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Field Report

Constitutional Attitudes Survey

Designed by Stephen Ansolabehere Department of Government Harvard University

Nathaniel Persily Columbia Law School

Released 1350 Willow Road, Suite 102 Menlo Park, CA 94025 July 14, 2010 P: 650-289-2160 F: 650-289-2001 www.knowledgenetworks.com Knowledge Networks Deliverable Authorization Printed Name Signature Date Title SVP, Government J. Michael Dennis July 14, 2010 and Academic Research

2 Table of Contents

CONSTITUTIONAL ATTITUDES SURVEY...... 4

INTRODUCTION...... 4 OVERALL COMPLETION AND INCIDENCE RATES...... 4 DATA FILE DELIVERABLES AND DESCRIPTIONS...... 5 KEY PERSONNEL...... 7 KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS METHODOLOGY...... 8

INTRODUCTION...... 8 PANEL RECRUITMENT METHODOLOGY...... 8 SURVEY ADMINISTRATION...... 11 SURVEY SAMPLING FROM KNOWLEDGEPANEL...... 12 SAMPLE WEIGHTING...... 12 APPENDIX A1: QUESTIONNAIRE – FINAL PROGRAMMED 2009 SURVEY...... 16 APPENDIX A2: QUESTIONNAIRE – FINAL PROGRAMMED 2010 SURVEY...... 31 APPENDIX B1: CODEBOOK WITH WEIGHTED VALUES – 2009 DATA...... 39 APPENDIX B2: CODEBOOK WITH WEIGHTED VALUES – 2010 DATA...... 87

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Constitutional Attitudes Survey

Introduction

Knowledge Networks conducted a followup study assessing attitudes and perceptions about Constitutional issues on behalf of Harvard University and Columbia University. Specifically, topics measured in the study included:

 Opinions about President Obama’s job performance  General knowledge and attitudes about the American courts and other institutions  Attitudes about the role of government and the courts in deciding right and wrong

The survey consisted of two stages: A pretest to check the instrument timing and preliminary data and a main survey. The pretest was launched in late June 2010 to a small sample of general population adults who had not completed the 2009 survey. After delivery of the preliminary data from the pretest, some changes were made to the survey, with the main sample being fielded in July 2010.

To be selected for the main survey, a Knowledge Networks panel member must:

a) be 18 or older b) have completed the previous 2009 survey c) be active on the KN panel at the time the 2010 survey was fielded

Of the 1,677 people who completed the 2009 survey, 1,198 were available for the 2010 survey at the time it was fielded.

Participants completed the pretest survey in approximately 20 minutes and the main survey in approximately 10 minutes. Towards the end of the main survey field period, participants were given an incentive of 5,000 bonus points (worth $5) for their participation.

The completion rates for the main interview studies are presented below.

Overall Completion and Incidence Rates Group Field Start Field End N Fielded N Completed % Completed Pretest 6/11/2010 6/17/2010 33 21* 63.7% Main 6/16/2010 7/6/2010 1,198 1,027 85.7% *Although 21 people completed the pretest, 16 were sent in the dataset deliverable to the investigators. The remaining 5 completed after the deliverable was sent.

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Data File Deliverables and Descriptions

In addition to the fully-formatted SPSS file that contains the final survey data, Knowledge Networks also prepared a preliminary dataset deliverable. The table below shows a detailed description of the deliverables Knowledge Networks has prepared.

Inclusion of Delivery File File N Standard File Name Date Type Size Records Background Demographics SPSS 6/14/2010 Constitutional_Attitudes_2010_Client.sav 49kb 16 Yes SAV SPSS Constitutional_Attitudes_2009_2010 7/8/2010 1,354kb 1,677 Yes SAV _Merged_Data_Client

The second dataset delivered included cases who completed the original survey in July 2009. Of the 1,677 people who completed the 2009 survey, 1,027 of them also completed the 2010 survey.

Please also note the following for the SPSS datasets: The missing values have been recoded as the following: "Not asked" responses are recoded as system-missing and "Refused" cases are coded as -1 (set to system-missing).

In addition to the survey variables from the main interview, Knowledge Networks’ standard profile and a series of data processing variables created by Knowledge Networks are provided in the data file for the condition eligible cases (n=1,027 in 2010). The table below shows the name and description of each of the supplemental variables, including the extra profile variables provided.1

Supplemental Variables

Name Label caseid Serial number weight_2010 Weight tm_start_2010 Interview start time tm_finish_2010 Interview finish time duration_2010 Interview duration in minutes QFLAG_2010 DATA ONLY: Qualification Flag PPAGE_2010 Age ppagecat_2010 Age - 7 Categories ppagect4_2010 Age - 4 Categories PPEDUC_2010 Education (Highest Degree Received) PPEDUCAT_2010 Education (Categorical) PPETHM_2010 Race / Ethnicity PPGENDER_2010 Gender PPHHHEAD_2010 Household Head PPHHSIZE_2010 Household Size 1 Supplemental variables are selected as part of each project’s design.

