This report consists of Tables only.<\/p>\n\n
Party Identification by Subgroups*\n(Percentaged Horizontally)<\/p>\n\n
Total Total Number of\nRepublican Democrat Independent Republican Democrat Interviews\n% % % % %<\/p>\n\n
Total 30 31 39=100 46 46 (9652)<\/p>\n\n
Sex\nMale 31 26 43=100 50 41 (4780)\nFemale 28 37 35=100 41 50 (4872)<\/p>\n\n
Race\nWhite 33 28 39 50 41 (7942)\nNon-white 9 56 35 17 74 (1613)\nBlack 6 64 30 11 82 (997)\nHispanic 21 37 42 34 57 (547)<\/p>\n\n
Age\nUnder 30 29 26 45 48 44 (1984)\n30-49 30 29 41 46 44 (4089)\n50-64 30 33 37 46 45 (1858)\n65+ 29 42 29 41 52 (1603)<\/p>\n\n
Sex by Age\nMale\n18-29 31 21 48 53 39 (1127)\n30-49 32 23 45 51 39 (2093)\n50-64 31 27 42 51 40 (860)\n65+ 28 41 31 44 50 (667)\nFemale\n18-29 27 32 41 42 49 (857)\n30-49 28 36 36 41 50 (1996)\n50-64 29 38 33 43 50 (998)\n65+ 31 42 27 40 53 (936)<\/p>\n\n
Sex by Race\nWhite male 34 23 43 55 37 (3966)\nWhite female 32 32 36 46 46 (3976)\nBlack male 7 56 37 12 78 (437)\nBlack female 5 70 25 9 85 (560)<\/p>\n\n
Age by Race\n18-29\nWhite 34 22 44 53 38 (1439)\nBlack 8 50 42 19 73 (284)\n30-49\nWhite 33 25 42 51 40 (3331)\nBlack 4 66 30 8 84 (449)\n50-64\nWhite 33 29 38 50 41 (1629)\nBlack 3 71 26 5 88 (155)\n65+\nWhite 32 38 30 44 48 (1472)\nBlack 6 83 11 9 89 (98)<\/p>\n\n
Race by Region by Sex\nWhite Non-South 31 28 41 49 42 (5313)\nMale 33 23 44 53 38 (2645)\nCollege grad. 37 23 40 56 38 (938)\nNon-college grad.31 23 46 52 38 (1703)\nFemale 30 32 38 44 46 (2668)\nCollege grad. 32 31 37 45 48 (672)\nNon-college grad.30 32 38 44 46 (1985)<\/p>\n\n
White South 36 28 36 54 39 (2629)\nMale 37 23 40 59 34 (1321)\nCollege grad. 47 18 35 67 29 (428)\nNon-college grad.34 24 42 57 36 (890)\nFemale 35 33 32 48 44 (1308)\nCollege grad. 45 26 28 58 37 (295)\nNon-college grad.33 34 33 47 46 (1007)<\/p>\n\n
Region\nEast 27 31 42 43 48 (1952)\nMidwest 29 29 42 46 44 (2352)\nSouth 31 34 35 46 46 (3385)\nWest 31 30 39 47 44 (1963)<\/p>\n\n
Detailed Region\nNew England 21 32 46 39 52 (497)\nMid-Atlantic 32 30 38 45 46 (1249)\nEast North\nCentral 28 30 42 47 44 (1430)\nWest North\nCentral 27 31 42 44 46 (956)\nSouth Atlantic 31 33 36 45 46 (1667)\nEast South\nCentral 30 32 37 48 45 (672)\nWest South\nCentral 32 34 34 48 46 (894)\nMountain 31 28 41 49 40 (934)\nPacific 30 32 38 44 48 (1333)<\/p>\n\n
Race by Region\nWhites\nEast 30 29 41 46 45 (1649)\nMidwest 31 26 43 49 40 (2082)\nSouth 36 28 36 54 39 (2629)\nWest 33 28 38 50 41 (1582)<\/p>\n\n
Education\nCollege Grad. 35 28 37 51 43 (2704)\nSome College 31 29 40 49 42 (2417)\nHigh School Grad.29 32 39 45 46 (3481)\nLess than H.S.\nGrad 22 38 40 37 53 (993)<\/p>\n\n
Family Income\n$75,000+ 42 24 34 60 36 (940)\n$50,000-$74,999 37 27 36 54 40 (1380)\n$30,000-$49,999 32 29 39 49 43 (2601)\n$20,000-$29,999 27 33 40 44 47 (1756)\nLess than\n$20,000 22 38 40 35 55 (2099)<\/p>\n\n
Community Size\nLarge City 24 36 40 38 53 (1614)\nSuburb 35 29 36 51 43 (1860)\nSmall City\/Town 29 32 39 44 46 (2782)\nRural Area 31 30 40 48 43 (1536)<\/p>\n\n
Religious Preference\nTotal White Prot. 38 25 37 55 37 (4468)\nWhite Prot. Evang 42 25 33 59 34 (2156)\nWhite Prot.\nNon-Evangelical 34 26 41 52 40 (2312)\nWhite Catholic 30 32 38 47 46 (1955)<\/p>\n\n
Union Household\nYes 23 41 36 36 55 (971)\nNo 31 31 38 47 44 (4821)<\/p>\n\n
Home Ownership\nYes 32 31 37 48 44 (5410)\nNo 25 33 42 39 51 (2379)<\/p>\n\n
Marital Status\nMarried 33 29 38 50 41 (5519)\nDivorced\/Separated 22 35 43 36 54 (1270)\nWidowed 27 44 29 36 56 (809)\nNever married 26 30 44 43 49 (2012)<\/p>\n\n
Marital Status by Sex\nMarried women 32 33 35 46 45 (2662)\nMarried men 34 25 41 54 37 (2857)\nUnmarried women 24 40 36 36 56 (2188)\nUnmarried men 26 28 47 45 46 (1903)<\/p>\n\n
