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2014 Political Polarization Survey

Table 3.1 Preferred Community

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This question is discussed in Section 3 of the report.

Houses are larger/farther apart but schools/stores are miles away % Houses are smaller/closer, but schools/stores are walking distance % (VOL.) DK/Ref % (N)
TOTAL 49 48 2 3,341
PARTY WITH LEANERS
Rep/Rep lean 61 38 2 1,340
Dem/Dem lean 40 58 2 1,572
PARTY ID
Republican 63 36 1 788
Democrat 40 59 2 1,036
Independent 49 48 2 1,320
Lean Republican 58 40 2 552
Lean Democrat 41 57 2 536
IDEOLOGICAL CONSISTENCY
Consistently Conservative 75 22 3 347
Mostly Conservative 65 33 2 625
Mixed 51 47 2 1,179
Mostly liberal 40 57 2 698
Consistently liberal 21 77 1 492
SEX
Men 52 46 2 1,631
Women 47 51 2 1,710
AGE
18-49 51 47 1 1,336
50+ 47 50 3 1,960
DETAILED AGE
18-29 46 53 1 483
30-49 55 43 2 853
50-64 52 45 3 1,028
65+ 39 58 3 932
SEX BY AGE
Men 18-49 51 48 2 692
Men 50+ 54 43 3 922
Women 18-49 52 47 1 644
Women 50+ 41 56 2 1,038
RACE
White, non-Hispanic 54 44 2 2,407
Black, non-Hispanic 41 56 2 348
Hispanic 40 60 0 301
EDUCATION
College grad+ 43 55 2 1,378
Post grad 40 57 3 491
College grad 45 54 2 887
Some college 55 43 2 977
HS or less 50 49 2 972
FAMILY INCOME
$75,000+ 54 45 2 1,020
$30,000-$74,999 55 43 2 1,026
<$30,000 42 56 2 971
RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE
Total Protestant 55 43 2 1,673
White NH evang. Prot. 61 36 3 624
White NH mainline Prot. 60 38 2 583
Total Catholic 46 52 2 715
White NH Cath. 48 49 3 496
Unaffiliated 42 57 1 591
ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES
Weekly or more 52 46 2 1,270
Less than weekly 48 50 2 2,031
REGION
Northeast 45 53 2 606
Midwest 50 48 2 724
South 55 43 2 1,240
West 44 54 2 771
AMONG REP/LEAN REP
Men 64 34 2 721
Women 57 41 2 619
18-29 56 44 0 163
30-49 70 29 1 315
50-64 63 35 2 430
65+ 49 49 2 417
Agree with Tea Party 70 28 2 555
Disagree/No opinion 55 43 1 761
AMONG DEM/LEAN DEM
Men 42 57 2 709
Women 39 59 2 863
18-29 37 62 0 240
30-49 46 53 2 409
50-64 41 57 2 467
65+ 32 66 3 441
AMONG WHITES
Men 57 40 3 1,177
Women 50 48 2 1,230
18-29 55 44 1 274
30-49 60 38 2 561
50-64 55 43 2 761
65+ 41 56 3 790
College grad 44 54 2 1,091
Some college or less 58 40 2 1,311
College grad men 45 53 2 566
College grad women 43 56 1 525
Some col or less men 62 35 3 609
Some col or less women 53 45 2 702
$75,000+ 55 43 1 839
$30,000-$74,999 59 40 2 760
<$30,000 47 50 3 578

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