	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	62	26	35	33	23	9	1,378
Post grad	63	26	36	32	24	8	491
College grad	61	25	35	34	23	10	887
Some college	53	18	34	41	29	11	977
HS or less	43	16	27	51	31	20	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	63	24	39	33	23	9	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	53	20	32	43	30	12	1,026
<$30,000	44	16	27	50	31	18	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	42	14	28	52	34	17	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	25	7	18	70	45	24	624
White NH mainline Prot.	60	20	40	32	24	8	583
Total Catholic	47	15	32	47	31	15	715
White NH Cath.	51	15	35	44	31	12	496
Unaffiliated	76	33	41	21	13	7	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	30	10	20	65	38	25	1,270
Less than weekly	63	25	38	31	23	8	2,031
REGION
Northeast	61	27	34	33	23	9	606
Midwest	49	15	33	46	33	12	724
South	45	17	28	49	31	18	1,240
West	55	22	33	38	25	13	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	35	10	25	59	41	17	721
Women	39	12	27	57	36	21	619
18-29	37	8	30	59	36	22	163
30-49	40	11	29	55	34	19	315
50-64	40	12	28	56	39	16	430
65+	25	10	16	67	48	18	417
Agree with Tea Party	29	6	23	66	45	19	555
Disagree/No opinion	41	13	28	54	35	18	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	66	25	40	30	20	10	709
Women	67	29	37	29	19	10	863
18-29	67	23	43	31	20	12	240
30-49	68	28	39	27	17	10	409
50-64	69	31	37	27	19	8	467
65+	61	26	34	33	23	10	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	52	17	35	43	30	12	1,177
Women	56	21	34	39	26	12	1,230
18-29	53	14	38	43	27	15	274
30-49	59	19	40	36	23	12	561
50-64	58	23	34	38	28	8	761
65+	42	18	24	51	36	13	790
College grad	63	25	37	33	23	9	1,091
Some college or less	50	16	33	45	30	13	1,311
College grad men	59	21	38	35	26	8	566
College grad women	66	29	36	30	21	9	525
Some col or less men	48	15	33	46	32	13	609
Some col or less women	51	18	32	43	29	14	702
$75,000+	64	23	41	32	23	9	839
$30,000-$74,999	52	18	34	44	31	12	760
<$30,000	48	17	30	46	30	15	578

Table 4.6 NSA Surveillance

Q126/a/b: Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the government’s collection of telephone and internet data as part of anti-terrorism efforts? ASK IF APPROVE: Do you think the National Security Agency should be allowed to collect whatever data it needs, or should there be limits on what it collects? ASK IF DISAPPROVE: Do you think the National Security Agency should be prevented from collecting any data about U.S. citizens, or should it be allowed to collect some limited information?

These questions are discussed in Section 4 of the report.

	Approve			Disapprove
	Total %	Collect whatever NSA needs %	Should be limits %	Total %	Allowed limited collection %	Prevented from collecting %	(N)