Parent or Guardian\nYes 31 28 41 48 44 (2756)\nNo 29 34 38 44 48 (4823)<\/p>\n\n
Life Cycle\nUnder 30\nMarried\/single\nno kids 31 25 44 51 42 (1067)\nMarried w\/kids 27 27 46 46 44 (292)\n30-49\nMarried 34 27 39 51 40 (2759)\nNot married 21 35 43 35 54 (1354)\n50-64\nMarried 34 30 36 51 41 (1305)\nNot married 22 39 39 37 55 (550)\n65+\nMarried 31 38 31 45 47 (846)\nNot married 27 46 27 37 56 (754)<\/p>\n\n
Single mothers 21 36 44 35 54 (681)<\/p>\n\n
* Based on 9,652 interviews conducted from July 1994-October 1995.<\/p>\n\n
Demographic Profiles of the Parties*\n(Percentaged Vertically)<\/p>\n\n
Total Total\nTotal Republican Democrat Independent Republican Democrat\n% % % % % %\nSex\nMale 48 50 40 53 53 43\nFemale 52 50 60 47 47 57\n100 100 100 100 100 100\nRace\nWhite 86 96 76 87 95 78\nNon-white 14 4 24 12 5 22\nBlack 10 2 20 8 2 18\nHispanic 5 3 5 5 3 6<\/p>\n\n
Age\nUnder 30 22 22 19 25 23 21\n30-49 42 42 39 44 42 41\n50-64 19 19 20 18 20 19\n65+ 17 17 22 13 15 19<\/p>\n\n
Sex by Age\nMale\n18-29 11 12 7 14 13 10\n30-49 21 22 16 24 24 18\n50-64 9 9 8 10 10 8\n65+ 7 7 9 6 7 8\nFemale\n18-29 11 10 11 12 10 12\n30-49 21 20 24 20 19 23\n50-64 10 10 12 9 9 11\n65+ 10 10 13 7 9 11<\/p>\n\n
Age by Race\n18-29\nWhite 18 20 13 21 21 15\nBlack 3 1 5 3 1 5\n30-49\nWhite 37 41 30 40 42 32\nBlack 5 1 10 4 1 8\n50-64\nWhite 18 19 17 18 20 16\nBlack 2 * 4 1 * 3\n65+\nWhite 16 17 20 13 16 17\nBlack 1 * 3 * * 2<\/p>\n\n
Region\nEast 21 19 20 22 19 23\nMidwest 25 24 23 27 25 25\nSouth 34 36 37 31 35 31\nWest 21 21 20 20 21 21<\/p>\n\n
Detailed Region\nNew England 5 4 6 6 5 6\nMid-Atlantic 13 14 13 13 13 13\nEast North Central 15 14 14 16 15 14\nWest North Central 10 10 10 11 10 10\nSouth Atlantic 16 17 18 15 16 17\nEast South Central 7 8 8 7 8 7\nWest South Central 9 10 10 8 9 9\nMountain 10 10 9 10 11 9\nPacific 14 14 14 14 14 14<\/p>\n\n
Education\nCollege Grad. 21 25 19 20 24 20\nSome College 23 24 21 23 24 21\nHigh School Grad. 38 38 39 38 38 39\nLess than H.S. Grad. 18 13 21 18 14 20<\/p>\n\n
Family Income\n$75,000+ 9 13 7 8 12 7\n$50,000-$74,999 14 17 12 13 16 12\n$30,000-$49,999 29 31 27 30 31 27\n$20,000-$29,999 21 19 21 21 20 21\nLess than $20,000 27 20 33 28 21 32<\/p>\n\n
Community Size\nLarge City 20 16 23 20 17 23\nSuburb 22 26 20 21 25 21\nSmall City\/Town 36 35 37 37 35 36\nRural Area 21 22 19 21 22 19<\/p>\n\n
Religious Preference\nTotal White Prot. 70 74 64 69 73 65\nWhite Prot. Evang. 34 40 31 30 38 30\nWhite Prot.\nNon-Evangelical 35 34 33 39 35 35\nWhite Catholic 30 26 36 31 27 35<\/p>\n\n
Union Household\nYes 17 13 21 16 13 20\nNo 83 87 78 83 86 79<\/p>\n\n
Home Ownership\nYes 68 73 67 65 72 65\nNo 31 26 33 34 27 35<\/p>\n\n
Marital Status\nMarried 56 63 52 54 62 51\nDivorced\/Separated 13 10 15 15 11 16\nWidowed 9 8 12 6 7 11\nNever married 21 18 20 24 20 23<\/p>\n\n
Marital Status by Sex\nMarried women 28 30 29 25 28 28\nMarried men 29 33 23 30 34 23\nUnmarried women 24 20 31 22 19 30\nUnmarried men 19 17 17 23 19 20<\/p>\n\n
Parent or Guardian\nYes 37 38 33 39 38 35\nNo 63 61 67 61 61 65<\/p>\n\n
Life Cycle\nUnder 30\nMarried\/single\nno kids 12 13 10 14 13 11\nMarried w\/kids 4 4 3 4 4 4\n30-49\nMarried 28 32 24 28 31 24\nNot married 14 10 16 16 11 17\n50-64\nMarried 13 15 13 12 15 12\nNot married 6 4 7 6 5 7\n65+\nMarried 9 9 10 7 9 9\nNot married 8 8 12 6 7 10<\/p>\n\n
Number of Interviews (9652) (2927) (2965) (3760) (4452) (4359)<\/p>\n\n
* Based on 9,652 interviews conducted from July 1994-October 1995.<\/p>\n\n
Political Values by Party Identification*<\/p>\n\n
Total Republican Democrat Independent\n% % % %\nGovernment efficiency\nGov’t is wasteful & inefficient 65 71 57 67\nGov’t does better job 32 27 40 30<\/p>\n\n
