Southern Focus Poll, Non-South Survey, Fall 1999 - Analysis
VOTEJEW
[VOTEBLK, VOTEJEW, VOTECTH, AND VOTEWOM ARE A GROUP OF RANDOMLY ASSIGNED QUESTIONS. THE ORDER OF THIS QUESTION IS RECORDED IN VARIABLE ODVTBLK.] If your party nominated someone for president who was generally well qualified and happened to be Jewish, would you vote for that candidate? [INTERVIEWER: IF R SAYS THEY DON'T HAVE A PARTY, SAY:] Well, if the major parties nominated someone for president who was generally well qualified and happened to be Jewish, would you vote for that candidate? [IF THEY STILL OBJECT TO THE QUESTION, CODE AS DON'T KNOW.]
Frequency | Percent | Cumulative Percent | Z-Score | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1) Would vote for candidate | 375 | 93.3% | 93.3% | -0.25 |
2) Would not vote for candidate | 6 | 1.5% | 94.8% | 1.44 |
3) Depends (Volunteered) | 9 | 2.2% | 97.0% | 3.12 |
4) Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 12 | 3.0% | 100.0% | 4.81 |
Age (I-AGE)
18 to 24 years old | 25 to 44 years old | 45 to 64 years old | 65 years or older | Don't know / Refused | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Would vote for candidate | 92.6%50 | 92.9%156 | 95.8%115 | 90.6%48 | 85.7%6 | 0 | 93.3%375 |
Would not vote for candidate | 1.9%1 | 1.8%3 | 0.8%1 | 1.9%1 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 1.5%6 |
Depends (Volunteered) | 0.0%0 | 1.8%3 | 2.5%3 | 3.8%2 | 14.3%1 | 0 | 2.2%9 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 5.6%3 | 3.6%6 | 0.8%1 | 3.8%2 | 0.0%0 | 0 | 3.0%12 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%54 | 100%168 | 100%120 | 100%53 | 100%7 | 402 |
Education (I-EDUC)
Less than Grade 9 | Ninth to eleventh grade | HS grad | Some college | College grad or more | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Would vote for candidate | 85.7%6 | 80.0%12 | 91.2%103 | 93.9%107 | 96.1%147 | 0 | 93.3%375 |
Would not vote for candidate | 0.0%0 | 6.7%1 | 0.9%1 | 2.6%3 | 0.7%1 | 0 | 1.5%6 |
Depends (Volunteered) | 0.0%0 | 6.7%1 | 5.3%6 | 0.9%1 | 0.7%1 | 0 | 2.2%9 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 14.3%1 | 6.7%1 | 2.7%3 | 2.6%3 | 2.6%4 | 0 | 3.0%12 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%7 | 100%15 | 100%113 | 100%114 | 100%153 | 402 |
Political party (I-PARTYID)
Strong Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Independent | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Would vote for candidate | 92.3%48 | 96.4%80 | 95.3%82 | 92.5%62 | 92.5%49 | 54 | 94.1%321 |
Would not vote for candidate | 1.9%1 | 1.2%1 | 2.3%2 | 1.5%1 | 1.9%1 | 0 | 1.8%6 |
Depends (Volunteered) | 3.8%2 | 1.2%1 | 1.2%1 | 3.0%2 | 3.8%2 | 1 | 2.3%8 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 1.9%1 | 1.2%1 | 1.2%1 | 3.0%2 | 1.9%1 | 6 | 1.8%6 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
Total | 100%52 | 100%83 | 100%86 | 100%67 | 100%53 | 341 |
Race (I-RACE)
White / Caucasian | Black | African-American | Native American / American Indian | Asian / Oriental | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Would vote for candidate | 95.4%308 | 100.0%16 | 88.9%8 | 100.0%3 | 100.0%9 | 31 | 95.6%344 |
Would not vote for candidate | 0.9%3 | 0.0%0 | 11.1%1 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 2 | 1.1%4 |
Depends (Volunteered) | 1.5%5 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 4 | 1.4%5 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 2.2%7 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 5 | 1.9%7 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
Total | 100%323 | 100%16 | 100%9 | 100%3 | 100%9 | 360 |
Region (I-REGION)
New England | East Central | West Central | Mountain States | Middle Atlantic | Pacific Coast | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Would vote for candidate | 91.7%33 | 98.6%72 | 92.2%59 | 95.0%38 | 91.2%93 | 92.0%80 | 0 | 93.3%375 |
Would not vote for candidate | 5.6%2 | 0.0%0 | 1.6%1 | 0.0%0 | 1.0%1 | 2.3%2 | 0 | 1.5%6 |
Depends (Volunteered) | 2.8%1 | 0.0%0 | 1.6%1 | 5.0%2 | 2.9%3 | 2.3%2 | 0 | 2.2%9 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 0.0%0 | 1.4%1 | 4.7%3 | 0.0%0 | 4.9%5 | 3.4%3 | 0 | 3.0%12 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 100%36 | 100%73 | 100%64 | 100%40 | 100%102 | 100%87 | 402 |
Religion (I-RELIGION)
Protestant | Catholic | Jewish | Some other religion (Specify) | No religion (Not religious / Agnostic / Atheist) | Christian or just a Christian (Volunteered) | Missing | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Would vote for candidate | 95.6%174 | 91.6%109 | 100.0%15 | 88.9%32 | 93.1%27 | 83.3%10 | 8 | 93.4%367 |
Would not vote for candidate | 1.1%2 | 2.5%3 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 0.0%0 | 1 | 1.3%5 |
Depends (Volunteered) | 2.2%4 | 2.5%3 | 0.0%0 | 2.8%1 | 0.0%0 | 8.3%1 | 0 | 2.3%9 |
Don't know / Can't say / No answer | 1.1%2 | 3.4%4 | 0.0%0 | 8.3%3 | 6.9%2 | 8.3%1 | 0 | 3.1%12 |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Total | 100%182 | 100%119 | 100%15 | 100%36 | 100%29 | 100%12 | 393 |