TOTAL	41	15	26	54	38	15	3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	39	14	24	58	40	16	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	47	16	30	49	36	12	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	42	16	26	55	39	15	788
Democrat	47	17	29	48	34	12	1,036
Independent	38	13	25	58	41	16	1,320
Lean Republican	35	13	22	61	42	18	552
Lean Democrat	46	15	30	52	39	12	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	23	7	15	75	49	24	347
Mostly Conservative	35	13	22	60	41	19	625
Mixed	44	16	28	51	35	14	1,179
Mostly Liberal	49	20	29	46	34	11	698
Consistently Liberal	41	13	28	53	38	12	492
SEX
Men	38	13	25	58	39	18	1,631
Women	44	17	27	49	36	12	1,710
AGE
18-49	42	15	27	54	37	16	1,336
50+	41	15	25	53	38	13	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	38	11	26	58	41	15	483
30-49	45	17	27	52	35	16	853
50-64	42	16	25	53	38	14	1,028
65+	39	14	24	52	39	11	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	37	13	24	61	40	20	692
Men 50+	40	14	25	55	40	14	922
Women 18-49	47	17	29	48	35	12	644
Women 50+	42	16	24	51	37	12	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	38	13	25	57	41	15	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	49	17	31	44	30	13	348
Hispanic	49	24	25	45	31	12	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	46	16	29	51	37	13	1,378
Post grad	47	18	28	48	36	11	491
College grad	45	16	29	52	37	14	887
Some college	40	12	27	56	40	15	977
HS or less	40	16	23	53	36	16	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	42	13	27	55	41	14	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	44	16	28	53	37	14	1,026
<$30,000	41	16	23	54	37	15	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	42	15	26	53	37	15	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	37	14	22	58	44	13	624
White NH mainline Prot.	42	13	28	53	38	15	583
Total Catholic	46	20	25	49	36	12	715
White NH Cath.	43	17	25	54	39	13	496
Unaffiliated	36	10	25	60	40	18	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	42	16	25	52	37	13	1,270
Less than weekly	41	14	26	55	38	15	2,031
REGION
Northeast	43	16	27	52	35	16	606
Midwest	40	14	25	54	40	13	724
South	42	15	26	53	36	16	1,240
West	40	15	25	56	40	14	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	34	12	23	63	42	20	721
Women	44	18	26	51	38	12	619
18-29	39	15	24	57	41	15	163
30-49	45	16	29	53	36	17	315
50-64	36	15	21	60	42	17	430
65+	34	12	22	61	44	14	417
Agree with Tea Party	26	9	17	72	47	24	555
Disagree/No opinion	47	18	29	49	37	12	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	46	16	30	52	38	13	709
Women	47	17	29	47	34	12	863
18-29	42	11	31	56	41	14	240
30-49	47	18	28	51	35	14	409
50-64	51	19	32	46	34	10	467
65+	46	19	26	43	34	9	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	34	11	23	63	43	18	1,177
Women	43	16	26	51	38	12	1,230
18-29	34	10	24	61	47	14	274
30-49	42	15	27	55	36	17	561
50-64	37	14	23	58	42	15	761
65+	38	13	23	55	41	12	790
College grad	44	16	28	53	38	13	1,091
Some college or less	36	12	23	59	42	16	1,311
College grad men	39	15	24	58	41	16	566
College grad women	48	16	32	47	36	10	525
Some col or less men	32	9	23	64	45	19	609
Some col or less women	40	16	23	53	39	13	702
$75,000+	39	13	26	57	43	13	839
$30,000-$74,999	43	14	28	54	39	14	760
<$30,000	34	13	20	60	42	17	578

Table 4.7 Government Role In Health Care

[RANDOMIZE]

These questions are discussed in Section 4 of the report.

	Gov’t responsibility			Not gov’t responsibility
	Total %	Nat’l gov’t health insurance system %	Mix of private/gov’t system %	Total %	Keep Medicare/Medicaid %	Gov’t not involved %	(N)

TOTAL	47	21	23	50	43	6	3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	18	7	10	80	66	13	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	69	33	34	28	26	2	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	17	7	9	81	68	12	788
Democrat	71	34	34	26	24	2	1,036
Independent	44	20	22	53	46	7	1,320
Lean Republican	20	8	11	78	64	13	552
Lean Democrat	67	31	34	31	29	2	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	2	0	2	98	75	20	347
Mostly Conservative	15	5	8	83	65	17	625
Mixed	44	18	24	52	47	4	1,179
Mostly Liberal	69	28	38	27	25	1	698
Consistently Liberal	89	54	31	10	10	0	492
SEX
Men	45	22	20	53	44	9	1,631
Women	49	20	26	48	42	4	1,710
AGE
18-49	50	23	25	47	40	6	1,336
50+	43	19	22	54	47	6	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	55	26	26	44	36	7	483
30-49	47	21	24	50	43	6	853
50-64	43	19	21	55	47	6	1,028
65+	44	18	23	53	45	6	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	49	24	22	50	40	9	692
Men 50+	39	19	18	58	49	9	922
Women 18-49	51	22	27	45	41	4	644
Women 50+	46	18	25	51	45	5	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	38	17	19	59	51	7	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	74	29	39	22	20	2	348
Hispanic	61	31	28	36	30	5	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	51	23	25	48	40	7	1,378
Post grad	54	25	26	44	37	6	491
College grad	49	22	25	50	42	7	887
Some college	41	20	19	56	47	8	977
HS or less	49	20	25	47	42	5	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	41	19	20	58	47	11	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	42	18	22	56	49	7	1,026
<$30,000	55	25	27	40	36	4	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	41	16	22	57	48	7	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	27	8	17	70	59	9	624
White NH mainline Prot.	31	14	16	65	55	9	583
Total Catholic	46	21	23	50	42	7	715
White NH Cath.	35	13	21	62	51	10	496
Unaffiliated	60	33	24	37	34	4	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	41	16	23	56	47	8	1,270
Less than weekly	49	24	24	48	41	6	2,031
REGION
Northeast	54	26	27	44	39	5	606
Midwest	42	18	21	54	47	6	724
South	44	19	22	53	46	7	1,240
West	50	23	24	47	39	7	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	17	8	8	82	64	17	721
Women	20	7	12	77	68	7	619
18-29	29	12	16	68	55	13	163
30-49	17	8	9	81	67	13	315
50-64	14	6	8	84	71	12	430
65+	16	5	10	83	68	12	417
Agree with Tea Party	4	1	3	95	73	21	555
Disagree/No opinion	26	11	14	71	62	8	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	71	36	32	28	26	2	709
Women	68	30	35	28	26	2	863
18-29	72	34	36	28	24	4	240
30-49	68	32	33	29	27	2	409
50-64	69	34	32	29	28	1	467
65+	70	30	35	25	23	2	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	37	18	17	61	50	10	1,177
Women	39	15	21	58	52	5	1,230
18-29	44	23	20	54	46	8	274
30-49	37	15	20	60	52	7	561
50-64	36	17	17	62	53	8	761
65+	37	15	20	60	51	7	790
College grad	44	20	22	54	45	8	1,091
Some college or less	35	15	18	62	54	7	1,311
College grad men	44	22	20	56	44	11	566
College grad women	45	18	24	53	46	6	525
Some col or less men	34	17	15	64	53	10	609
Some col or less women	36	14	20	60	54	5	702
$75,000+	38	18	18	61	49	11	839
$30,000-$74,999	33	15	18	64	56	7	760
<$30,000	44	18	23	52	46	5	578