Government regulation\nReg. is in the public interest 42 31 51 42\nReg. does more harm than good 53 64 42 53<\/p>\n\n
Elected officials in Washington\nLose touch with constituents 73 74 68 77\nTry hard to keep in touch 24 24 28 20<\/p>\n\n
Elected officials in Washington\nCare about people like me 32 35 36 29\nDon’t care about people like me 64 63 61 68<\/p>\n\n
Poor people\nHave it easy 52 65 42 50\nHave hard lives 39 26 50 39<\/p>\n\n
Government should\nDo more to help poor & needy 48 35 60 48\nCan’t afford to do more to help 46 59 36 46<\/p>\n\n
The position of blacks**\nHas improved in recent years 73 76 71 73\nHasn’t improved much 23 21 26 23<\/p>\n\n
Racial discrimination**\nIs the reason blacks can’t get ahead 31 25 37 32\nBlacks responsible for own condition 59 65 54 58<\/p>\n\n
Best way to ensure peace\nIs through military strength 36 47 29 34\nIs through diplomatic means 57 47 64 60<\/p>\n\n
Willingness to fight for country\nEveryone should be willing to fight 50 62 46 45\nIt’s acceptable to refuse to fight 46 35 51 52<\/p>\n\n
Power of a few large companies\nToo much power concentrated 76 67 82 78\nLargest co.s don’t have too much power 19 27 14 18<\/p>\n\n
Business corporations\nMake too much profit 52 38 62 54\nMake a fair amount of profit 43 57 34 41<\/p>\n\n
Environmental protection\nShould do whatever it takes 77 67 84 81\nWe’ve gone too far 20 30 14 16<\/p>\n\n
Stricter environmental regulations\nCost too many jobs\/hurt economy 34 43 30 31\nAre worth the cost 61 53 64 66<\/p>\n\n
Homosexuality\nSociety should accept it 46 34 54 50\nSociety should discourage it 49 62 41 45<\/p>\n\n
Books with dangerous ideas\nShould be banned from public\nschool libraries 45 48 46 41\nShould not be banned 52 50 52 57<\/p>\n\n
*This analysis is based on 9,652 interviews conducted from July 1994 – October\n1995. Percentages in this and subsequent tables do not add to 100% because\n“Don’t Know” responses are not shown.\n** These percentages are based on whites only.<\/p>\n\n
Political Issues by Party Identification<\/p>\n\n
Total Republican Democrat Independent\n% % % %<\/p>\n\n
Abortion (June 1996)\nGenerally available 32 25 37 34\nAvailable with restrictions 24 21 24 26\nAgainst law except for rape\/incest 33 40 30 30\nProhibited in all cases 10 12 8 8<\/p>\n\n
Woman’s right to decide about abortion\nshould be preserved (October 1995)\nCompletely agree 49 42 51 55\nMostly agree 22 22 23 21\nMostly disagree 11 12 9 11\nCompletely disagree 17 22 17 11<\/p>\n\n
Allowing distribution of birth control\ninformation (June 1996)\nFavor 76 66 83 80\nOppose 21 32 15 18<\/p>\n\n
Allowing gay marriage (June 1996)\nFavor 28 15 33 33\nOppose 65 80 58 60<\/p>\n\n
Denying welfare benefits to\nunwed teenagers (June 1996)\nFavor 36 43 32 34\nOppose 56 52 58 59<\/p>\n\n
Affirmative action programs to help blacks,\nwomen, other minorities get better jobs\nand education (August 1995)*\nFavor 58 48 73 53\nOppose 36 45 22 43<\/p>\n\n
Affirmative action programs which give\nspecial preferences to qualified blacks,\nwomen, other minorities(August 1995)*\nFavor 46 35 59 46\nOppose 46 57 30 50<\/p>\n\n
True that Medicare faces serious\nfinancial difficulties OR 52 62 46 48\nleaders saying this so they can\ncut Medicare benefits to\nbalance budget (Aug. 1995) 37 25 44 41<\/p>\n\n
Reduce rate of growth in Medicare\nspending (August 1995)\nApprove 34 45 24 35\nDisapprove 61 50 71 60<\/p>\n\n
Shift full responsibility for\nMedicaid to the states (September 1995)\nFavor 53 68 40 48\nOppose 40 25 51 46<\/p>\n\n
