—TABLE A—\nParty Identification by Subgroups*\n(Percentaged Horizontally)\nTotal 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 Central 28 30 42 47 44 (1430)\nWest North Central 27 31 42 44 46 (956)\nSouth Atlantic 31 33 36 45 46 (1667)\nEast South Central 30 32 37 48 45 (672)\nWest South Central 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. Grad 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 $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. Evan. 42 25 33 59 34 (2156)\nWhite Prot. Non-Evan. 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 no 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
—TABLE B—\nDemographic Profiles of the Parties*\n(Percentaged Vertically)<\/p>\n\n
Total Total\nTotal Republican Democrat Independent Republican Democrat\n% % % % % %<\/p>\n\n
Sex\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. Non-Evang. 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 no 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
—TABLE C—\nPolitical 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\nget ahead 31 25 37 32\nBlacks responsible for\nown 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\ntoo 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
—TABLE D—\nPolitical Issues by Party Identification<\/p>\n\n
Total Republican Democrat Independent\n% % % %\nAbortion (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\nabortion should be\npreserved (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\nof 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\nto help blacks, women, other\nminorities get better jobs\nand education (August 1995)*\nFavor 58 48 73 53\nOppose 36 45 22 43<\/p>\n\n
Affirmative action programs\nwhich give special preferences\nto qualified blacks,women,\nother 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 balance\nbudget (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 Medicaid\nto 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\nelderly (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
—TABLE E—\nProfile of Dole Supporters vs. Non-Supporters Among Republicans*\n(Based on Registered Voters)<\/p>\n\n
Support Do Not\nDole Support Dole\n% %\nSex\nMale 50 40\nFemale 50 60<\/p>\n\n
Race\nWhite 96 90\nNon-white 3 8\nBlack 1 3\nHispanic 3 7<\/p>\n\n
Age\n18-29 18 19\n30-49 43 40\n50+ 37 39<\/p>\n\n
Education\nCollege Graduate 29 22\nSome College 25 25\nHigh School Graduate 37 41\nLess than H.S. Graduate 9 11<\/p>\n\n
Family Income\n$50,000+ 32 28\n$30,000-$49,999 29 24\nLess than $30,000 26 34<\/p>\n\n
Region\nEast 18 26\nMidwest 25 25\nSouth 36 22\nWest 22 26<\/p>\n\n
Ideology**\nConservative 65 43\nModerate 31 35\nLiberal 3 18<\/p>\n\n
Clinton Approval\nApprove 11 73\nDisapprove 83 19<\/p>\n\n
GOP Congress Approval\nApprove 81 50\nDisapprove 9 37<\/p>\n\n
1992 Vote\nClinton 4 32\nBush 70 31\nPerot 11 17\nNumber of Interviews (658) (145)<\/p>\n\n
* This analysis is based on surveys conducted in June 1996 and July 1996.\n** The ideology measure was only available in the June 1996 survey.<\/p>\n\n
—TABLE F—\nPolitical Measures By Gender and Age Among Republicans<\/p>\n\n
—-Gender—- ———-Age———-\nMale Female 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+\n% % % % % %\nPolitical Values:\nThe analysis on political values is based on interviews conducted July 1994-October 1995.\nGovernment efficiency\nGov’t is wasteful & inefficient 73 69 59 76 74 74\nGov’t does better job 26 28 39 23 23 22<\/p>\n\n
Government regulation\nReg. is in the public interest 29 34 40 32 26 23\nReg. does more harm than good 68 61 57 65 68 69<\/p>\n\n
Elected officials in Washington\nLose touch w\/constituents 76 71 73 77 77 61\nTry hard to keep in touch 22 26 26 20 22 33<\/p>\n\n
