PRRI/RNS Religion News Survey, May 2012

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Q7 (Weighted by WEIGHT) Now I'm going to read you four things that some people say are reasons NOT to support Barack Obama in the 2012 election. After I read all four items, please just tell me HOW MANY of these reasons you agree with, if any. Do not tell me which ones, just how many. How many, if any, of these things do you agree with? His political views are too liberal, He's not a strong leader, He doesn't believe in the principles of capitalism, He doesn't understand the problems of white Americans.   0) 0   1) 1   2) 2   3) 3   4) 4   8) Don't know   9) Refused

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
0	183	36.1%	36.1%
1	88	17.4%	53.5%
2	80	15.8%	69.3%
3	74	14.6%	83.9%
4	70	13.8%	97.7%
Don't know	9	1.8%	99.5%
Refused	3	.6%	100.1%
Missing	504

* The number of missing cases reported above is unweighted. Missing cases are not displayed in tables below.

Variable Comparisons

Age Education Region Religion Sex

Age (I-AGE)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	TOTAL
0	38.2% 42	33.8% 27	43.0% 43	34.1% 44	33.3% 25	36.6% 181
1	29.1% 32	20.0% 16	12.0% 12	16.3% 21	4.0% 3	17.0% 84
2	14.5% 16	17.5% 14	13.0% 13	19.4% 25	13.3% 10	15.8% 78
3	9.1% 10	17.5% 14	14.0% 14	16.3% 21	16.0% 12	14.4% 71
4	6.4% 7	10.0% 8	17.0% 17	13.2% 17	26.7% 20	14.0% 69
Don't know	2.7% 3	1.3% 1	1.0% 1	0.8% 1	4.0% 3	1.8% 9
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	2.7% 2	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 110	100.0% 80	100.0% 100	100.0% 129	100.0% 75	494

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than high school graduate	High school graduate	Some college or technical school/other	Graduated college	Graduate school or more	TOTAL
0	33.3% 19	28.8% 42	37.3% 57	38.0% 38	53.1% 26	36.0% 182
1	10.5% 6	20.5% 30	17.0% 26	19.0% 19	14.3% 7	17.4% 88
2	22.8% 13	18.5% 27	15.0% 23	12.0% 12	12.2% 6	16.0% 81
3	22.8% 13	18.5% 27	13.1% 20	12.0% 12	4.1% 2	14.7% 74
4	8.8% 5	9.6% 14	16.3% 25	17.0% 17	16.3% 8	13.7% 69
Don't know	1.8% 1	2.7% 4	1.3% 2	2.0% 2	0.0% 0	1.8% 9
Refused	0.0% 0	1.4% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 57	100.0% 146	100.0% 153	100.0% 100	100.0% 49	505

Region (I-REGION)

	North East	North Central	South	West	TOTAL
0	44.6% 41	40.8% 42	32.8% 61	31.5% 39	36.2% 183
1	16.3% 15	17.5% 18	17.2% 32	18.5% 23	17.4% 88
2	18.5% 17	15.5% 16	14.0% 26	16.1% 20	15.6% 79
3	9.8% 9	10.7% 11	17.2% 32	17.7% 22	14.7% 74
4	9.8% 9	13.6% 14	16.7% 31	12.9% 16	13.9% 70
Don't know	1.1% 1	1.9% 2	2.2% 4	1.6% 2	1.8% 9
Refused	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	1.6% 2	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 92	100.0% 103	100.0% 186	100.0% 124	505

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic, Roman Catholic	Other	Nothing in particular	Christian/non-denominational Christian	TOTAL
0	31.6% 48	40.0% 46	52.3% 23	38.3% 41	26.0% 19	36.0% 177
1	18.4% 28	9.6% 11	13.6% 6	22.4% 24	20.5% 15	17.1% 84
2	16.4% 25	18.3% 21	15.9% 7	12.1% 13	17.8% 13	16.1% 79
3	13.8% 21	20.9% 24	2.3% 1	17.8% 19	12.3% 9	15.1% 74
4	17.8% 27	9.6% 11	15.9% 7	6.5% 7	20.5% 15	13.6% 67
Don't know	1.3% 2	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.8% 3	2.7% 2	1.6% 8
Refused	0.7% 1	0.9% 1	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	0.4% 2
TOTAL	100.0% 152	100.0% 115	100.0% 44	100.0% 107	100.0% 73	491

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
0	30.0% 76	42.1% 106	36.0% 182
1	21.7% 55	13.1% 33	17.4% 88
2	15.0% 38	16.7% 42	15.8% 80
3	15.0% 38	14.3% 36	14.7% 74
4	15.8% 40	11.9% 30	13.9% 70
Don't know	2.0% 5	1.2% 3	1.6% 8
Refused	0.4% 1	0.8% 2	0.6% 3
TOTAL	100.0% 253	100.0% 252	505