Who would do better job of providing\nhealth benefits and long term care\nto poor, disabled and elderly (September 1995)\nFederal government 39 25 52 41\nState governments 54 71 37 53\nNeither 2 2 3 2<\/p>\n\n
How important that Congress balance\nbudget (January 1996)\nVery important 62 71 57 60\nSomewhat important 28 24 30 29\nNot too important 6 4 9 6\nNot at all Important 3 * 3 5<\/p>\n\n
* Each of these questions was asked of half the sample to test the effect of\nquestion wording.<\/p>\n\n
Political Values By Race and Region Among Democrats<\/p>\n\n
Non- His- North- Mid-\nTotal White White Black panic east west South West\n% % % % % % % % %<\/p>\n\n
Political Values:\nThe analysis of political values is based on interviews conducted July 1994 – October 1995.<\/p>\n\n
Government efficiency\nGov’t is wasteful\n& inefficient 57 58 54 55 50 58 60 53 58\nGov’t does better job 40 39 42 41 48 39 37 44 37<\/p>\n\n
Government regulation\nReg. is in the public\ninterest 51 51 54 54 47 52 52 51 50\nReg. does more harm\nthan good 42 43 40 40 47 41 43 42 44<\/p>\n\n
Elected officials in Washington\nLose touch w\/constituents 68 68 69 68 66 65 70 68 68\nTry hard to keep in touch 28 28 28 28 32 31 26 28 29<\/p>\n\n
Elected officials in Washington\nCare about people like me 36 37 32 31 36 40 34 32 38\nDon’t care about people\nlike me 61 60 65 66 61 57 62 65 57<\/p>\n\n
Poor people\nHave it easy 42 46 30 28 47 44 44 40 43\nHave hard lives 50 46 64 66 48 48 49 53 48<\/p>\n\n
Government should\nDo more to help poor &\nneedy 60 55 73 75 62 62 60 59 58\nCan’t afford to do\nmore to help 36 39 24 23 33 32 37 37 35<\/p>\n\n
The position of blacks*\nHas improved in recent\nyears 67 71 54 52 66 66 69 78 67\nHasn’t improved much 30 26 44 46 29 31 27 19 28<\/p>\n\n
Racial discrimination*\nIs the reason blacks\ncan’t get ahead 42 37 60 62 52 40 38 30 44\nBlacks responsible\nfor own condition 49 54 33 31 42 51 54 61 46<\/p>\n\n
Best way to ensure peace\nIs through military\nstrength 29 30 26 26 31 24 28 35 25\nIs through diplomatic means 64 63 67 66 66 70 66 58 67<\/p>\n\n
Willingness to fight for country\nEveryone should be\nwilling to fight 46 48 38 37 46 40 45 50 44\nIt’s acceptable to\nrefuse to fight 51 48 59 59 52 57 51 46 54<\/p>\n\n
Power of a few large companies\nToo much power concentrated 82 81 82 82 74 78 84 82 81\nLargest co.s don’t\nhave too much power 14 14 14 13 22 17 12 13 16<\/p>\n\n
Business corporations\nMake too much profit 62 60 66 67 63 63 62 60 62\nMake a fair amount of\nprofit 34 35 30 29 33 32 34 35 34<\/p>\n\n
Environmental protection\nShould do whatever it takes 84 83 86 86 80 86 86 83 80\nWe’ve gone too far 14 14 13 12 19 13 11 15 17<\/p>\n\n
Stricter environmental regulations\nCost too many jobs\/hurt\neconomy 30 29 35 35 34 27 31 32 30\nAre worth the cost 64 65 61 61 61 69 63 62 64<\/p>\n\n
Homosexuality\nSociety should accept it 54 55 52 50 57 60 54 45 63\nSociety should\ndiscourage it 41 40 43 44 40 34 40 50 33<\/p>\n\n
Books with dangerous ideas\nShould be banned from public\nschool libraries 46 44 54 55 49 43 45 55 36\nShould not be banned 52 53 45 44 48 55 52 43 62<\/p>\n\n
Belief in miracles\nMiracles are performed\nby God 84 81 93 95 90 78 87 91 74\nNo such thing as miracles 11 14 5 3 7 15 9 7 18<\/p>\n\n
Belief in judgement day\nWe’ll all be called before\nGod 82 79 91 92 87 78 86 88 71\nNo such thing as judgement\nday 14 16 7 6 12 16 11 10 21<\/p>\n\n
Number of Interviews (2965) (2117) (832) (626) (206) (591) (659) (1126) (589)<\/p>\n\n
* The percentages for the regional analysis are based on whites only.<\/p>\n\n
Political Measures By Race and Region Among Democrats<\/p>\n\n
Non- His- North- Mid-\nTotal White White Black panic east west South West\n% % % % % % % % %<\/p>\n\n
