---
title: "Table 3.5 Family Member Marrying Republican, Democrat"
description: "QC28a/b: How do you think you would react if a member of your immediate family told you they were going to marry… These questions are discussed in Section 3 of the report. Republican Democrat Happy % Unhappy % Wouldn’t matter/DK % Happy % Unhappy % Wouldn’t matter/DK % (N) TOTAL 13 9 78 15 8 […]"
date: "2014-06-12"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/family-member-marrying-republican-democrat/"
---

# Table 3.5 Family Member Marrying Republican, Democrat

QC28a/b: How do you think you would react if a member of your immediate family told you they were going to marry…

These questions are discussed in [Section 3](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/06/12/section-3-political-polarization-and-personal-life/#marrying-across-party-lines) of the report.

|  | Republican | Democrat |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

|  | Happy % | Unhappy % | Wouldn't matter/DK % | Happy % | Unhappy % | Wouldn't matter/DK % | (N) |

|  |

| TOTAL | 13 | 9 | 78 | 15 | 8 | 77 | 3,335 |
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| PARTY WITH LEANERS |

| Rep/Rep lean | 26 | 2 | 72 | 5 | 17 | 78 | 1,391 |

| Dem/Dem lean | 5 | 15 | 80 | 25 | 1 | 74 | 1,568 |
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| PARTY ID |

| Republican | 37 | 2 | 61 | 5 | 22 | 73 | 779 |

| Democrat | 5 | 19 | 76 | 31 | 1 | 68 | 1,036 |

| Independent | 8 | 5 | 87 | 8 | 6 | 86 | 1,341 |

| Lean Republican | 13 | 3 | 85 | 5 | 12 | 83 | 612 |

| Lean Democrat | 6 | 7 | 86 | 13 | 0 | 87 | 532 |
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| IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY |

| Consistently liberal | 5 | 23 | 73 | 35 | 1 | 64 | 491 |

| Mostly liberal | 5 | 8 | 86 | 18 | 1 | 81 | 659 |

| Mixed | 9 | 9 | 82 | 14 | 5 | 81 | 1,163 |

| Mostly conservative | 23 | 3 | 74 | 5 | 15 | 80 | 656 |

| Consistently conservative | 40 | 1 | 59 | 4 | 30 | 66 | 366 |
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| SEX |

| Men | 13 | 9 | 78 | 15 | 8 | 77 | 1,680 |

| Women | 12 | 9 | 78 | 15 | 7 | 78 | 1,655 |
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| AGE |

| 18-49 | 11 | 8 | 81 | 14 | 6 | 80 | 1,319 |

| 50+ | 15 | 10 | 75 | 16 | 10 | 74 | 1,963 |
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| DETAILED AGE |

| 18-29 | 11 | 7 | 81 | 12 | 6 | 83 | 447 |

| 30-49 | 11 | 8 | 81 | 15 | 6 | 79 | 872 |

| 50-64 | 12 | 11 | 77 | 15 | 9 | 76 | 957 |

| 65+ | 19 | 10 | 71 | 17 | 13 | 70 | 1,006 |
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| SEX BY AGE |

| Men 18-49 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 15 | 5 | 79 | 723 |

| Men 50+ | 15 | 10 | 75 | 13 | 13 | 74 | 938 |

| Women 18-49 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 13 | 6 | 81 | 596 |

| Women 50+ | 15 | 11 | 75 | 18 | 8 | 74 | 1,025 |
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| RACE |

| White, non-Hispanic | 15 | 8 | 78 | 14 | 9 | 77 | 2,398 |

| Black, non-Hispanic | 7 | 14 | 79 | 21 | 3 | 76 | 337 |

| Hispanic | 11 | 12 | 77 | 17 | 5 | 78 | 299 |
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| EDUCATION |

| College grad+ | 14 | 10 | 76 | 18 | 6 | 76 | 1,351 |

| Post grad | 16 | 11 | 74 | 24 | 8 | 69 | 480 |

| College grad | 14 | 9 | 77 | 14 | 6 | 80 | 871 |

| Some college | 13 | 7 | 80 | 14 | 7 | 79 | 946 |

| HS or less | 12 | 10 | 78 | 14 | 9 | 77 | 1,023 |
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| FAMILY INCOME |