PPHOUSE_2010 Housing Type PPINCIMP_2010 Household Income PPMARIT_2010 Marital Status PPMSACAT_2010 MSA Status PPREG4_2010 Region 4 - Based on State of Residence ppreg9_2010 Region 9 - Based on State of Residence PPRENT_2010 Ownership Status of Living Quarters PPSTATEN_2010 State PPT01_2010 Presence of Household Members - Children 0-2 PPT25_2010 Presence of Household Members - Children 2-5 PPT612_2010 Presence of Household Members - Children 6-12 PPT1317_2010 Presence of Household Members - Children 13-17 PPT18OV_2010 Presence of Household Members - Adults 18+ PPWORK_2010 Current Employment Status PPNET_2010 HH Internet Access

Key Personnel Key personnel on the Attitudes & Perceptions about the Constitution survey include:

Mike Dennis – Executive Vice President, Government & Academic Research. M. Dennis is based in the Menlo Park office of Knowledge Networks. Phone number: (650) 289-2160 Email: [email protected]

Wendy Mansfield – Vice President, Research Development. W. Mansfield is based in Washington, D.C. Phone number: (202) 686-0933 Email: [email protected]

Charles DiSogra – Vice President, Chief Statistician. C. DiSogra is based in the Menlo Park office of Knowledge Networks. Phone number: (650) 289-2185 Email: [email protected]

Poom Nukulkij – Project Director, Government & Academic Research. P. Nukulkij is based in the Chicago office of Knowledge Networks. He oversaw the day-to-day implementation of the project. Phone number: (312) 416-3687 Email: [email protected]

Jeff Shand-Lubbers – Research Analyst, Government & Academic Research. J. Shand-Lubbers is based in the Menlo Park office of Knowledge Networks. Phone number: (650) 289-2061 Email: [email protected]

Knowledge Networks Methodology

Introduction

Knowledge Networks has recruited the first online research panel that is representative of the entire U.S. population. Panel members are randomly recruited by probability-based sampling, and households are provided with access to the Internet and hardware if needed.

Knowledge Networks selects households using random-digit dial (RDD) and address-based sampling methods. Once a person is recruited to the panel, they can be contacted by e-mail (instead of by phone or mail). This permits surveys to be fielded very quickly and economically. In addition, this approach reduces the burden placed on respondents, since e-mail notification is less obtrusive than telephone calls, and most respondents find answering Web questionnaires to be more interesting and engaging than being questioned by a telephone interviewer.

Panel Recruitment Methodology

Beginning recruitment in 1999, Knowledge Networks (KN) established the first online research panel (now called KnowledgePanel®) based on probability sampling that covers both the online and offline populations in the U.S. The panel members are randomly recruited by telephone and by self-administered mail and web surveys. Households are provided with access to the Internet and hardware if needed. Unlike other Internet research that covers only individuals with Internet access who volunteer for research, Knowledge Networks surveys are based on a dual sampling frame that includes both listed and unlisted phone numbers, telephone and non-telephone households, and cell-phone-only households. The panel is not limited to current Web users or computer owners. All potential panelists are randomly selected to join the KnowledgePanel; unselected volunteers are not able to join.

Random-Digit-Dialing Sample Frame

Knowledge Networks initially selects households using random digit dialing (RDD) sampling and address-based sampling (ABS) methodology. In this section, we will describe the RDD- based methodology, while the ABS methodology is described in a separate section below.

KnowledgePanel recruitment methodology uses the quality standards established by selected RDD surveys conducted for the Federal Government (such as the CDC-sponsored National Immunization Survey).

Knowledge Networks utilizes list-assisted RDD sampling techniques based on a sample frame of the U. S. residential landline telephone universe. For efficiency purposes, Knowledge Networks excludes only those banks of telephone numbers (a bank consists of 100 numbers) that have less than 2 directory-listings. Additionally, an oversample is conducted among a stratum telephone exchanges that have high concentrations of African American and Hispanic households based

Last saved: 4/3/2018, 11:18:59 PM Knowledge Networks, Inc. 0035538f08aca62ac7a8d004747f306b.doc on Census data. Note that recruitment sampling is done without replacement, thus numbers already fielded do not get fielded again.

A telephone number for which a valid postal address can be matched occurs in about 70% of the sample. These address-matched cases are all mailed an advance letter informing them that they have been selected to participate in KnowledgePanel. For efficiency purposes, the unmatched numbers are under-sampled at a current rate of 0.75 relative to the matched numbers. Both the oversampling mentioned above and this under-sampling of non-address households are adjusted appropriately in the panel’s weighting procedures.

Following the mailings, the telephone recruitment begins for all sampled phone numbers using trained interviewer/recruiters. Cases sent to telephone interviewers are dialed for up to 90 days, with at least 14 dial attempts on cases where no one answers the phone, and on numbers known to be associated with households. Extensive refusal conversion is also performed. The recruitment interview, about 10 minutes long, begins with informing the household member that they have been selected to join KnowledgePanel. If the household does not have a computer and access to the Internet, they are told that in return for completing a short survey weekly, they will be provided with a laptop computer (previously a WebTV device was provided) and free monthly Internet access. All members in a household are then enumerated, and some initial demographic and background information on prior computer and Internet use are collected.

Households that inform interviewers that they have a home computer and Internet access are asked to take their surveys using their own equipment and Internet connection. Per survey Incentive points, redeemable for cash, are given to these “PC” respondents for completing their surveys. Panel members who were provided with either a WebTV earlier or a currently laptop computer (both with free Internet access) do not participate in this per survey points incentive program. However all panel members do receive special incentive points for select surveys to improve response rates and for all longer surveys as a modest compensation of burden.