Political Measures:\nAnalysis of Political Measures based on June 1996 survey.<\/p>\n\n
Clinton approval\nApprove 82 81 83 83 87 81 84 77 87\nDisapprove 12 13 10 8 11 8 10 17 8<\/p>\n\n
GOP Congress approval\nApprove 12 12 12 11 14 12 9 13 12\nDisapprove 80 80 79 82 78 82 80 79 79<\/p>\n\n
Presidential trial heat (Registered Voters)\nClinton\/lean Clinton 90 88 94 97 86 91 92 88 88\nDole\/lean Dole 8 10 2 0 10 5 5 10 11<\/p>\n\n
Clinton favorability\nVery favorable 32 29 40 43 n\/a 37 28 33 28\nMostly favorable 58 60 49 49 n\/a 52 66 53 65\nMostly unfavorable 7 7 7 5 n\/a 10 4 7 6\nVery unfavorable 3 3 2 1 n\/a 0 1 5 2<\/p>\n\n
Dole favorability\nVery favorable 4 4 3 2 n\/a 5 1 5 2\nMostly favorable 24 26 14 12 n\/a 20 20 25 28\nMostly unfavorable 38 38 38 37 n\/a 44 45 32 36\nVery unfavorable 28 26 33 34 n\/a 22 32 28 29<\/p>\n\n
Congress favorability\nVery favorable 6 6 4 4 n\/a 8 3 7 4\nMostly favorable 33 33 32 33 n\/a 35 32 35 27\nMostly unfavorable 41 41 41 40 n\/a 44 44 32 52\nVery unfavorable 15 14 17 17 n\/a 7 15 18 15<\/p>\n\n
Hillary Clinton favorability\nVery favorable 23 24 21 23 n\/a 26 24 21 23\nMostly favorable 52 51 56 56 n\/a 54 54 46 60\nMostly unfavorable 14 15 10 10 n\/a 13 14 17 11\nVery unfavorable 6 6 7 5 n\/a 2 5 9 3<\/p>\n\n
Congressional trial heat (Registered Voters)\nRepublican\/lean Rep. 4 5 2 2 1 3 2 6 4\nDemocrat\/lean Dem. 94 94 97 96 99 95 95 93 96<\/p>\n\n
Ideology\nVery conservative 3 2 8 8 n\/a * 4 5 2\nConservative 28 28 26 26 n\/a 19 30 34 21\nModerate 40 42 36 34 n\/a 48 43 35 40\nLiberal 20 20 22 23 n\/a 22 17 17 30\nVery liberal 6 6 5 5 n\/a 9 5 4 6<\/p>\n\n
How certain will vote in 1996\nAbsolutely certain 77 77 77 82 75 82 74 75 78\nFairly certain 12 11 16 14 14 13 14 10 13\nNot certain 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 *<\/p>\n\n
How often vote\nAlways 45 44 46 48 35 47 45 44 43\nNearly always 29 30 28 28 33 23 32 26 38\nPart of the time 12 13 10 11 10 16 13 13 6\nSeldom 10 9 11 10 17 11 7 12 9\nNever 2 2 3 2 5 1 1 3 3<\/p>\n\n
Follow public affairs\nMost of the time 42 44 33 31 n\/a 45 47 35 47\nSome of the time 34 32 42 43 n\/a 38 32 37 30\nOnly now and then 16 15 19 20 n\/a 14 12 21 14\nHardly at all 7 8 5 5 n\/a 3 9 8 9<\/p>\n\n
Number of Interviews\nTotal (636) (465) (163) (103) (77)** (118) (158) (240) (120)\nRegistered Voters (506) (370) (129) (87) (61)** (97) (124) (192) (93)<\/p>\n\n
** Hispanic sample based on compilation of June 1996 and July 1996 surveys.<\/p>\n\n
Views on Issues By Race and Region Among Democrats<\/p>\n\n
Non- North- Mid-\nTotal White White Black east west South West\n% % % % % % % %<\/p>\n\n
Views on Issues\nAbortion (June 1996)\nGenerally available 37 38 34 32 39 34 29 53\nAvailable with\nrestrictions 24 25 20 20 30 22 21 23\nAgainst law except\nfor rape\/incest 30 28 32 33 23 32 36 20\nProhibited in\nall cases 8 7 12 12 8 9 10 2<\/p>\n\n
Allowing public schools\nto provide birth control\ninformation (June 1996)\nFavor 83 82 86 84 87 85 77 89\nOppose 15 16 12 13 12 11 20 11<\/p>\n\n
Allowing gay\nmarriages (June 1996)\nFavor 33 34 29 27 42 33 24 41\nOppose 58 56 62 63 47 59 66 49<\/p>\n\n
Denying welfare benefits\nto unwed teenagers who\nhave children (June 1996)\nFavor 32 33 26 25 38 30 28 34\nOppose 58 57 64 63 54 60 60 58<\/p>\n\n
True that Medicare faces serious\nfinancial difficulties OR 46 49 39 41 46 47 43 51\nLeaders saying this so they\ncan cut Medicare benefits to\nbalance budget (August 1995) 44 42 52 50 45 41 48 44<\/p>\n\n
Reduce rate of growth in Medicare\nspending (August 1995)\nApprove 24 26 20 21 23 22 26 25\nDisapprove 71 67 80 79 74 73 67 72<\/p>\n\n
