Religion and Politics Survey, 1996

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VTCNG96 (Percentages are weighted by WEIGHT; Total Ns reported are unweighted) Suppose the 1996 elections for U.S. Congress were being held TODAY, would you vote for the Republican Party's candidate or the Democratic Party's candidate for Congress in your district?   1) Republican   2) Democrat   3) Other candidate   4) Don't know/Refused

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Category	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Republican	36.8%	36.8%
Democrat	44.3%	81.1%
Other candidate	1.1%	82.2%
Don't know/Refused	17.9%	100.1%
Total N = 1975

Variable Comparisons

Age Sex Political party Region Religion

Age (I-AGE)

	18 - 29 years	30 - 49 years	50 and older	TOTAL
Republican	41.4%	36.9%	33.8%	36.9%
Democrat	44.5%	42.9%	46.0%	44.4%
Other candidate	0.4%	1.3%	1.2%	1.1%
Don't know/Refused	13.7%	18.8%	19.0%	17.7%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Sex (I-SEX)

	Male	Female	TOTAL
Republican	41.0%	33.0%	36.8%
Democrat	41.6%	46.7%	44.3%
Other candidate	1.9%	0.3%	1.1%
Don't know/Refused	15.5%	20.0%	17.9%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	1975

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	Republican	Democrat	Independent or other party	No preference	TOTAL
Republican	85.1%	4.0%	28.6%	28.6%	37.0%
Democrat	4.2%	85.7%	41.0%	14.3%	44.6%
Other candidate	0.9%	0.9%	1.5%	0.0%	1.1%
Don't know/Refused	9.8%	9.5%	29.0%	57.1%	17.4%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1951

Region (I-REGION)

	East	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Republican	36.1%	37.5%	35.8%	38.2%	36.8%
Democrat	47.8%	44.7%	44.2%	40.5%	44.3%
Other candidate	0.6%	1.2%	1.3%	1.0%	1.1%
Don't know/Refused	15.5%	16.6%	18.8%	20.3%	17.9%
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
Republican	38.3%	23.4%	23.8%	26.3%	30.0%	25.0%	36.8%
Democrat	43.0%	59.6%	61.9%	52.6%	50.9%	46.4%	44.4%
Other candidate	1.0%	2.1%	9.5%	4.4%	0.0%	0.0%	1.1%
Don't know/Refused	17.7%	14.9%	4.8%	16.7%	19.1%	28.6%	17.8%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1960