ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Politics and International Relations, 2005

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IRANNUC To prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons, would you support or oppose offering it financial incentives such as aid money, or more trade? [Note: half of sample was asked IRANNUC, IRANBOMB, and IRAN_INV; the other half was asked NKOR_NUC, NKORBOMB, and NKORINVD.]   1) Support   2) Oppose   8) DK/No opinion

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Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
Support	239	47.8%	47.8%	-.59
Oppose	248	49.6%	97.4%	.28
DK/No opinion	13	2.6%	100%	5.52

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Gender Household income Race Region

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
Support	46.8% 36	51.7% 46	51.4% 57	47.8% 66	41.7% 30	48.3% 235
Oppose	53.2% 41	46.1% 41	45.9% 51	48.6% 67	54.2% 39	49.1% 239
DK/No opinion	0.0% 0	2.2% 2	2.7% 3	3.6% 5	4.2% 3	2.7% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 77	100.0% 89	100.0% 111	100.0% 138	100.0% 72	487

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school grad	Graduated high school or technical school	Some college	Graduated College	Post-graduate	TOTAL
Support	31.3% 10	34.3% 48	48.6% 69	62.3% 66	56.4% 44	47.6% 237
Oppose	62.5% 20	63.6% 89	49.3% 70	36.8% 39	38.5% 30	49.8% 248
DK/No opinion	6.3% 2	2.1% 3	2.1% 3	0.9% 1	5.1% 4	2.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 32	100.0% 140	100.0% 142	100.0% 106	100.0% 78	498

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Support	51.7% 138	43.3% 101	47.8% 239
Oppose	46.4% 124	53.2% 124	49.6% 248
DK/No opinion	1.9% 5	3.4% 8	2.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 267	100.0% 233	500

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than 35 thousand dollars	35 to 50 thousand	50 to 75 thousand	75 to 100 thousand	More than 100 thousand	TOTAL
Support	37.7% 40	51.1% 46	50.6% 40	53.6% 37	56.8% 46	49.2% 209
Oppose	61.3% 65	48.9% 44	46.8% 37	43.5% 30	38.3% 31	48.7% 207
DK/No opinion	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.5% 2	2.9% 2	4.9% 4	2.1% 9
TOTAL	100.0% 106	100.0% 90	100.0% 79	100.0% 69	100.0% 81	425

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	Other race	TOTAL
Support	49.4% 191	41.9% 13	45.2% 14	42.9% 3	46.7% 14	48.4% 235
Oppose	48.6% 188	54.8% 17	51.6% 16	28.6% 2	53.3% 16	49.2% 239
DK/No opinion	2.1% 8	3.2% 1	3.2% 1	28.6% 2	0.0% 0	2.5% 12
TOTAL	100.0% 387	100.0% 31	100.0% 31	100.0% 7	100.0% 30	486

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast (Census Division 1,2)	Midwest (Census Division 3,4)	South (Census Division 5,6,7)	West (Census Division 8,9)	TOTAL
Support	47.1% 48	55.8% 58	42.0% 74	50.0% 59	47.8% 239
Oppose	51.0% 52	42.3% 44	55.1% 97	46.6% 55	49.6% 248
DK/No opinion	2.0% 2	1.9% 2	2.8% 5	3.4% 4	2.6% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 102	100.0% 104	100.0% 176	100.0% 118	500