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Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Spring 1998

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LIBCON(Percentages are unweighted)

In general, when it comes to politics, do you usually think of yourself as a LIBERAL, a CONSERVATIVE, or a MODERATE?

	3) CONSERVATIVE
	2) MODERATE (MIDDLE OF THE ROAD)
	1) LIBERAL
	5) DON'T KNOW
	4) NEVER THINK OF SELF IN THESE TERMS (NO PREFERENCE)

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage	Z-Score
CONSERVATIVE	117	29.3%	29.3%	0.66
MODERATE (MIDDLE OF THE ROAD)	156	39.0%	68.3%	-0.30
LIBERAL	90	22.5%	90.8%	-1.26
DON'T KNOW	23	5.8%	96.5%	2.59
NEVER THINK OF SELF IN THESE TERMS (NO PREFERENCE)	14	3.5%	100.0%	1.63

Variable Comparisons

Sex (I-SEX)

	MALE	FEMALE	TOTAL
CONSERVATIVE	26.5% 45	31.3% 72	29.3% 117
MODERATE (MIDDLE OF THE ROAD)	44.1% 75	35.2% 81	39.0% 156
LIBERAL	21.8% 37	23.0% 53	22.5% 90
DON'T KNOW	5.3% 9	6.1% 14	5.8% 23
NEVER THINK OF SELF IN THESE TERMS (NO PREFERENCE)	2.4% 4	4.3% 10	3.5% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 170	100.0% 230	400

Race (I-RACE)

	White	Black	Native American	Asian	Other	TOTAL
CONSERVATIVE	29.8% 102	23.5% 4	40.0% 2	18.2% 2	27.8% 5	29.3% 115
MODERATE (MIDDLE OF THE ROAD)	39.5% 135	52.9% 9	20.0% 1	45.5% 5	11.1% 2	38.7% 152
LIBERAL	22.2% 76	11.8% 2	20.0% 1	18.2% 2	44.4% 8	22.6% 89
DON'T KNOW	5.3% 18	0.0% 0	20.0% 1	18.2% 2	11.1% 2	5.9% 23
NEVER THINK OF SELF IN THESE TERMS (NO PREFERENCE)	3.2% 11	11.8% 2	0.0% 0	0.0% 0	5.6% 1	3.6% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 342	100.0% 17	100.0% 5	100.0% 11	100.0% 18	393

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

	MARRIED	DIVORCED	SEPARATED	WIDOWED	SINGLE	TOTAL
CONSERVATIVE	30.4% 66	37.7% 20	33.3% 2	29.7% 11	21.2% 18	29.4% 117
MODERATE (MIDDLE OF THE ROAD)	42.4% 92	28.3% 15	16.7% 1	37.8% 14	38.8% 33	38.9% 155
LIBERAL	17.1% 37	24.5% 13	50.0% 3	24.3% 9	31.8% 27	22.4% 89
DON'T KNOW	5.5% 12	7.5% 4	0.0% 0	5.4% 2	5.9% 5	5.8% 23
NEVER THINK OF SELF IN THESE TERMS (NO PREFERENCE)	4.6% 10	1.9% 1	0.0% 0	2.7% 1	2.4% 2	3.5% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 217	100.0% 53	100.0% 6	100.0% 37	100.0% 85	398

Religion (I-RELIGION)

	Protestant	Catholic	Jewish	Other	None	TOTAL
CONSERVATIVE	33.0% 58	30.6% 41	23.1% 3	7.4% 2	8.3% 2	28.3% 106
MODERATE (MIDDLE OF THE ROAD)	41.5% 73	40.3% 54	15.4% 2	25.9% 7	45.8% 11	39.3% 147
LIBERAL	15.9% 28	23.1% 31	46.2% 6	44.4% 12	37.5% 9	23.0% 86
DON'T KNOW	6.3% 11	4.5% 6	15.4% 2	3.7% 1	8.3% 2	5.9% 22
NEVER THINK OF SELF IN THESE TERMS (NO PREFERENCE)	3.4% 6	1.5% 2	0.0% 0	18.5% 5	0.0% 0	3.5% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 176	100.0% 134	100.0% 13	100.0% 27	100.0% 24	374

Political party (I-PARTYID)

	REPUBLICAN	DEMOCRAT	INDEPENDENT	OTHER	TOTAL
CONSERVATIVE	51.9% 56	18.7% 26	23.8% 29	20.0% 4	29.6% 115
MODERATE (MIDDLE OF THE ROAD)	34.3% 37	36.0% 50	49.2% 60	35.0% 7	39.6% 154
LIBERAL	9.3% 10	38.1% 53	19.7% 24	10.0% 2	22.9% 89
DON'T KNOW	3.7% 4	3.6% 5	5.7% 7	10.0% 2	4.6% 18
NEVER THINK OF SELF IN THESE TERMS (NO PREFERENCE)	0.9% 1	3.6% 5	1.6% 2	25.0% 5	3.3% 13
TOTAL	100.0% 108	100.0% 139	100.0% 122	100.0% 20	389

Education (I-EDUC)

	Less than High School	High School graduate	Some college	College graduate	Post college graduate	TOTAL
CONSERVATIVE	17.2% 5	35.8% 39	27.2% 25	26.7% 24	31.2% 24	29.5% 117
MODERATE (MIDDLE OF THE ROAD)	48.3% 14	27.5% 30	43.5% 40	40.0% 36	45.5% 35	39.0% 155
LIBERAL	20.7% 6	22.0% 24	20.7% 19	28.9% 26	18.2% 14	22.4% 89
DON'T KNOW	3.4% 1	7.3% 8	7.6% 7	3.3% 3	3.9% 3	5.5% 22
NEVER THINK OF SELF IN THESE TERMS (NO PREFERENCE)	10.3% 3	7.3% 8	1.1% 1	1.1% 1	1.3% 1	3.5% 14
TOTAL	100.0% 29	100.0% 109	100.0% 92	100.0% 90	100.0% 77	397

Household income (I-INCOME)

	Less than $10,000	Less than $20,000	Less than $40,000	Less than $60,000	$60,000 or greater	TOTAL
CONSERVATIVE	8.3% 1	26.7% 8	30.4% 14	25.7% 9	27.3% 9	26.3% 41
MODERATE (MIDDLE OF THE ROAD)	25.0% 3	40.0% 12	37.0% 17	45.7% 16	45.5% 15	40.4% 63
LIBERAL	50.0% 6	20.0% 6	21.7% 10	22.9% 8	24.2% 8	24.4% 38
DON'T KNOW	16.7% 2	10.0% 3	2.2% 1	2.9% 1	3.0% 1	5.1% 8
NEVER THINK OF SELF IN THESE TERMS (NO PREFERENCE)	0.0% 0	3.3% 1	8.7% 4	2.9% 1	0.0% 0	3.8% 6
TOTAL	100.0% 12	100.0% 30	100.0% 46	100.0% 35	100.0% 33	156