For those panel members receiving a laptop computer (as with the former WebTV), prior to shipment, each unit is custom configured with individual email accounts, so that it is ready for immediate use by the household. Most households are able to install the hardware without additional assistance, though Knowledge Networks maintains a telephone technical support line. The Knowledge Networks Call Center also contacts household members who do not respond to e-mail and attempts to restore contact and cooperation. PC panel members provide their own email addresses and we send their weekly surveys to that email account.

All new panel members are sent an initial survey to both welcome them as new panel members but also to familiarize them with how online survey questionnaires work. They also complete a separate profile survey that collects essential demographic information such as gender, age, race, income, and education to create a personal member profile. This information can be used to determine eligibility for specific studies, is used for weighting purposes, and operationally need not be gathered with each and every survey. This information is updated annually with each panel member. Once completed new member is “profiled,” they are designated as “active” and ready to be sampled for client studies. [Note: Parental or legal guardian consent is also collected for conducting surveys with teenage panel members, age 13-17.]

Once a household is contacted by phone—and additional household members recruited via their e-mail address—panel members are sent surveys linked through a personalized e-mail invitation (instead of by phone or mail). This permits surveys to be fielded quickly and economically, and also facilitates longitudinal research. In addition, this approach reduces the burden placed on respondents, since e-mail notification is less obtrusive than telephone calls, and allows research subjects to participate in research when it is convenient for them.

Address-Based Sampling (ABS) Methodology

When KN started KnowledgePanel® panel recruitment in 1999, the state of the art in the industry was that probability-based sampling could be cost effectively carried out using a national random-digit dial (RDD) sample frame. RDD at the time allowed access to 96% of the U.S. population. This is no longer the case. We introduce the ABS sample frame to rise to the well-chronicled changes in society and telephony in recent years that have reduced the long-term scientific viability of the RDD sampling methodology: declining respondent cooperation to telephone surveys; do not call lists; call screening, caller-ID devices, and answering machines, dilution of the RDD sample frames as measured by the working telephone number rate; and finally, the emergence of households that no longer can be sampled by RDD – the cell-phone- only households (CPOHH).

According to the Center for Disease Control, approximately 21% of U.S. households cannot be contacted through RDD sampling: 18% as a result of CPOHH status and 3% because they have no phone service whatsoever. Among some segments of society, the sample noncoverage is substantial: almost one-third of young adults age 18-24 reside in CPOHHs.

After conducting an extensive pilot project in 2008, we made the decision to add an address- based sample (ABS) frame in response to the growing number of cell-phone only households that are outside of the RDD frame. Before conducting the ABS pilot, we also experimented with supplementing our RDD samples with cell-phone samples. However, this approach was not cost effective for you our clients and raised a number of other operational, data quality, and liability issues (e.g., calling people’s cell phones while they were driving, for example).

The key advantage of the ABS sample frame is that it allows sampling of almost all U.S. households – an estimated 99% of U.S. households are “covered” in sampling nomenclature. Regardless of households’ telephone status, they can be reached and contacted. Second, our ABS pilot project revealed some other advantages beyond the expected improvement in recruiting adults from CPOHHs as well:

 Improved sample representativeness for minority racial and ethnic groups  Improved inclusion of lower educated and low income households  Exclusive inclusion of CPOHHs that have neither a landline telephone nor internet access (approximately 4% to 6% of US households).

ABS involves probability-based sampling of addresses from the U.S. Postal Service’s Delivery Sequence File. Randomly sampled addresses are invited to join KnowledgePanel through a series of mailings and in some cases telephone follow-up calls to non-responders when a telephone number can be matched to the sampled address. Invited households can join the panel by one of several means:

 by completing and mailing back a paper form in a postage-paid envelope;  by calling a toll-free hotline maintained by Knowledge Networks; or  by going to a designated KN web-site and completing the recruitment form.

After initially accepting the invitation to join the panel, respondents are then profiled online answering demographic questions and maintained on the panel using the same procedures established for the RDD-recruited research subjects. Respondents not having an internet connection are provided a laptop computer and free internet service. Respondents sampled from the RDD and ABS frames are provided the same privacy terms and confidentiality protections that we have developed over the years and have been reviewed by dozens of Institutional Review Boards.

Large-scale ABS sampling for our KnowledgePanel recruitment began in April, 2009. As a result, KnowledgePanel will improve sample coverage of CPOHHs and young adults.

Because we will have recruited panelists from two different sample frames – RDD and ABS – we are taking several technical steps to merge samples sourced from these frames. Our approach preserves the representative structure of the overall panel for the selection of individual client study samples. An advantage of mixing ABS frame panel members in any KnowledgePanel sample is a reduction in the variance of the weights. ABS-sourced sample tends to align more true to the overall population demographic distributions and thus the associated adjustment weights are somewhat more uniform and less varied. This variance reduction efficaciously attenuates the sample’s design effect and confirms a real advantage for study samples drawn from KnowledgePanel with its dual frame construction.

Survey Administration

For client surveys, samples are drawn at random from among active panel members. Depending on the study, eligibility criteria will be applied or in-field screening of the sample will be carried out. Sample sizes can range widely depending on the objectives and design of the study.

Once assigned to a survey, members receive a notification email letting them know there is a new survey available for them to take. This email notification contains a link that sends them to the survey questionnaire. No login name or password is required. The field period depends on the client’s needs, and can range anywhere from a few hours to several weeks.

