Sunday, February 6, 2005

The values agenda

A Detroit News poll: The evangelical influence on Bush's second term by race

How to read crosstabs

     Crosstabs are two-way tables that allow researches to break down data into categories simultaneously, and compare results by number and by percentage. In all, 600 people were polled in Michigan. The crosstabs show both percentages and numbers of individuals. When you see a partial percentage in the tables below, you may need to look up -- or across -- to find what that partial percentage represents. The data has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.

Mitchell Research & Communications, Inc. Detroit News Michigan Values Survey January 26-31, 2005

N=600		22. In the next four years, do you think evangelical Christians will have more influence, less influence, or about the same amount of influence on George W. Bush's decisions as they did during his first term?
		More influence	Less influence	About the same	DK/ Refused
Total		109	47	366	78
		18.2%	7.8%	61.0%	13.0%
		100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
30. Race
Caucasian		86	35	313	64
		17.3%	7.0%	62.9%	12.9%
		78.9%	74.5%	85.5%	82.1%
African American		15	7	35	8
		23.1%	10.8%	53.8%	12.3%
		13.8%	14.9%	9.6%	10.3%
Hispanic		1	1	1	2
		20.0%	20.0%	20.0%	40.0%
		0.9%	2.1%	0.3%	2.6%
Asian/Other		5	1	10	3
		26.3%	5.3%	52.6%	15.8%
		4.6%	2.1%	2.7%	3.8%
DK/Refused		2	3	7	1
		15.4%	23.1%	53.8%	7.7%
		1.8%	6.4%	1.9%	1.3%