Elected officials in Washington\nCare about people like me 35 35 38 34 31 39\nDon’t care about people like me 63 62 60 65 67 56<\/p>\n\n
Poor people\nHave it easy 69 62 68 64 66 64\nHave hard lives 24 28 30 27 23 23<\/p>\n\n
Government should\nDo more to help poor & needy 31 39 46 34 30 29\nCan’t afford to do more to help 64 55 52 61 63 61<\/p>\n\n
The position of blacks\nHas improved in recent years 75 76 74 74 77 80\nHasn’t improved much 23 20 24 24 19 16<\/p>\n\n
Racial discrimination\nIs the reason blacks can’t get ahead 24 27 32 27 19 23\nBlacks responsible for own condition 68 61 64 62 70 64<\/p>\n\n
Best way to ensure peace\nIs through military strength 57 36 34 49 56 46\nIs through diplomatic means 38 57 63 45 37 43<\/p>\n\n
Willingness to fight for country\nEveryone should be willing to fight 67 56 53 61 68 67\nIt’s acceptable to refuse to fight 30 39 45 36 27 27<\/p>\n\n
Power of a few large companies\nToo much power concentrated 63 71 70 70 66 59\nLargest co.s don’t have too much power 33 21 27 27 26 29<\/p>\n\n
Business corporations\nMake too much profit 33 44 41 39 39 34\nMake a fair amount of profit 64 49 57 58 56 54<\/p>\n\n
Environmental protection\nShould do whatever it takes 63 71 77 69 60 56\nWe’ve gone too far 34 26 21 28 35 38<\/p>\n\n
Stricter environmental regulations\nCost too many jobs\/hurt economy 50 37 36 40 50 51\nAre worth the cost 48 58 63 57 45 38<\/p>\n\n
Homosexuality\nSociety should accept it 29 39 45 36 29 24\nSociety should discourage it 68 56 54 61 68 68<\/p>\n\n
Books with dangerous ideas\nShould be banned from libraries 44 52 37 46 54 61\nShould not be banned 54 45 63 52 43 34<\/p>\n\n
Belief in miracles\nMiracles are performed by God 84 92 90 89 89 82\nNo such thing as miracles 11 6 9 8 7 11<\/p>\n\n
Belief in judgement day\nWe’ll all be called before God 82 87 83 86 87 79\nNo such thing as judgement day 14 9 16 10 10 14\nNumber of Interviews (1527) (1400) (588) (1225) (576) (503)<\/p>\n\n
Political Behavior\/Attitudes:\nAnalysis on Political Attitudes\/Behavior based on June 1996 survey.\nClinton approval\nApprove 22 25 30 24 18 20\nDisapprove 69 68 65 69 74 65<\/p>\n\n
GOP Congress approval\nApprove 79 71 78 74 76 72\nDisapprove 13 16 13 12 17 19<\/p>\n\n
Presidential trial heat (Registered Voters)\nClinton\/lean Clinton 14 20 21 14 20 16\nDole\/lean Dole 84 77 78 84 78 80<\/p>\n\n
Clinton favorability\nVery favorable 5 5 7 4 5 5\nMostly favorable 24 25 27 26 20 20\nMostly unfavorable 41 42 42 44 37 38\nVery unfavorable 30 26 22 26 35 34<\/p>\n\n
Dole favorability\nVery favorable 19 23 12 16 32 35\nMostly favorable 64 59 67 66 51 52\nMostly unfavorable 12 12 14 13 11 6\nVery unfavorable 3 3 5 4 0 2<\/p>\n\n
Congress favorability\nVery favorable 8 9 12 7 9 9\nMostly favorable 51 55 55 54 52 46\nMostly unfavorable 30 25 23 32 23 26\nVery unfavorable 9 6 8 4 9 12<\/p>\n\n
Hillary Clinton favorability\nVery favorable 3 7 9 4 4 6\nMostly favorable 21 25 19 26 10 32\nMostly unfavorable 40 37 39 41 41 28\nVery unfavorable 33 28 33 28 40 29<\/p>\n\n
Congressional trial heat (Registered Voters)\nRepublican\/lean Republican 96 93 96 95 94 89\nDemocrat\/lean Democrat 3 5 4 4 2 7<\/p>\n\n
Ideology\nVery conservative 10 13 11 12 14 10\nConservative 49 44 37 48 52 53\nModerate 33 31 39 32 23 31\nLiberal 5 7 11 6 5 2\nVery liberal 2 2 2 2 2 0<\/p>\n\n
How certain will vote in 1996\nAbsolutely certain 80 83 67 83 91 88\nFairly certain 11 10 17 11 4 6\nNot certain 2 1 2 1 1 0<\/p>\n\n
How often vote\nAlways 45 52 34 43 57 77\nNearly always 34 32 32 40 31 14\nPart of the time 12 9 13 12 9 5\nSeldom 6 4 11 4 2 1\nNever 2 3 8 1 0 0<\/p>\n\n