After three days, automatic email reminders are sent to all non-responding panel members in the sample. If email reminders do not generate a sufficient response, an automated telephone reminder call may be initiated. The usual protocol is to wait at least three-four days after the

Last saved: 4/3/2018, 11:18:59 PM Knowledge Networks, Inc. 0035538f08aca62ac7a8d004747f306b.doc email reminder before calling. To assist panel members with their survey taking, each individual has a personalized “home page” that lists all the surveys that were assigned to that member and have yet to be completed.

Knowledge Networks also operates an ongoing, modest, incentive program to encourage participation and create member loyalty. Members can enter special raffles or can be entered into special sweepstakes with both cash and other prizes to be won.

The typical survey commitment for panel members is one survey per week or four per month with a duration of 10-15 minutes per survey. Some client surveys exceed this time and in the case of longer surveys an additional incentive may be provided.

Survey Sampling from KnowledgePanel

Once Panel Members are recruited and profiled, they become eligible for selection for specific client surveys. In most cases, the specific survey sample represents a simple random sample from the panel, for example, a general population survey. Customized stratified random sampling based on profile data may also be conducted as required by the study design.

The general sampling rule is to assign no more than one survey per week to members. Allowing for rare weekly exceptions, this limits a member’s total assignments per month to 4 or 6 surveys. In certain cases, a survey sample calls for pre-screening, that is, members are drawn from a subsample of the panel (such as, females, Republicans, grocery shoppers, etc.). In such cases, care is taken to ensure that all subsequent survey samples drawn that week are selected in such a way as to result in a sample that remains representative of the panel distributions.

For the 2009 survey, nationally representative samples of 2,540 U.S. adults (18 and over) were selected for the pretest and main surveys. 1,198 adults who completed the 2009 survey and were still on the panel were selected for the 2010 survey.

Sample Weighting

The design for a KnowledgePanel® sample begins as an equal probability sample that is self- weighting with several enhancements incorporated to improve efficiency. Since any alteration in the selection process is a deviation from a pure equal probability sample design, statistical weighting adjustments are made to the data to offset known selection deviations. These adjustments are incorporated in the sample’s base weight.

There are also several sources of survey error that are an inherent part of any survey process, such as non-coverage and non-response due to panel recruitment methods and to inevitable panel attrition. We address these sources of sampling and non-sampling error using a panel demographic post-stratification weight as an additional adjustment.

Lastly, a set of study-specific post-stratification weights are constructed for the study data to adjust for the study’s sample design and survey non-response.

A description of these types of weights follows.

The Base Weight

In a KnowledgePanel sample there are seven known sources of deviation from an equal probability of selection design. These are corrected in the Base Weight and are described below.

1. Under-sampling of telephone numbers unmatched to a valid mailing address

An address match is attempted on all the Random Digit Dial (RDD) generated telephone numbers in the sample after the sample has been purged of business and institutional numbers and screened for non-working numbers. The success rate for address matching is in the 60-70% range. The telephone numbers with valid addresses are sent an advance letter, notifying the household that they will be contacted by phone to join KnowledgePanel. The remaining, unmatched numbers are under-sampled as a recruitment efficiency strategy. Advance letters improve recruitment success rates. Under-sampling stopped between July 2005 and April 2007. It was resumed in May 2007 with a sampling rate of 0.75.

2. RDD selection proportional to the number of telephone landlines reaching the household

As part of the field data collection operation, information is collected on the number of separate telephone landlines in each selected household. A multiple line household’s selection probability is down weighted by the inverse of its number of landlines.

3. Some minor oversampling of Chicago and Los Angeles due to early pilot surveys

Two pilot surveys carried out in Chicago and Los Angeles when the panel was first being built increased the relative size of the sample from these two cities. With natural attrition and growth in size, the impact is disappearing over time. It remains part of our base adjustment weighting because of a small number of extant panel members from that nascent panel cohort.

4. Early oversampling the four largest states and central region states

At the time when the panel was first being built, survey demand in the four largest states (California, New York, Florida, and Texas) required over-sampling during January- October 2000. Similarly, the central region states were over-sampled for a brief period. These now diminishing effects still remain in the panel membership and thus require weighting adjustments for these geographic areas.

5. Under-sampling of households not covered by the MSN® TV service network Certain small areas of the U.S. are not serviced by MSN® , thus our MSN®TV units cannot be used for recruited non-Internet households. In some of these cases, we use other Internet Service Providers for Internet access via the member’s personal computer. Overall, the result is a small under-sample of these geographic areas thus requiring a minor weighting adjustment.

6. Oversampling of African- American and Hispanic telephone exchanges

As of October 2001, we began over-sampling telephone exchanges with a higher density of minority households (specifically African American and Hispanic) to increase panel membership for those groups. These exchanges are oversampled at approximately twice the rate of other exchanges. This over-sampling is corrected in the base weight.

7. Address-based sample phone match adjustment

Towards the end of 2008, Knowledge Networks began recruiting panel members using an address-based sample (ABS) frame in addition to RDD recruitment. Once recruitment through the mail, including follow-up mailings to ABS non-respondents was completed, a telephone recruitment was added. Non-responding ABS households where a landline telephone number could be matched to an address were subsequently called and a telephone recruitment initiated. This effort resulted in a slight overall disproportionate number of landline households being recruited in a given ABS sample. A base weight adjustment is applied to return the ABS recruitment panel members to the sample’s correct national proportion of phone-match and no phone match households.