How important that\nCongress balance\nbudget (January 1996)***\nVery Important 57 54 68 70 52 57 60 58\nSomewhat Important 30 34 18 17 35 29 28 28\nNot Too Important 9 8 10 10 11 9 6 10\nNot at all Important 3 3 4 1 2 5 2 3<\/p>\n\n
*** Caution: small sample size for black respondents.<\/p>\n\n
Political Values By Gender, Religion and Education Among White Democrats<\/p>\n\n
NOTE: In this table the total column represents all Democrats (rather than all white Democrats.)<\/p>\n\n
White\nWhite Non-\nWhite White White White Coll. Coll.\nTotal Men Women Catholics Protestants Grads. Grads.\n% % % % % % %<\/p>\n\n
Political Values:\nThe analysis of political values is based on interviews conducted July 1994-October 1995.<\/p>\n\n
Government efficiency\nGov’t is wasteful\n& inefficient 57 59 57 57 59 49 60\nGov’t does better job 40 38 40 39 38 49 36<\/p>\n\n
Government regulation\nReg. is in the public interest 51 53 49 52 48 63 48\nReg. does more harm than good 42 43 43 42 45 33 45<\/p>\n\n
Elected officials in Washington\nLose touch w\/constituents 68 69 67 64 70 67 68\nTry hard to keep in touch 28 27 29 32 26 30 28<\/p>\n\n
Elected officials in Washington\nCare about people like me 36 38 36 40 34 44 35\nDon’t care about people\nlike me 61 59 60 57 63 53 62<\/p>\n\n
Poor people\nHave it easy 42 49 45 49 48 36 49\nHave hard lives 50 44 46 43 46 54 44<\/p>\n\n
Government should\nDo more to help poor & needy 60 54 56 58 53 53 56\nCan’t afford to do more\nto help 36 40 38 37 42 42 38<\/p>\n\n
The position of blacks\nHas improved in recent years 67 71 71 72 74 60 74\nHasn’t improved much 30 26 25 25 23 37 23<\/p>\n\n
Racial discrimination\nIs the reason blacks can’t\nget ahead 42 35 38 36 33 51 34\nBlacks responsible\nfor own condition 49 56 52 55 58 38 58<\/p>\n\n
Best way to ensure peace\nIs through military strength 29 39 25 27 34 23 32\nIs through diplomatic means 64 55 69 66 60 72 61<\/p>\n\n
Willingness to fight for country\nEveryone should be\nwilling to fight 46 58 42 47 55 30 53\nIt’s acceptable to refuse\nto fight 51 39 55 49 41 69 44<\/p>\n\n
Power of a few large companies\nToo much power concentrated 82 80 82 79 85 77 82\nLargest co.s don’t have too\nmuch power 14 17 12 16 12 20 13<\/p>\n\n
Business corporations\nMake too much profit 62 57 62 60 60 53 62\nMake a fair amount\nof profit 34 40 32 36 35 44 33<\/p>\n\n
Environmental protection\nShould do whatever it takes 84 80 86 85 81 91 82\nWe’ve gone too far 14 18 12 13 17 6 16<\/p>\n\n
Stricter environmental regulations\nCost too many jobs\/hurt econ. 30 33 27 28 32 14 33\nAre worth the cost 64 62 67 67 61 83 60<\/p>\n\n
Homosexuality\nSociety should accept it 54 47 60 56 47 73 50\nSociety should discourage it 41 48 36 38 49 24 45<\/p>\n\n
Books with dangerous ideas\nShould be banned from public\nschool libraries 46 41 46 43 50 18 51\nShould not be banned 52 56 52 55 47 80 47<\/p>\n\n
Belief in miracles\nMiracles are performed by God 84 77 84 86 89 65 86\nNo such thing as miracles 11 18 10 9 8 27 10<\/p>\n\n
Belief in judgement day\nWe’ll all be called before God 82 78 80 86 87 60 84\nNo such thing as judgement day 14 17 15 11 10 30 12<\/p>\n\n
Number of Interviews (2965) (877) (1240) (602) (1096) (572) (1534)<\/p>\n\n
Political Measures By Gender, Religion and Education Among White Democrats<\/p>\n\n
NOTE: In this table the total column represents all Democrats (rather than\nall white Democrats.)<\/p>\n\n
White\nWhite Non-\nWhite White White White Coll. Coll.\nTotal Men Women Catholics Protestants Grads. Grads.\n% % % % % % %<\/p>\n\n
Political Measures:\nAnalysis of Political Measures based on June 1996 survey.<\/p>\n\n
Clinton approval\nApprove 82 84 79 84 79 88 79\nDisapprove 12 10 15 10 16 9 14<\/p>\n\n
GOP Congress approval\nApprove 12 17 8 17 10 5 14\nDisapprove 80 75 83 75 80 90 77<\/p>\n\n
