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Religion and Public Life Survey, 2009 - Analysis

GOP (Weighted by WEIGHT)

Is your overall opinion of the Republican Party very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable? (Combination of GOP_A and GOP_B)
 PercentCumulative Percent
1) Very favorable6.5%6.5%
2) Mostly favorable33.7%40.2%
3) Mostly unfavorable31.5%71.7%
4) Very unfavorable18.2%89.9%
5) Never heard of (VOL.)0.2%90.1%
8) Can't rate (VOL.)5.6%95.7%
9) Refused (VOL.)4.3%100.0%





Age (I-AGE)

 18 to 2425 to 3435 to 4445 to 5455 to 6465 or olderMissingTotal
Very favorable8.2%6.7%9.3%5.0%4.4%5.7%16.6%
Mostly favorable39.7%33.2%37.1%31.5%29.3%32.3%2133.7%
Mostly unfavorable29.2%32.5%32.0%32.7%32.8%30.2%1531.7%
Very unfavorable14.0%15.9%15.3%18.7%23.4%21.5%1518.2%
Never heard of (VOL.)0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.3%0.2%00.2%
Can't rate (VOL.)5.6%5.1%4.4%6.2%5.8%5.9%65.5%
Refused (VOL.)3.2%6.5%1.9%5.5%3.9%4.2%44.3%
Missing000000620
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 3951

Household income (I-INCOME)

 Less than $20,000$20,000 to under $30,000$30,000 to under $50,000$50,000 to under $75,000$75,000 to under $100,000$100,000 or moreMissingTotal
Very favorable10.7%8.1%6.2%5.4%5.4%4.6%356.8%
Mostly favorable25.7%29.1%37.5%33.6%40.7%38.5%23134.1%
Mostly unfavorable26.2%26.4%28.2%38.3%32.9%39.1%23731.7%
Very unfavorable23.5%22.3%18.4%16.9%15.3%15.2%12318.7%
Never heard of (VOL.)0.4%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%10.1%
Can't rate (VOL.)7.6%3.4%7.0%5.1%3.7%2.0%575.1%
Refused (VOL.)5.9%10.1%2.7%0.6%2.1%0.7%493.5%
Missing0000007330
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 3280

Marital status (I-MARITAL)

 MarriedLiving with a partnerDivorced or separatedWidowedNever been marriedMissingTotal
Very favorable5.9%7.1%6.7%6.6%7.6%16.5%
Mostly favorable36.5%23.1%27.0%30.0%34.6%633.7%
Mostly unfavorable32.1%30.1%30.5%25.2%32.7%831.5%
Very unfavorable16.2%25.1%23.6%24.6%16.3%718.2%
Never heard of (VOL.)0.3%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%00.2%
Can't rate (VOL.)5.2%6.6%6.6%8.6%5.1%05.6%
Refused (VOL.)3.8%7.9%5.4%4.8%3.6%24.3%
Missing00000240
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 3989

Religion (I-RELIGION)

 ProtestantCatholicOther Christian (Mormon, Orthodox, Unitarian, self-identified as Christian)Other (non Christian)Atheist, agnostic, or nothing in particularMissingTotal
Very favorable6.2%7.6%8.5%4.9%4.6%46.5%
Mostly favorable37.3%33.9%36.3%24.3%25.7%1833.7%
Mostly unfavorable28.7%32.3%34.6%33.1%35.0%1431.7%
Very unfavorable17.7%15.4%13.0%29.8%23.9%1518.2%
Never heard of (VOL.)0.1%0.2%0.0%0.7%0.2%00.2%
Can't rate (VOL.)5.9%5.0%5.1%5.7%6.0%45.6%
Refused (VOL.)4.1%5.7%2.5%1.5%4.6%44.2%
Missing00000590
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 3954

Education (I-EDUC)

 Less than high schoolHigh school graduateSome college, no four-year degreeFour-year college degreeGraduate work/degreeMissingTotal
Very favorable9.4%8.1%6.1%4.8%1.8%16.5%
Mostly favorable27.5%31.2%38.6%37.1%31.5%733.7%
Mostly unfavorable21.9%30.9%29.5%38.4%39.8%531.5%
Very unfavorable19.7%17.8%18.0%14.2%23.7%318.2%
Never heard of (VOL.)0.3%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%10.1%
Can't rate (VOL.)10.3%7.1%4.3%3.3%2.3%35.6%
Refused (VOL.)11.0%4.5%3.4%2.2%0.8%34.3%
Missing00000230
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 3990

Sex (I-SEX)

 MaleFemaleMissingTotal
Very favorable7.9%5.2%06.5%
Mostly favorable33.3%34.1%033.7%
Mostly unfavorable31.4%31.7%031.5%
Very unfavorable18.5%17.9%018.2%
Never heard of (VOL.)0.2%0.1%00.2%
Can't rate (VOL.)4.3%6.8%05.6%
Refused (VOL.)4.4%4.2%04.3%
Missing0000
Total 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 4013

Political ideology (I-POLITICS)

 ConservativeModerateLiberalMissingTotal
Very favorable8.3%5.5%4.4%156.4%
Mostly favorable46.1%30.8%19.7%3234.7%
Mostly unfavorable26.1%37.3%36.2%4832.4%
Very unfavorable11.6%18.0%32.1%3318.4%
Never heard of (VOL.)0.2%0.0%0.2%20.1%
Can't rate (VOL.)3.7%5.9%3.8%514.5%
Refused (VOL.)4.0%2.7%3.7%313.5%
Missing0002120
Total 100% 100% 100%  
Total Unweighted N = 3801

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