Follow public affairs\nMost of the time 55 35 30 45 56 56\nSome of the time 28 43 42 37 31 23\nOnly now and then 14 15 21 13 8 18\nHardly at all 3 7 7 5 5 3<\/p>\n\n
Number of Interviews\nTotal (312) (297) (132) (280) (92) (100)\nRegistered Voters (249) (253) (90) (231) (83) (93)<\/p>\n\n
—–Republicans—–\n—-Gender—- ——-Age——-\nMale Female 18-29 30-49 50+\n% % % % %<\/p>\n\n
Political Issues\nAbortion (June 1996)\nGenerally available 28 22 25 26 24\nAvailable with restrictions 22 20 24 24 16\nAgainst law except for rape\/incest 38 42 42 39 41\nProhibited in all cases 10 15 8 11 17<\/p>\n\n
Woman’s right to decide about abortion\nshould be preserved (October 1995)\nCompletely agree 41 43 ** 37 48\nMostly agree 24 20 24 17\nMostly disagree 14 10 14 8\nCompletely disagree 20 25 23 24<\/p>\n\n
Allowing distribution of birth control\ninformation (June 1996)\nFavor 68 64 79 66 57\nOppose 29 34 20 33 38<\/p>\n\n
Allowing gay marriages (June 1996)\nFavor 12 18 28 14 9\nOppose 82 78 69 80 87<\/p>\n\n
Denying welfare benefits to unwed teenagers\nwho have children (June 1996)\nFavor 48 37 44 43 41\nOppose 49 55 55 50 51<\/p>\n\n
True that medicare faces serious 69 56 55 68 59\nfinancial difficulties OR\nLeaders saying this so they can cut 20 29 28 18 31\nmedicare benefits to balance budget (Aug 1995)<\/p>\n\n
Reduce rate of growth in medicare\nspending (August 1995)\nApprove 57 34 38 49 45\nDisapprove 40 59 60 47 46<\/p>\n\n
How important that Congress balance\nbudget (January 1996)\nVery Important 78 64 ** 68 76\nSomewhat Important 20 30 28 19\nNot Too Important 2 5 4 4\nNot at all Important 0 1 0 0<\/p>\n\n
** Too Few Cases For Analysis<\/p>\n\n
---TABLE G---Class Fault Lines Among Republicans*CollegeNon-CollegeLess than $30,000-Grad.Grad.$30,000$49,999$50,000+%%%%%Anxieties:Not having enough moneyfor retirementVery concerned3343434436Somewhat concerned4037363643Not too concerned1388137Not at all concerned11910513Being unable to put childthrough collegeVery concerned3439394434Somewhat concerned2823212128Not too concerned1499911Not at all concerned121214712Losing\/being unable to afforda homeVery concerned1834412517Somewhat concerned2716172616Not too concerned2323173124Not at all concerned2921191139Losing job\/taking cut in payVery concerned1534313024Somewhat concerned2019221419Not too concerned291482429Not at all concerned2216122420Number of interviews**(104)(214)(108)(84)(104)Becoming a victim of crimeVery concerned3648435338Somewhat concerned4331293341Not too concerned1716211119Not at all concerned35633Not having adequate child careVery concerned1728312619Somewhat concerned919142014Not too concerned1515131916Not at all concerned3214111337Being unable to afford healthcare in the futureVery concerned3858665531Somewhat concerned2923222531Not too concerned15941117Not at all concerned1685820Children not having goodjob opportunitiesVery concerned4552545147Somewhat concerned2423173029Not too concerned13910613Not at all concerned94348Number of Interviews***(99)(224)(107)(96)(94)Government Activism Scale****:\"1\"1714151518\"2\"1914131420\"3\"3129283030Total anti-government6758565968\"4\"2224242519\"5\"69987\"6\"3101175Total government activist3142444131Political Measures:Clinton approvalApprove1923212220Disapprove7568697276GOP Congress approvalApprove8267637584Disapprove1322261910Business corporationsMake too much profit2941434327Make a fair profit6853495471Number of Interviews+(199)(426)(209)(173)(195)*Based on a survey conducted October 25 - 30, 1995.**Number of interviews for first four items.***Number of interviews for four previous items.**** On this scale, \"1\" represents someone who believes 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