Religion and Politics Survey, 1996

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GOVTINF4 (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) Now I'm going to mention certain groups and organizations. Please tell me whether you would like to see them have MORE influence in government and political matters than they have now, or LESS influence than they have now. -- Evangelical Christians   1) More   2) Less   3) About right   4) Don't know

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
More	26.8%	26.8%
Less	50.7%	77.5%
About right	4.8%	82.3%
Don't know	17.7%	100.0%
Total N = 1975

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Political party Region Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 29 years	30 - 49 years	50 and older	TOTAL
More	32.5%	27.6%	21.9%	26.8%
Less	51.4%	51.3%	49.6%	50.8%
About right	3.8%	3.7%	6.6%	4.7%
Don't know	12.3%	17.4%	21.8%	17.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
More	24.0%	29.4%	26.8%
Less	56.6%	45.4%	50.7%
About right	5.1%	4.5%	4.8%
Don't know	14.3%	20.7%	17.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1975

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent or other party	No preference	TOTAL
More	32.9%	23.0%	25.9%	17.6%	26.8%
Less	47.7%	52.9%	53.7%	28.6%	51.1%
About right	5.3%	3.9%	5.1%	8.8%	4.8%
Don't know	14.1%	20.1%	15.3%	45.1%	17.2%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
More	19.9%	27.5%	32.7%	23.6%	26.8%
Less	55.9%	49.9%	44.4%	56.7%	50.7%
About right	6.9%	4.4%	4.1%	4.2%	4.8%
Don't know	17.4%	18.3%	18.8%	15.5%	17.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1975

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Christian	Jewish	Muslim	Other non-Christian	No preference	Agnostic or Atheist	TOTAL
More	29.7%	6.4%	28.6%	21.9%	11.3%	0.0%	27.1%
Less	47.4%	74.5%	66.7%	52.6%	70.5%	96.4%	50.7%
About right	5.0%	12.8%	0.0%	4.4%	1.6%	3.6%	4.7%
Don't know	18.0%	6.4%	4.8%	21.1%	16.6%	0.0%	17.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1960