Presidential trial heat (Registered Voters)\nClinton\/lean Clinton 90 90 87 93 84 94 87\nDole\/lean Dole 8 10 10 6 13 6 11<\/p>\n\n
Clinton favorability\nVery favorable 32 26 31 31 33 24 30\nMostly favorable 58 64 58 61 55 67 59\nMostly unfavorable 7 6 8 6 8 5 7\nVery unfavorable 3 4 3 1 4 1 4<\/p>\n\n
Dole favorability\nVery favorable 4 4 4 2 6 2 4\nMostly favorable 24 30 24 25 29 29 26\nMostly unfavorable 38 38 37 49 32 50 35\nVery unfavorable 28 19 31 17 29 16 28<\/p>\n\n
Congress favorability\nVery favorable 6 7 6 8 6 1 7\nMostly favorable 33 31 34 35 31 25 34\nMostly unfavorable 41 43 39 46 38 62 36\nVery unfavorable 15 15 14 6 18 10 15<\/p>\n\n
Hillary Clinton favorability\nVery favorable 23 19 27 24 28 25 24\nMostly favorable 52 53 50 53 46 58 49\nMostly unfavorable 14 16 14 15 15 12 16\nVery unfavorable 6 6 5 2 8 1 6<\/p>\n\n
Congressional trial heat (Registered Voters)\nRepublican\/lean Rep. 4 5 4 2 7 3 5\nDemocrat\/lean Dem. 94 95 93 98 91 96 93<\/p>\n\n
Ideology\nVery conservative 3 1 3 0 4 0 2\nConservative 28 29 28 27 33 6 34\nModerate 40 46 39 52 38 49 40\nLiberal 20 18 21 19 18 30 17\nVery liberal 6 5 7 1 6 15 4<\/p>\n\n
How certain will vote in 1996\nAbsolutely certain 77 78 76 82 76 92 73\nFairly certain 12 13 9 6 12 5 12\nNot certain 1 0 2 2 2 0 2<\/p>\n\n
How often vote\nAlways 45 40 47 45 46 49 43\nNearly always 29 35 26 27 30 41 27\nPart of the time 12 12 14 18 11 8 14\nSeldom 10 9 10 7 10 1 12\nNever 2 2 3 3 2 1 2<\/p>\n\n
Follow public affairs\nMost of the time 42 48 42 50 46 59 41\nSome of the time 34 26 37 27 34 33 32\nOnly now and then 16 21 11 13 15 8 17\nHardly at all 7 4 10 10 5 1 10<\/p>\n\n
Number of Interviews\nTotal (636) (186) (279) (124) (234) (134) (331)\nRegistered Voters (506) (150) (220) (101) (186) (118) (252)<\/p>\n\n
Views on Issues By Gender, Religion and Education Among White Democrats<\/p>\n\n
NOTE: In this table the total column represents all Democrats (rather than\nall white Democrats.)<\/p>\n\n
White\nWhite Non-\nWhite White White White Coll. Coll.\nTotal Men Women Catholics Protestants Grads. Grads.\n% % % % % % %<\/p>\n\n
Views on Issues\nAbortion (June 1996)\nGenerally available 37 38 38 33 34 58 33\nAvailable with\nrestrictions 24 24 25 30 26 25 25\nAgainst law except\nfor rape\/incest 30 28 29 25 32 15 32\nProhibited in\nall cases 8 7 7 11 6 * 8<\/p>\n\n
Woman’s right to decide about\nabortion should be preserved (October 1995)\nCompletely agree 49 50 54 35 50 ** **\nMostly agree 22 27 20 28 29 ** **\nMostly disagree 11 9 11 15 9 ** **\nCompletely disagree 17 12 16 21 10 ** **<\/p>\n\n
Allowing public schools to provide\nbirth control information (June 1996)\nFavor 83 80 84 84 79 93 80\nOppose 15 18 14 15 18 6 18<\/p>\n\n
Allowing gay marriages (June 1996)\nFavor 33 32 36 39 24 55 29\nOppose 58 60 54 48 67 36 61<\/p>\n\n
Denying welfare benefits to unwed\nteenagers who have children (June 1996)\nFavor 32 34 33 41 31 28 35\nOppose 58 60 54 52 59 65 55<\/p>\n\n
True that Medicare faces serious\nfinancial difficulties OR 46 51 47 50 43 63 45\nLeaders saying this so they can\ncut Medicare benefits to balance\nbudget (August 1995) 44 40 42 40 47 25 46<\/p>\n\n
Reduce rate of growth in\nMedicare spending (August 1995)\nApprove 24 36 15 27 26 36 23\nDisapprove 71 58 74 70 66 54 71<\/p>\n\n
How important that Congress\nbalance budget (January 1996)\nVery Important 57 51 56 54 54 48 55\nSomewhat Important 30 35 33 31 37 37 33\nNot Too Important 9 9 8 10 6 14 7\nNot at all Important 3 4 2 2 4 1 3<\/p>\n\n
** Too Few Cases For Analysis<\/p>\n\n
A Profile of Strong Clinton Supporters\/Moderate Clinton Supporters\nAmong Democrats and Democratic leaners*\n(Based on Registered Voters)<\/p>\n\n