Table 4.8 Future of Social Security

[RANDOMIZE]

These questions are discussed in Section 4 of the report.

	No benefit reductions			Some benefit reductions
TOTAL	Total % 67	Cover more people, more benefits % 27	Kept as is % 37	Total % 31	Maintain at reduced levels % 24	Phased out as gov’t program % 6	(N)3341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	60	18	40	37	27	9	1,340
Dem/Dem lean	70	33	35	28	23	5	1,572
PARTY ID
Republican	63	19	42	34	25	7	788
Democrat	71	35	34	27	23	4	1,036
Independent	64	24	37	33	25	7	1,320
Lean Republican	57	16	38	41	29	11	552
Lean Democrat	70	31	37	29	24	5	536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	59	12	45	38	25	12	347
Mostly Conservative	59	16	41	37	27	8	625
Mixed	70	29	39	28	20	6	1,179
Mostly Liberal	69	35	31	29	23	6	698
Consistently Liberal	66	31	32	32	30	2	492
SEX
Men	62	22	38	35	27	7	1,631
Women	71	32	36	27	21	5	1,710
AGE
18-49	64	29	33	34	26	7	1,336
50+	70	25	42	27	21	5	1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29	59	28	30	38	27	10	483
30-49	66	29	35	31	26	5	853
50-64	68	26	38	29	22	6	1,028
65+	74	23	48	23	18	4	932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	60	24	35	38	30	8	692
Men 50+	65	21	42	31	24	6	922
Women 18-49	67	34	31	30	23	6	644
Women 50+	75	29	42	23	18	4	1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	66	22	41	31	25	6	2,407
Black, non-Hispanic	74	43	29	24	17	7	348
Hispanic	69	36	30	30	22	7	301
EDUCATION
College grad+	55	19	34	41	33	7	1,378
Post grad	58	17	37	40	33	6	491
College grad	54	19	33	42	33	8	887
Some college	69	28	38	29	22	6	977
HS or less	73	32	38	25	19	6	972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	57	17	39	39	31	7	1,020
$30,000-$74,999	68	27	40	30	23	6	1,026
<$30,000	72	35	33	27	20	6	971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	69	27	39	29	22	6	1,673
White NH evang. Prot.	69	21	46	28	22	5	624
White NH mainline Prot.	67	21	43	31	23	7	583
Total Catholic	65	25	37	32	26	6	715
White NH Cath.	65	18	43	33	29	4	496
Unaffiliated	65	27	36	32	26	6	591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	67	26	38	31	22	7	1,270
Less than weekly	66	27	37	31	24	6	2,031
REGION
Northeast	70	26	42	27	22	5	606
Midwest	70	28	39	29	23	5	724
South	64	27	34	33	25	8	1,240
West	66	27	36	31	24	6	771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	55	13	39	42	32	10	721
Women	67	23	41	31	21	9	619
18-29	55	25	31	43	30	13	163
30-49	57	17	38	40	30	8	315
50-64	63	17	43	34	25	9	430
65+	67	15	49	30	21	6	417
Agree with Tea Party	54	12	40	43	28	13	555
Disagree/No opinion	64	21	41	34	26	7	761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	68	28	39	31	24	6	709
Women	73	38	32	26	22	3	863
18-29	61	30	31	38	27	10	240
30-49	72	37	33	27	24	3	409
50-64	72	34	36	27	22	4	467
65+	78	31	45	20	17	2	441
AMONG WHITES
Men	61	17	42	36	29	6	1,177
Women	71	27	40	27	21	5	1,230
18-29	60	24	35	37	27	9	274
30-49	63	24	38	34	28	5	561
50-64	68	23	42	30	23	6	761
65+	72	19	51	24	19	4	790
College grad	53	16	36	43	35	7	1,091
Some college or less	72	25	44	26	20	5	1,311
College grad men	48	12	36	48	38	8	566
College grad women	57	19	36	39	31	7	525
Some col or less men	66	20	45	31	25	6	609
Some col or less women	77	31	42	21	16	4	702
$75,000+	57	15	40	39	32	6	839
$30,000-$74,999	67	24	42	31	23	7	760
<$30,000	73	30	40	25	20	4	578