| $75,000+ | 16 | 8 | 76 | 14 | 8 | 78 | 994 |

| $30,000-$74,999 | 12 | 7 | 81 | 13 | 7 | 80 | 1,071 |

| <$30,000 | 10 | 12 | 78 | 17 | 8 | 75 | 911 |
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| RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE |

| Total Protestant | 16 | 8 | 76 | 13 | 10 | 77 | 1,694 |

| White NH evang. Prot. | 25 | 4 | 70 | 10 | 17 | 73 | 656 |

| White NH mainline Prot. | 12 | 7 | 81 | 12 | 8 | 80 | 568 |

| Total Catholic | 12 | 9 | 79 | 14 | 8 | 78 | 658 |

| White NH Cath. | 13 | 6 | 81 | 12 | 10 | 78 | 467 |

| Unaffiliated | 7 | 10 | 83 | 17 | 3 | 80 | 616 |
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| ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES |

| Weekly or more | 18 | 9 | 73 | 16 | 10 | 74 | 1,264 |

| Less than weekly | 10 | 9 | 81 | 15 | 6 | 79 | 2,041 |
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| REGION |

| Northeast | 10 | 10 | 80 | 19 | 7 | 74 | 598 |

| Midwest | 14 | 8 | 79 | 13 | 8 | 79 | 712 |

| South | 14 | 10 | 77 | 15 | 9 | 76 | 1,266 |

| West | 13 | 8 | 78 | 13 | 7 | 80 | 759 |
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| AMONG REP/LEAN REP |

| Men | 24 | 2 | 74 | 5 | 17 | 78 | 763 |

| Women | 27 | 3 | 70 | 5 | 18 | 77 | 628 |

| 18-29 | 23 | 3 | 73 | 7 | 14 | 79 | 149 |

| 30-49 | 22 | 1 | 77 | 6 | 14 | 79 | 331 |

| 50-64 | 25 | 3 | 72 | 5 | 18 | 77 | 394 |

| 65+ | 33 | 2 | 65 | 3 | 24 | 74 | 495 |

| Agree with Tea Party | 37 | 1 | 62 | 5 | 26 | 69 | 584 |

| Disagree/No opinion | 18 | 3 | 79 | 6 | 11 | 83 | 767 |
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| AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM |

| Men | 6 | 16 | 78 | 25 | 1 | 74 | 722 |

| Women | 4 | 15 | 81 | 24 | 1 | 75 | 846 |

| 18-29 | 6 | 12 | 83 | 17 | 1 | 82 | 233 |

| 30-49 | 5 | 13 | 81 | 23 | 0 | 77 | 452 |

| 50-64 | 4 | 18 | 78 | 27 | 1 | 72 | 446 |

| 65+ | 5 | 20 | 75 | 36 | 1 | 62 | 420 |
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| AMONG WHITES |

| Men | 16 | 8 | 77 | 14 | 11 | 76 | 1,182 |

| Women | 14 | 8 | 79 | 13 | 8 | 78 | 1,216 |

| 18-29 | 13 | 7 | 80 | 12 | 8 | 81 | 213 |

| 30-49 | 14 | 6 | 80 | 14 | 8 | 78 | 593 |

| 50-64 | 13 | 9 | 78 | 13 | 10 | 77 | 700 |

| 65+ | 20 | 8 | 72 | 15 | 13 | 72 | 857 |

| College grad | 16 | 9 | 75 | 17 | 8 | 75 | 1,046 |

| Some college or less | 14 | 7 | 79 | 12 | 10 | 78 | 1,349 |

| College grad men | 15 | 9 | 76 | 15 | 8 | 77 | 546 |

| College grad women | 16 | 10 | 74 | 19 | 7 | 73 | 500 |

| Some col or less men | 16 | 7 | 77 | 13 | 12 | 75 | 634 |

| Some col or less women | 12 | 7 | 81 | 11 | 9 | 80 | 715 |

| $75,000+ | 17 | 9 | 74 | 14 | 10 | 77 | 798 |

| $30,000-$74,999 | 15 | 6 | 80 | 13 | 8 | 79 | 782 |

| <$30,000 | 10 | 9 | 81 | 14 | 10 | 75 | 549 |

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