Religion and Public Life Survey, 2004

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IMPRTERR (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) Regardless of who you support, which one of the presidential candidates - George W. Bush or John Kerry - do you think would do the best job of: Defending the country from future terrorist attacks? [Asked only if FORM = 2.]   1) George W. Bush   2) John Kerry   3) Neither   9) Don't know/Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
George W. Bush	46.6%	46.6%
John Kerry	39.4%	86%
Neither	4.2%	90.2%
Don't know/Refused	9.8%	100%
Total N = 773

Variable Comparisons

Age Worship attendance Education Gender Political party Race

Age (I-AGE)

	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65 or older	TOTAL
George W. Bush	46.5%	39.6%	55.5%	51.1%	44.5%	38.0%	46.4%
John Kerry	39.9%	49.1%	35.9%	35.5%	44.0%	35.5%	39.6%
Neither	1.9%	5.5%	2.9%	5.5%	2.3%	5.7%	4.1%
Don't know/Refused	11.7%	5.8%	5.7%	8.0%	9.2%	20.8%	9.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	761

Worship attendance (I-ATTEND)

	More than once a week	Once a week	Once or twice a month	A few times a year	Seldom	Never	TOTAL
George W. Bush	57.2%	48.9%	46.8%	49.4%	42.7%	33.0%	47.1%
John Kerry	30.9%	39.0%	40.9%	39.3%	42.7%	46.2%	39.6%
Neither	3.0%	2.0%	4.6%	2.1%	4.3%	11.2%	4.0%
Don't know/Refused	8.9%	10.1%	7.6%	9.2%	10.2%	9.6%	9.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	762

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school	Graduated high school	Some college	College degree or more education	TOTAL
George W. Bush	37.9%	45.4%	50.7%	48.7%	46.6%
John Kerry	42.9%	39.5%	37.1%	39.8%	39.4%
Neither	6.4%	3.4%	4.0%	4.4%	4.2%
Don't know/Refused	12.8%	11.7%	8.2%	7.1%	9.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	770

Gender (I-GENDER)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
George W. Bush	51.2%	42.3%	46.5%
John Kerry	35.3%	43.3%	39.5%
Neither	4.7%	3.7%	4.2%
Don't know/Refused	8.8%	10.7%	9.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	773

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent	TOTAL
George W. Bush	89.3%	12.9%	50.8%	48.0%
John Kerry	4.4%	75.4%	35.5%	41.5%
Neither	2.2%	2.4%	5.3%	3.2%
Don't know/Refused	4.0%	9.2%	8.5%	7.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	711

Race (I-RACE)

	White, not Hispanic	Black, not Hispanic	Hispanic or other	TOTAL
George W. Bush	53.4%	10.4%	42.2%	46.9%
John Kerry	32.9%	71.6%	47.9%	39.4%
Neither	3.0%	8.7%	4.9%	3.9%
Don't know/Refused	10.8%	9.3%	4.9%	9.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	764