Table 5.1 Political Engagement

OFVOTE: How often would you say you vote – Always, nearly always, part of the time, seldom?

Q105a/b: Please tell me if you have done any of the following. Over the last two years have you…Worked or volunteered for a political candidate or campaign, or not?/Contacted any elected official, or not?

These questions are discussed in Section 5 of the report.

	Always vote %	Campaign volunteer in past two years %	Contacted official in past two years %	(N)

TOTAL	49	8	28	10,013
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	56	7	33	4,177
Dem/Dem lean	49	9	26	4,657
PARTY ID
Republican	61	8	33	2,415
Democrat	55	11	26	3,064
Independent	41	6	27	3,968
Lean Republican	50	5	33	1,762
Lean Democrat	38	7	26	1,593
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	78	12	50	1,078
Mostly Conservative	58	6	34	1,932
Mixed	39	6	19	3,469
Mostly Liberal	43	7	22	2,066
Consistently Liberal	58	15	45	1,468
SEX
Men	49	8	30	5,005
Women	49	7	26	5,008
AGE
18-49	38	7	23	3,999
50+	63	9	34	5,852
DETAILED AGE
18-29	30	7	18	1,405
30-49	42	6	27	2,594
50-64	59	9	35	3,018
65+	70	9	33	2,834
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	38	7	25	2,163
Men 50+	64	10	37	2,779
Women 18-49	37	6	21	1,836
Women 50+	63	8	32	3,073
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	52	7	33	7,227
Black, non-Hispanic	53	11	16	998
Hispanic	33	7	14	902
EDUCATION
College grad+	59	12	44	4,125
Post grad	62	14	51	1,457
College grad	57	12	41	2,668
Some college	51	8	30	2,846
HS or less	41	4	16	2,993
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	59	10	41	3,002
$30,000-$74,999	52	8	30	3,174
<$30,000	38	6	16	2,792
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	52	7	28	5,015
White NH evang. Prot.	55	6	32	1,956
White NH mainline Prot.	50	7	32	1,689
Total Catholic	50	8	27	2,060
White NH Cath.	60	8	34	1,448
Unaffiliated	42	7	28	1,867
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	58	9	31	3,801
Less than weekly	44	7	27	6,117
REGION
Northeast	49	9	31	1,784
Midwest	51	7	30	2,175
South	49	7	26	3,739
West	48	7	28	2,315
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	59	8	37	2,273
Women	53	6	28	1,904
18-29	36	6	20	484
30-49	48	6	33	1,001
50-64	65	8	40	1,296
65+	74	8	36	1,339
Agree with Tea Party	70	10	48	1,713
Disagree/No opinion	48	5	25	2,362
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	46	10	25	2,134
Women	51	9	27	2,523
18-29	31	9	19	712
30-49	43	7	24	1,258
50-64	59	11	32	1,370
65+	69	10	32	1,265
AMONG WHITES
Men	54	8	36	3,568
Women	51	6	30	3,659
18-29	33	6	23	761
30-49	44	6	33	1,724
50-64	60	8	38	2,240
65+	70	8	35	2,414
College grad	61	11	47	3,216
Some college or less	49	5	27	3,999
College grad men	63	12	49	1,686
College grad women	59	11	46	1,530
Some col or less men	50	7	31	1,875
Some col or less women	48	4	23	2,124
$75,000+	61	10	43	2,444
$30,000-$74,999	53	7	34	2,339
<$30,000	40	5	20	1,680

Table 5.2 Political Contributions

Q100/101: Have you ever contributed money to a candidate running for public office or to a group working to elect a candidate? ASK IF HAVE EVER CONTRIBUTED MONEY: Have you done this over the last two years, that is, during or since the 2012 elections, or not?