The Panel Demographic Post-stratification Weight

To reduce the effects of any non-response and non-coverage bias in the overall panel membership, a post-stratification adjustment is applied using demographic distributions from the most recent data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). Benchmark distributions for Internet Access among the U.S. population of adults are obtained from KnowledgePanel recruitment data since this measurement is not collected as part of the CPS.

The post-stratification variables include:

 Gender (Male/Female)  Age (18-29, 30-44, 45-59, and 60+)  Race/Hispanic ethnicity (White/Non-Hispanic, Black/Non-Hispanic, Other/Non- Hispanic, 2+ Races/Non-Hispanic, Hispanic)  Education (Less than High School, High School, Some College, Bachelor and beyond)  Census Region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West)  Metropolitan Area (Yes, No)  Internet Access (Yes, No)

This weighting adjustment is applied prior to the selection of any client sample from KnowledgePanel. These weights constitute the starting weights for any client survey selected from the panel.

Study-Specific Post-Stratification Weights

Once all the study data are returned from the field, we proceeded with a post-stratification process to adjust for any survey non-response and also any non-coverage due to the study- specific sample design. Demographic and geographic distributions for the population ages 18+ from the most recent Current Population Survey (CPS) are used as benchmarks in this adjustment.

The following benchmark distributions are utilized for this post-stratification adjustment:

 Gender (Male/Female)  Age (18-29, 30-44, 45-59, and 60+)  Race/Hispanic ethnicity (White/Non-Hispanic, Black/Non-Hispanic, Other/Non- Hispanic, 2+ Races/Non-Hispanic, Hispanic)  Education (Less than High School, High School, Some College, Bachelor and beyond)  Census Region (Northeast, Midwest, South, West)  Metropolitan Area (Yes, No)  Internet Access (Yes, No)

Comparable distributions are calculated using all completed cases from the field data. Since study sample sizes are typically too small to accommodate a complete cross-tabulation of all the survey variables with the benchmark variables, an iterative proportional fitting is used for the post-stratification weighting adjustment. This procedure adjusts the sample data back to the selected benchmark proportions. Through an iterative convergence process, the weighted sample data are optimally fitted to the marginal distributions.

After this final post-stratification adjustment, the distribution of the calculated weights are examined to identify and, if necessary, trim outliers at the extreme upper and lower tails of the weight distribution. The post-stratified and trimmed weights are then scaled to the sum of the total sample size of all eligible respondents.

Appendix A1: Questionnaire – Final Programmed 2009 Survey

Perceptions of the Constitution June 2009 - Questionnaire -

BACKGROUND VARIABLES

AGE GENDER RACE EDUCATION INCOME IDEOLOGY PARTY IDENTIFICATION STATE URBAN/SUBURBAN/RURAL MEDIA USE – NEWSPAPER, RADIO, TV, INTERNET (4) POLITICAL INTEREST RELIGION – DENOMINATION, BORN AGAIN/FUNDAMENTALIST, CHURCH ATTENDANCE (3) WHAT IS YOUR RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION?

NO RELIGION PROTESTANT JEWISH ATHEIST CATHOLIC MUSLIM ORTHODOX (GREEK, EASTERN, RUSSIAN) BUDDHIST HINDU MORMON OTHER:____

DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF BORN AGAIN? YES NO

HOW FREQUENTLY DO YOU ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES? ONCE A WEEK SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH ABOUT ONCE A MONTH SEVERAL TIMES A YEAR ONLY ON IMPORTANT HOLY DAYS VERY INFREQUENTLY NEVER

RESIDENCY HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS? LESS THAN 6 MONTHS 6 MONTHS TO 12 MONTHS 1 YEAR 2 YEARS 3-4 YEARS 5 OR MORE YEARS

DO YOU OWN OR RENT YOUR CURRENT RESIDENCE? OWN RENT

MARITAL STATUS WHAT IS YOUR MARITAL STATUS? MARRIED SINGLE SEPARATED DIVORCED WIDOW/WIDOWER NON-SPOUSAL PARTNER

DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN?

WHAT IS YOUR PHONE SERVICE IN YOUR HOUSEHOLD?

LANDLINE ONLY LANDLINE AND A CELL PHONE CELL PHONE ONLY

ELECTIONS 1. ARE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE AT YOUR CURRENT ADDRESS? YES, I’M REGISTERED TO VOTE AT MY CURRENT ADDRESS. I’M REGISTERED TO VOTE, BUT AT ANOTHER ADDRESS NO, I’M NOT REGISTERED TO VOTE.

2. DID YOU VOTE IN THE 2008 GENERAL ELECTION? NO I DON’T RECALL I USUALLY VOTE BUT DIDN’T IN THAT ELECTION I DEFINITELY VOTED IN 2008

3. FOR WHOM DID YOU VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION? #RANDOMIZE ORDER# BARACK OBAMA JOHN MCCAIN SOMEONE ELSE I DIDN’T VOTE

SURVEY QUESTIONS

[SP] Q1. Which of the following comes closer to your point of view?

[ROTATE STATEMENTS]

Everyone has to decide for themselves what is right and wrong in particular situations There are absolute standards of right and wrong that apply to everyone in almost every situation

PROMPT ONCE.

SHOW Q1B IF Q1 IS NOT REFUSED.

[SP] Q1B. You told us that you feel [INSERT STATEMENT FROM Q1 IN LOWERCASE].

Do you feel that way strongly or not so strongly?

Strongly Not so strongly

[SP] Q2. Which are you more concerned about?