Support Support\nClinton Clinton\nStrongly Moderately\n% %<\/p>\n\n
Sex\nMale 36 54\nFemale 64 46<\/p>\n\n
Race\nWhite 67 80\nNon-White 31 20\nBlack 26 14\nHispanic 5 4<\/p>\n\n
Age\nUnder 30 17 22\n30-49 41 40\n50+ 41 38<\/p>\n\n
Education\nCollege Grad. 20 23\nSome College 24 24\nHigh School Grad. 37 42\nLess than H.S. Grad 19 11<\/p>\n\n
Family Income\nMore than $75,000 9 12\n$50,000-$75,000 12 15\n$30,000-$49,999 23 25\n$20,000-$29,999 22 16\nLess than $20,000 23 23<\/p>\n\n
Region\nEast 16 23\nMidwest 24 30\nSouth 42 25\nWest 19 22<\/p>\n\n
Marital Status\nMarried 49 52\nDivorced 21 13\nSeparated 5 4\nWidowed 8 10\nNever Been Married 16 21<\/p>\n\n
1992 Vote\nClinton 82 64\nBush 1 7\nPerot 1 6\nVoted but Don’t\nRem.\/Did Not Vote 17 21<\/p>\n\n
GOP Approval\nApprove 6 14\nDisapprove 88 73<\/p>\n\n
Number of Interviews (181) (234)<\/p>\n\n
* Based on survey conducted July 25-28, 1996. Strong Clinton supporters are\nthose who said they support Clinton “strongly” in the upcoming election.\nModerate supporters said they supported him “only moderately” or “leaned\ntoward” him.<\/p>\n\n
Profile of Ticket-Splitters*\n(Based on Registered Voters)<\/p>\n\n
—Clinton supporters — —Dole supporters —\nSupport Do not Support Do not\nDemocrat Support Republican Support\nfor Congress Dem. for Cong. for Congress Rep. for Cong.\n% % % %<\/p>\n\n
Sex\nMale 44 42 52 42\nFemale 56 58 48 58<\/p>\n\n
Race\nWhite 77 86 96 90\nNon-White 23 13 3 8\nBlack 18 9 1 4\nHispanic 5 6 3 5<\/p>\n\n
Age\nUnder 30 18 23 18 13\n30 – 49 40 39 42 50\n50 – 64 22 21 20 18\n65+ 20 16 18 16<\/p>\n\n
Education\nCollege Grad 23 25 27 17\nSome College 22 26 25 19\nHigh School Grad. 39 38 37 40\nLess than H.S.\nGrad. 16 11 10 23<\/p>\n\n
Family Income\n$75,000+ 11 12 16 11\n$50,000 – $74,999 14 17 15 12\n$30,000 – $49,999 25 21 30 22\n$20,000 – $29,999 18 14 14 20\nLess than $20,000 22 24 13 20<\/p>\n\n
Region\nEast 21 27 19 19\nMidwest 26 26 24 26\nSouth 33 26 36 34\nWest 20 22 21 20<\/p>\n\n
Ideology**\nConservative 26 35 62 49\nModerate 43 44 33 30\nLiberal 29 18 4 15<\/p>\n\n
Party ID\nRepublican 2 38 74 16\nDemocrat 70 10 2 23\nIndependent 26 46 20 56\nRepublican\/lean Rep 3 51 95 40\nDemocrat\/lean Dem 94 32 3 42<\/p>\n\n
Employment Status\nFull-time 56 59 57 53\nPart-time 12 12 12 10\nNot employed 32 29 30 36<\/p>\n\n
Marital Status\nMarried 50 62 68 64\nDivorced\/Separated 19 12 8 16\nWidowed 10 9 7 5\nNever married 21 17 16 14<\/p>\n\n
Religious Preference\nTotal White Prot. 37 48 66 61\nWhite Prot. Evang. 16 19 38 40\nWhite Prot.\nnon-Evang. 22 29 28 21\nWhite Catholic 21 24 17 15<\/p>\n\n
Union Household\nYes 21 16 13 14\nNo 78 84 86 84<\/p>\n\n
Clinton Approval\nApprove 89 80 10 20\nDisapprove 5 14 83 69<\/p>\n\n
GOP Congress Approval\nApprove 10 38 77 41\nDisapprove 82 41 13 41<\/p>\n\n
How certain will vote in 1996\nAbsolutely certain 83 79 90 75<\/p>\n\n
Thought given to the election\nQuite a lot 49 41 60 50\nSome (VOL.) 4 2 4 4\nOnly a little 44 52 33 42\nNone (VOL.) 2 4 1 2<\/p>\n\n
Interest in this election\ncompared to 1992\nMore 44 36 47 36\nLess 31 39 28 41\nSame (VOL.) 24 23 24 22<\/p>\n\n
Number of\nInterviews (1051) (269) (845) (146)<\/p>\n\n
* Based on two surveys conducted May 31-June 9, 1996 and July 25-28, 1996.\nOf the total sample of registered voters, 43% currently say they will vote a\nstraight Democratic ticket (Clinton & Dem. for Congress); 11% say they will\nvote Clinton but not vote Democrat for Congress; 34% give a straight\nRepublican ticket; 7% would vote for Dole but not support a Republican for\nCongress.<\/p>\n\n
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