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2014 Political Polarization Survey

Table 4.8 Future of Social Security

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These questions are discussed in Section 4 of the report.

No benefit reductions Some benefit reductions
TOTAL Total % 67 Cover more people, more benefits % 27 Kept as is % 37 Total % 31 Maintain at reduced levels % 24 Phased out as gov’t program % 6 (N)3341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean 60 18 40 37 27 9 1,340
Dem/Dem lean 70 33 35 28 23 5 1,572
PARTY ID
Republican 63 19 42 34 25 7 788
Democrat 71 35 34 27 23 4 1,036
Independent 64 24 37 33 25 7 1,320
Lean Republican 57 16 38 41 29 11 552
Lean Democrat 70 31 37 29 24 5 536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative 59 12 45 38 25 12 347
Mostly Conservative 59 16 41 37 27 8 625
Mixed 70 29 39 28 20 6 1,179
Mostly Liberal 69 35 31 29 23 6 698
Consistently Liberal 66 31 32 32 30 2 492
SEX
Men 62 22 38 35 27 7 1,631
Women 71 32 36 27 21 5 1,710
AGE
18-49 64 29 33 34 26 7 1,336
50+ 70 25 42 27 21 5 1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29 59 28 30 38 27 10 483
30-49 66 29 35 31 26 5 853
50-64 68 26 38 29 22 6 1,028
65+ 74 23 48 23 18 4 932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49 60 24 35 38 30 8 692
Men 50+ 65 21 42 31 24 6 922
Women 18-49 67 34 31 30 23 6 644
Women 50+ 75 29 42 23 18 4 1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic 66 22 41 31 25 6 2,407
Black, non-Hispanic 74 43 29 24 17 7 348
Hispanic 69 36 30 30 22 7 301
EDUCATION
College grad+ 55 19 34 41 33 7 1,378
Post grad 58 17 37 40 33 6 491
College grad 54 19 33 42 33 8 887
Some college 69 28 38 29 22 6 977
HS or less 73 32 38 25 19 6 972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+ 57 17 39 39 31 7 1,020
$30,000-$74,999 68 27 40 30 23 6 1,026
<$30,000 72 35 33 27 20 6 971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant 69 27 39 29 22 6 1,673
White NH evang. Prot. 69 21 46 28 22 5 624
White NH mainline Prot. 67 21 43 31 23 7 583
Total Catholic 65 25 37 32 26 6 715
White NH Cath. 65 18 43 33 29 4 496
Unaffiliated 65 27 36 32 26 6 591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more 67 26 38 31 22 7 1,270
Less than weekly 66 27 37 31 24 6 2,031
REGION
Northeast 70 26 42 27 22 5 606
Midwest 70 28 39 29 23 5 724
South 64 27 34 33 25 8 1,240
West 66 27 36 31 24 6 771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men 55 13 39 42 32 10 721
Women 67 23 41 31 21 9 619
18-29 55 25 31 43 30 13 163
30-49 57 17 38 40 30 8 315
50-64 63 17 43 34 25 9 430
65+ 67 15 49 30 21 6 417
Agree with Tea Party 54 12 40 43 28 13 555
Disagree/No opinion 64 21 41 34 26 7 761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men 68 28 39 31 24 6 709
Women 73 38 32 26 22 3 863
18-29 61 30 31 38 27 10 240
30-49 72 37 33 27 24 3 409
50-64 72 34 36 27 22 4 467
65+ 78 31 45 20 17 2 441
AMONG WHITES
Men 61 17 42 36 29 6 1,177
Women 71 27 40 27 21 5 1,230
18-29 60 24 35 37 27 9 274
30-49 63 24 38 34 28 5 561
50-64 68 23 42 30 23 6 761
65+ 72 19 51 24 19 4 790
College grad 53 16 36 43 35 7 1,091
Some college or less 72 25 44 26 20 5 1,311
College grad men 48 12 36 48 38 8 566
College grad women 57 19 36 39 31 7 525
Some col or less men 66 20 45 31 25 6 609
Some col or less women 77 31 42 21 16 4 702
$75,000+ 57 15 40 39 32 6 839
$30,000-$74,999 67 24 42 31 23 7 760
<$30,000 73 30 40 25 20 4 578
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