These questions are discussed in Section 5 of the report.

	———————-Yes, contributed———————-
	Ever %	In the past two years %	Not in the past two years %	No, not contributed %	N

TOTAL	30	15	16	69	10,013
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	35	16	19	65	4,177
Dem/Dem lean	31	16	15	69	4,657
PARTY ID
Republican	39	18	21	61	2,415
Democrat	34	18	15	66	3,064
Independent	25	11	14	74	3,968
Lean Republican	30	13	16	70	1,762
Lean Democrat	25	11	13	74	1,593
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	51	26	26	48	1,078
Mostly Conservative	35	15	19	64	1,932
Mixed	20	8	12	79	3,469
Mostly Liberal	25	12	13	74	2,066
Consistently Liberal	51	31	20	48	1,468
SEX
Men	33	17	16	67	5,005
Women	28	13	15	71	5,008
AGE
18-49	21	10	11	79	3,999
50+	42	20	21	57	5,852
DETAILED AGE
18-29	13	6	7	86	1,405
30-49	26	12	14	74	2,594
50-64	38	19	19	61	3,018
65+	48	23	25	51	2,834
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	22	11	11	77	2,163
Men 50+	47	24	23	53	2,779
Women 18-49	19	8	11	80	1,836
Women 50+	38	17	20	62	3,073
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	34	16	18	65	7,227
Black, non-Hispanic	26	14	13	73	998
Hispanic	15	8	8	84	902
EDUCATION
College grad+	48	26	22	51	4,125
Post grad	58	32	26	41	1,457
College grad	44	23	21	56	2,668
Some college	29	14	16	70	2,846
HS or less	19	8	11	80	2,993
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	48	26	22	51	3,002
$30,000-$74,999	30	14	16	69	3,174
<$30,000	17	7	10	82	2,792
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	31	14	17	68	5,015
White NH evang. Prot.	35	14	21	65	1,956
White NH mainline Prot.	33	16	17	66	1,689
Total Catholic	28	14	14	71	2,060
White NH Cath.	36	17	18	64	1,448
Unaffiliated	29	14	14	71	1,867
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	33	15	17	66	3,801
Less than weekly	29	14	15	71	6,117
REGION
Northeast	30	14	15	70	1,784
Midwest	31	15	16	69	2,175
South	31	14	16	69	3,739
West	30	15	15	70	2,315
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	38	18	20	61	2,273
Women	31	13	18	69	1,904
18-29	11	5	6	88	484
30-49	28	12	15	72	1,001
50-64	44	20	24	56	1,296
65+	54	24	29	46	1,339
Agree with Tea Party	51	26	24	49	1,713
Disagree/No opinion	26	10	16	74	2,362
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	33	18	15	67	2,134
Women	29	14	14	70	2,523
18-29	16	7	9	83	712
30-49	27	14	13	72	1,258
50-64	37	20	17	62	1,370
65+	46	24	22	53	1,265
AMONG WHITES
Men	38	19	19	62	3,568
Women	31	14	17	68	3,659
18-29	14	7	7	86	761
30-49	28	13	15	71	1,724
50-64	41	20	21	59	2,240
65+	51	24	27	48	2,414
College grad	51	27	24	48	3,216
Some college or less	27	11	15	73	3,999
College grad men	55	29	25	45	1,686
College grad women	48	25	23	51	1,530
Some col or less men	30	14	16	70	1,875
Some col or less women	24	9	15	76	2,124
$75,000+	49	26	23	50	2,444
$30,000-$74,999	33	14	18	67	2,339
<$30,000	19	6	13	80	1,680

Table 5.3 Amount of Contributions

ASK IF HAVE CONTRIBUTED MONEY DURING 2012/2013: Q102/a: Over the last two years, would you say all of those contributions added up to more than $100 or less than that? ASK IF MORE THAN $100: And did they add up to more than $250 or not?

These questions are discussed in Section 5 of the report.

