Which political party is more sympathetic to religion?

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Which political party is more sympathetic to religion? (Demographic Patterns)

Generally speaking, which political party, the Democrats or the Republicans, do you think is more sympathetic to religion and religious people?

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Which political party is more sympathetic to religion? by Marital status (ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Springtime Politics, 2005)

	Married and living with your spouse	Separated	Divorced	Widowed	Never married	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	27.9% 164	35.7% 10	31.6% 42	35.2% 25	39.7% 71	2	31.3% 312
Republicans	55.9% 328	28.6% 8	47.4% 63	38.0% 27	48.6% 87	1	51.4% 513
Both equally	6.0% 35	10.7% 3	7.5% 10	11.3% 8	1.7% 3	1	5.9% 59
Neither	5.5% 32	21.4% 6	6.0% 8	7.0% 5	3.4% 6	2	5.7% 57
DK/No opinion	4.8% 28	3.6% 1	7.5% 10	8.5% 6	6.7% 12	0	5.7% 57
Missing	0	0	1	1	1	0	3
TOTAL	100% 587	100% 28	100% 133	100% 71	100% 179	6	998

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Which political party is more sympathetic to religion? by Political party (ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Springtime Politics, 2005)

	A Democrat	A Republican	An Independent	Other	DK/No opinion	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	53.8% 178	9.5% 28	28.8% 95	29.5% 13	0.0% 0	0	31.3% 314
Republicans	28.7% 95	78.2% 230	52.4% 173	34.1% 15	33.3% 1	0	51.3% 514
Both equally	5.4% 18	5.8% 17	6.4% 21	9.1% 4	0.0% 0	0	6.0% 60
Neither	5.4% 18	2.4% 7	7.9% 26	11.4% 5	33.3% 1	2	5.7% 57
DK/No opinion	6.6% 22	4.1% 12	4.5% 15	15.9% 7	33.3% 1	0	5.7% 57
Missing	0	1	2	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100% 331	100% 294	100% 330	100% 44	100% 3	2	1002

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Which political party is more sympathetic to religion? by Age (ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Springtime Politics, 2005)

	18-29	30-39	40-49	50-64	65+	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	37.8% 48	35.4% 52	33.9% 79	29.1% 91	24.4% 42	2	31.5% 312
Republicans	50.4% 64	53.1% 78	50.2% 117	52.7% 165	50.0% 86	4	51.4% 510
Both equally	2.4% 3	5.4% 8	4.7% 11	6.1% 19	9.9% 17	2	5.8% 58
Neither	3.1% 4	3.4% 5	4.7% 11	7.7% 24	6.4% 11	4	5.5% 55
DK/No opinion	6.3% 8	2.7% 4	6.4% 15	4.5% 14	9.3% 16	0	5.7% 57
Missing	0	2	0	1	0	0	3
TOTAL	100% 127	100% 147	100% 233	100% 313	100% 172	12	992

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Which political party is more sympathetic to religion? by Race (ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Springtime Politics, 2005)

	White	Black	Hispanic Net	Asian	Other	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	28.0% 227	51.5% 35	56.0% 28	30.8% 4	37.3% 19	1	31.6% 313
Republicans	54.7% 443	29.4% 20	38.0% 19	53.8% 7	41.2% 21	4	51.4% 510
Both equally	5.8% 47	7.4% 5	2.0% 1	7.7% 1	5.9% 3	3	5.7% 57
Neither	5.8% 47	2.9% 2	0.0% 0	7.7% 1	9.8% 5	4	5.5% 55
DK/No opinion	5.7% 46	8.8% 6	4.0% 2	0.0% 0	5.9% 3	0	5.7% 57
Missing	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100% 810	100% 68	100% 50	100% 13	100% 51	12	992

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Which political party is more sympathetic to religion? by Religion (ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Springtime Politics, 2005)

	Protestant	Catholic	Chst NonPr	Othr NonCh	None/DK	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	29.3% 137	33.5% 70	34.0% 35	41.9% 26	28.3% 39	7	31.4% 307
Republicans	51.6% 241	50.7% 106	50.5% 52	41.9% 26	57.2% 79	10	51.5% 504
Both equally	7.1% 33	4.3% 9	4.9% 5	8.1% 5	2.9% 4	4	5.7% 56
Neither	5.8% 27	4.8% 10	4.9% 5	6.5% 4	7.2% 10	3	5.7% 56
DK/No opinion	6.2% 29	6.7% 14	5.8% 6	1.6% 1	4.3% 6	1	5.7% 56
Missing	2	0	1	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100% 467	100% 209	100% 103	100% 62	100% 138	25	979

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Which political party is more sympathetic to religion? by Education (ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Springtime Politics, 2005)

	Less HS	Grad HS/TS	Some Cllg	Grad Cllg	Post-Grad	Missing	TOTAL
Democrats	37.3% 19	38.4% 108	30.6% 87	24.6% 63	28.2% 37	0	31.3% 314
Republicans	31.4% 16	43.1% 121	51.8% 147	60.5% 155	57.3% 75	0	51.2% 514
Both equally	17.6% 9	4.3% 12	6.0% 17	4.7% 12	7.6% 10	0	6.0% 60
Neither	11.8% 6	6.4% 18	4.2% 12	6.6% 17	3.8% 5	1	5.8% 58
DK/No opinion	2.0% 1	7.8% 22	7.4% 21	3.5% 9	3.1% 4	0	5.7% 57
Missing	0	1	2	0	0	0	3
TOTAL	100% 51	100% 281	100% 284	100% 256	100% 131	1	1003

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Which political party is more sympathetic to religion? by Gender (ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Springtime Politics, 2005)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Democrats	26.3% 139	36.8% 175	31.3% 314
Republicans	59.8% 316	41.6% 198	51.2% 514
Both equally	4.0% 21	8.2% 39	6.0% 60
Neither	5.5% 29	6.3% 30	5.9% 59
DK/No opinion	4.4% 23	7.1% 34	5.7% 57
Missing	1	2	3
TOTAL	100% 528	100% 476	1004

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Notes

ABC News/Washington Post Poll: Springtime Politics, 2005: In this April 2005 ABC News/Washington Post poll, a random national sample of 1,007 Americans was asked to discuss their attitudes and opinions regarding the Social Security investments in the stock market, terrorism, the death penalty, gay marriage, abortion, stem-cell research, and political parties. In addition, the poll also contains questions on Tom Delay, court judge nominations, and how President Bush is handling Social Security, the economy, energy policy, and the situation in Iraq. Demographic variables include: gender, age, race, education, and income.