[ROTATE STATEMENTS]

That the federal government will try to do too much, not do it well, and will raise taxes. That the federal government will not do enough to help ordinary people deal with the problems they face, like getting a good education and health care.

PROMPT ONCE.

SHOW Q2B IF Q2 IS NOT REFUSED.

[SP] Q2B. You told us that you feel [INSERT STATEMENT FROM Q2 IN LOWERCASE].

Do you feel that way strongly or not so strongly?

Strongly Not so strongly

[SP] Q5. Do you believe in the literal truth of the Bible?

Yes No

[SP] Q7. How would you describe the community in which you live?

In a large city Nearby suburb of a large city Distant suburb of a large city In a medium sized city Suburb of a medium sized city In a small city Suburb of small city A town A rural area

[SP] Q8. Is the U.S. Supreme Court too conservative, too liberal or about right?

Too conservative Too liberal About right

[SP] Q9. Is Congress too conservative, too liberal, or about right?

[SP] Q10. Is the President too conservative, too liberal, or about right?

[SP] Q11. Which Justice is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States?

[RANDOM ORDER]

Alito Breyer Ginsburg Kennedy Roberts Scalia Souter

Stevens Thomas

[SP] Q12. Which member of the U. S. Supreme Court has resigned this year?

[RANDOM ORDER, SAME ORDER AS Q11]

Alito Breyer Ginsburg Kennedy Roberts Scalia Souter Stevens Thomas

[SP] Q101. Which comes closer to your point of view?

In making decisions, the Supreme Court should only consider the original intentions of the authors of the Constitution. In making decisions, the Supreme Court should consider changing times and current realities in applying the principles of the Constitution.

[SP] Q102. Now we would like you to focus on thinking about the characteristics of a good Supreme Court judge, that is, what a good judge ought to be like.

How important would you say it is for a good Supreme Court judge to…

Very important Somewhat Not very Not important at important important all

[RANDOMIZE ORDER OF THE FOLLOWING]

Q102a. Strictly follow the law no matter what people in the country may want? Q102b. Feel empathy for the people involved in a case? Q102c. Protect people without power from people and groups with power? Q102d. Respect the will of the majority of people in the U. S.? Q102e. Stay entirely independent of the President and Congress? Q102f. Follow his or her conscience or sense of morality? Q102g. Respect existing Supreme Court decisions by changing the law as little as possible? Q102h. Uphold the values of those who wrote our constitution two hundred years ago?

[DISPLAY]

Now we’d like to ask you about issues that come before the Courts and Congress often.

[SP] Q201. What is your own view on the issue of lawsuits? Do you think Congress should limit how much a jury can award in a case in which a corporation has been found liable for injuring someone?

Limit the amount of money a jury can award in personal injury lawsuits Should not limit the amount of money a jury can award in personal injury lawsuits

[SP] Q202. Do you think the U. S. military should be allowed to torture those who may have been involved with acts of terror?

Yes No

[SP] Q203. Do you favor or oppose affirmative action programs that give preferences to blacks and other minorities in college admissions?

Strongly favor affirmative action programs Favor affirmative action programs Oppose affirmative action programs Strongly oppose affirmative action programs

[SP] Q204. Do you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?

Yes, same-sex marriages should be recognized as valid No, same-sex marriages should not be recognized as valid

[SP] Q205. Same-sex marriage is legal in six states. Quite apart from whether you think same-sex marriage should be legal in your state, do you think that the federal government should recognize same-sex marriages in states where it is legal?

Yes, the federal government should recognize same-sex marriages in states where it is legal No, the federal government should not recognize same-sex marriages in states where it is legal

[SP] Q206. A recent case challenged a Texas law that banned sexual relations between consenting adults of the same gender. Would you support a state law banning sex between people of the same gender?

Yes, I would support such a ban No, I would not support such a ban

[GRID – SP] Q207. Should the government be allowed to apply the death penalty in any of the following cases?

Yes No

An adult convicted of murder A mentally retarded person convicted of murder Someone under 18 convicted of murder A person convicted of raping a child A person convicted of treason against the US

[SP] Q208 In general, do you believe that public schools should be permitted to start each school day with a prayer?

Yes, public schools should be permitted to start each day with a prayer No, public schools should not be permitted to start each day with a prayer

[SP] Q209. In general, do you agree or disagree that an individual should have a right to have a registered handgun at home?

Strongly agree Agree somewhat Disagree Strongly disagree somewhat

RANDOMIZE ORDER OF Q210 AND Q211. CREATE DOV INDICATING WHICH ONE APPEARED FIRST.

[SP] Q210. In general, do you agree or disagree that people should be allowed to say things in public that might be offensive to racial groups?

Strongly agree Mildly agree Mildly disagree Strongly disagree

[GRID - SP] Q211. In general, do you agree or disagree that people should be allowed to say things in public that might be offensive to religious groups?

Strongly agree Mildly agree Mildly disagree Strongly disagree

[SP] Q212. In general, do you agree or disagree with the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion?

[GRID – SP] Q213 Would you favor or oppose each of the following restrictions on abortion in your state:

Favor Oppose

Require doctors to inform patients about alternatives to abortion before performing the procedure Require women seeking abortions to wait 24 hours before having the procedure done Require women under 18 to get parental consent for any abortion Ban abortions performed late in the term of a pregnancy, also called partial birth abortions

[SP] Q214. Should non-citizens suspected of terrorism and detained in U. S. military prisons be allowed to challenge their detentions in the US civilian court system?