	———–Contributed in past two years———–
	Less than $100 %	$100-249 %	$250+ %	(VOL.) DK/Ref %	(N)

TOTAL	41	31	26	2	1,985
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean	36	32	30	2	860
Dem/Dem lean	47	30	22	1	1,016
PARTY ID
Republican	39	30	30	1	544
Democrat	47	31	21	1	763
Independent	37	34	28	2	605
Lean Republican	31	36	31	2	316
Lean Democrat	48	27	25	1	253
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative	38	31	30	1	332
Mostly Conservative	34	33	32	2	383
Mixed	45	27	27	2	376
Mostly Liberal	43	33	22	1	325
Consistently Liberal	44	32	23	2	569
SEX
Men	36	32	32	1	1,099
Women	48	30	20	2	886
AGE
18-49	48	29	22	1	473
50+	37	32	29	2	1,470
DETAILED AGE
18-29	59	23	18	1	159
30-49	41	34	25	0	314
50-64	37	30	31	2	681
65+	37	35	26	2	789
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49	44	29	26	1	286
Men 50+	31	33	35	1	801
Women 18-49	54	30	17	0	187
Women 50+	45	31	21	3	669
RACE
White, non-Hispanic	39	32	27	2	1,548
Black, non-Hispanic	53	29	18	1	180
Hispanic	– –	– –	– –	– –	97
EDUCATION
College grad+	33	34	32	2	1,243
Post grad	33	34	31	2	591
College grad	32	34	32	2	652
Some college	49	30	20	2	480
HS or less	50	26	23	1	259
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+	31	31	37	1	926
$30,000-$74,999	51	33	15	1	592
<$30,000	57	27	15	1	253
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant	42	30	26	2	962
White NH evang. Prot.	40	29	30	2	342
White NH mainline Prot.	40	33	26	2	376
Total Catholic	44	29	25	2	387
White NH Cath.	43	28	27	2	310
Unaffiliated	40	33	27	1	376
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more	43	29	26	2	780
Less than weekly	40	33	26	1	1,185
REGION
Northeast	44	30	24	2	343
Midwest	41	33	25	1	410
South	40	29	29	1	731
West	41	33	24	2	501
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men	32	34	34	1	535
Women	44	29	23	3	325
18-49	34	32	33	1	169
50+	37	32	29	2	671
Agree with Tea Party	39	33	27	1	524
Disagree/No opinion	33	31	34	2	320
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men	42	29	28	1	503
Women	52	31	16	1	513
18-49	58	27	15	0	275
50+	39	31	28	2	727
AMONG WHITES
Men	34	33	33	1	858
Women	45	32	21	2	690
18-29	53	27	18	1	100
30-49	37	35	28	0	222
50-64	37	31	31	2	519
65+	36	34	27	2	679
College grad	31	35	32	2	1,001
Some college or less	47	29	23	1	546
College grad men	26	35	38	1	556
College grad women	38	34	25	3	445
Some col or less men	41	30	28	1	302
Some col or less women	55	28	14	2	244
$75,000+	30	32	37	1	767
$30,000-$74,999	49	34	16	2	455
<$30,000	59	24	16	1	156

2014 Political Polarization Survey

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2014 Political Polarization Survey

Section 1: Growing Ideological Consistency

Section 2: Growing Partisan Antipathy

Section 3: Political Polarization and Personal Life

Section 4: Political Compromise and Divisive Policy Debates

Section 5: Political Engagement and Activism

Table 1.1 Ideological Consistency

Table 2.1 Partisan Antipathy

Table 3.1 Preferred Community

Table 3.2 Ideal Community Type

Table 3.3 Important Community Qualities

Table 3.4 Important Community Qualities

Table 3.5 Family Member Marrying Republican, Democrat

Table 3.6 Family Member Marrying Atheist, Born-Again

Table 3.7 Family Member Marrying Someone of Different Race, From Outside U.S.

Table 3.8 Family Member Marrying Gun Owner, Someone Who Didn’t Go To College

Table 3.9 Discuss Politics

Table 3.10 Close Friends Share Political Views

Table 3.11 Views of MSNBC/FOX

Table 4.1 Political Compromise in Principle

Table 4.2 Political Compromise in Practice

Table 4.3 Gun Rights/Gun Control

Table 4.4 Immigration

Table 4.5 Abortion

Table 4.6 NSA Surveillance

Table 4.7 Government Role In Health Care

Table 4.8 Future of Social Security

Table 5.1 Political Engagement

Table 5.2 Political Contributions

Table 5.3 Amount of Contributions