Yes, non-citizen detainees should be allowed to challenge their detentions in court. No, non-citizen detainees should not be allowed to challenge their detentions in court.

[SP] Q215. Governments sometimes use the power of eminent domain to acquire a person’s property at a fair market price for other uses. Recently, a local government transferred someone’s property to private developers whose commercial projects could benefit the local economy.

Do you think the local government should be able to use eminent domain for this purpose or not?

Yes, the government should be able to use eminent domain for this purpose No, the government should not be able to use eminent domain for this purpose

[SP] Q216 Do you think that the government ought to be able to fine a television network or station if it broadcasts a live interview or live performance where a person uses certain foul language or dirty words?

Yes No

[SP] Q217 In your view, do you think immigration should be kept at its present level, increased or decreased?

Kept at present level Increased Decreased

Q218 When a person has a disease that cannot be cured and is living in severe pain, do you think doctors should or should not be allowed by law to assist the patient to commit suicide if the patient requests it?

Yes, doctors should be allowed to assist the patient in committing suicide No, doctors should not be allowed to assist the patient in committing suicide [SP] VR1. Have you ever had a problem when you tried to vote that kept you from voting?

Yes No

[SP] VR2. Do you think that election officials and poll workers in some states in the U. S. today make it harder for Blacks and Hispanics to vote?

Yes No

[SP] VR3. The Voting Rights Act requires the federal government to approve election rules and procedures in some states and counties where there has been racial discrimination in running elections in the past.

Do you think this aspect of the Voting Rights Act should be continued?

Yes No

[SP] VR4. Federal law requires that states with large numbers of Black and Hispanic voters create enough state legislative and U. S. House districts that are at least 50 percent Black or Hispanic population to make it possible that those groups have representation about equal to their share of the population.

Do you approve of the creation of such districts?

Approve Disapprove

[SP] VR5. Do you think all legislative districts in your state should have the same number of people per district or is it okay for some to have more people than others?

Districts should have equal populations It’s okay for district populations to differ somewhat It’s okay for some districts to have many more people than other districts.

[SP] VR6. Currently all state legislative districts have equal numbers of people. An alternative is to have districts with equal numbers of people in one house of the state legislature but give each county one representative in the other chamber, even though counties have different numbers of people.

Which way do you think is better?

It is better to have districts with equal populations in both chambers. It is better to have one seat for each county in one chamber and equal population districts in the other chamber.

[GRID – SP] VR7 Below are a list of voting procedures that are or have been used in the United States. We’d like to know whether you would approve of each of the following in your state.

Approve Disapprove

Require that all people show that they can read in order to vote Automatically register all citizens to vote Require that all people show photo identification when they vote Require that all voters pay a $5 fee Allow people to register on Election Day if they can prove their residency and citizenship

[DISPLAY] The Supreme Court has issued many important decisions over the past 8 years. We’d like to know how you think the Court decided each of the following cases. Regardless of how you would have decided these cases, how do you think the Majority on the Court ruled?

[SP] Q301. A local government transferred someone’s property to private developers whose commercial projects could benefit the local economy. Did the Court rule that this was an acceptable use of eminent domain or not?

Yes, the Court ruled this was an acceptable use of eminent domainNo, the Court ruled this was not an acceptable use of eminent domain Not sure

PROMPT ONCE.

SHOW Q301A IF Q301 = “NOT SURE” OR REFUSED.

[SP] Q301a.How do you think they likely decided this case?

Probably ruled it was an acceptable use of eminent domain

Probably ruled it was not an acceptable use of eminent domain Not sure

[SP] Q302. A retarded person was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Did the Court rule that the death penalty could be applied in such cases or not?

Yes, the Court ruled the death penalty could be applied in such cases No, the Court ruled the death penalty could not be applied in such cases Not sure

PROMPT ONCE.

[SP] Q302a. How do you think they likely decided this case?

Probably yes, the Court ruled the death penalty could be applied in such cases Probably no, the Court ruled the death penalty could not be applied in such cases Not sure

[SP] Q303. Non-citizens suspected of terrorism were detained at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay and not allowed to challenge their detentions in the US civilian court system. Did the Court rule that detainees have a right to a hearing or do not have a right?

Yes, the Court ruled non-citizen detainees have a right to a hearing No, the Court ruled non-citizen detainees do not have such a right Not sure

PROMPT ONCE.

Probably yes, the Court ruled non-citizen detainees have a right to a hearing Probably no, the Court ruled non-citizen detainees do not have such a right Not sure

[SP] Q304. A city ordinance banned people from having handguns in their homes. Did the Court rule that individuals have a right to have a registered handgun in their own homes or that there is no such right?

Yes, the Court ruled that individuals have a right to have a registered handgun in their homes

No, the Court ruled that individuals do not have a right to have a registered handgun in their homes Not sure

PROMPT ONCE.

Probably yes, the Court ruled that individuals have a right to have a registered handgun in their homes Probably no, the Court ruled that individuals do not have a right to have a registered handgun in their homes Not sure

[SP] Q305. A recent case challenged a state law that banned sex between consenting adults of the same gender. Do you think the Court struck down this law or allowed it to stand?

Struck down the ban Allowed the ban to stand Not sure

PROMPT ONCE.

The Court probably struck down the law banning sex between adults of the same gender The Court probably allowed the law to stand Not sure

[SP] Q401. Have you ever been called for Jury Duty?

Yes No

[SP] Q402. Have you ever served on a Jury?

Yes No

PROMPT ONCE.

SHOW Q402A IF Q402 = “YES”.

[SP] Q402a. When was the last time that you served on a jury?

Within the past year 1-2 years ago 3-4 years ago 5 or more years ago

[GRID - SP] Q403. Do you approve of the job that President Obama is doing?

Strongly approve Approve somewhat Disapprove somewhat Strongly disapprove

[GRID - SP] Q404. Do you approve of the job that Congress is doing?

[GRID - SP] Q405. Do you approve of the job that the U. S. Supreme Court is doing?

[SP] Q406. Do you have confidence that the Supreme Court will do the right thing in deciding difficult issues, even if their decisions are unpopular or contradict the President and Congress?

Yes, I have confidence in the Court No, I do not have confidence in the Court

[SP] Q501.Were a majority of the current members of the U. S. Supreme Court appointed by Democratic Presidents or Republican Presidents?

Democratic Presidents Republican Presidents Not sure

[SP] Q500. As you may know, Sonia Sotomayor has been nominated to serve on the Supreme Court. Would you like to see the Senate vote in favor of Sotomayor serving on the Supreme Court?

Yes, I would like to see the Senate vote in favor of Sotomayor serving on the Supreme Court

No, I would not like to see the Senate vote in favor of Sotomayor serving on the Supreme Court

[GRID - SP] Q3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

Our society should do whatever is necessary to make sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. We have gone too far in pushing equal rights in this country. One of the big problems in this country is that we don’t give everyone an equal chance. This country would be better off if we worried less about how equal people are. It is not really that big a problem if some people have more of a chance in life than others. If people were treated more equally in this country we would have many fewer problems.

[GRID - SP] Q4. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

The world is always changing and we should adjust our view of moral behavior to those changes. The newer lifestyles are contributing to the breakdown of our society. We should be more tolerant of people who choose to live according to their own moral standards, even if they are very different from our own. This country would have many fewer problems if there were more emphasis on traditional family ties.

[SP] Q6. For each pair of statements below indicate with which statement you most agree.

RANDOMIZE ORDER OF PAIRS. CREATE THREE DOVS WITH ORDER OF THE THREE PAIRS.

INSTRUCTION TEXT: “SELECT ONE ANSWER FROM EACH PAIR BELOW.”

PAIR A: The main reason government has become bigger over the years is because it has gotten involved in things that people should do for themselves Government has become bigger because the problems we face have become bigger

PAIR B: We need a strong government to handle today’s complex economic problems The free market can handle these problems without government being involved

PAIR C: The less government, the better

There are more things that government should be doing

INSERT STANDARD CLOSE.

Appendix A2: Questionnaire – Final Programmed 2010 Survey

Constitutional Attitudes June 2010 - Study Details -

[SP] Q500. Do you approve of the job that President Obama is doing?

 Strongly Approve  Somewhat Approve  Somewhat Disapprove  Strongly Disapprove

[GRID – RADIO BUTTONS] Q501. Below is a list of some institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, would you say you have a great deal of confidence, only some confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them?

Great deal of confidence Some confidence Hardly any confidence

The military The US Supreme Court Congress Churches Corporations The President

[SP – 3 ON ONE PAGE] Q502. In general do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the United States Supreme Court:

Agree Strongly Agree Disagree Disagree Somewhat Somewhat Strongly

502aa. The Supreme Court should recognize a right of privacy even though it is not explicitly stated in the Constitution. 502bb. The Supreme Court should focus less on what the Constitution meant when it was written and more on the effect its decisions will have in today’s America. 502cc. The Supreme Court should read the Constitution as a general set of principles whose meaning changes over time.

[SP] Q508. Were a majority of the current members of the U.S. Supreme Court appointed by Democratic or Republican Presidents?

Democrat Republican Not sure

[GRID - SP] Q511. In general do you agree or disagree with the following statements:

Strongly Agree Agree Somewhat Disagree Somewhat Strongly Disagree

Q511a. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) should have the power to limit carbon dioxide emissions from cars and power plants.

Q511b. Gays and lesbians should be able to serve openly in the military.

Q511c. Police should request identification from anyone they suspect might be in the country illegally.

Q511d. Corporations should have a right to free speech.

Q511e. A state should be allowed to sentence for life in prison a person under 18 years of age for armed burglary.

[SP] Q510. In general, do you agree or disagree with the 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that established a woman’s right to an abortion?

Strongly agree Agree somewhat Disagree Somewhat Strongly disagree

[GRID – SP] [ROTATE]

Q512. Please tell me whether you agree or disagree with the following statements: Strongly Agree Agree Somewhat Disagree Somewhat Disagree Strongly

Q512a Companies should be allowed to advertise tobacco.

Q512b People should be allowed to buy and sell video games depicting extreme violence.

Q512c People should be able to buy and sell videos showing dog fighting, animal torture and killing, and other types of animal cruelty.

Q512d Musicians should be allowed to sing songs with words that others might find offensive.

Q512e People should be allowed to burn or deface the American flag as a political statement.

Q512f Corporations ought to be able to spend their profits on TV advertisements urging voters to vote for or against candidates in an upcoming election.

[SP] Q515. Should corporations be required to get approval from their shareholders for expenditures related to political campaigns?

Yes No

[GRID – SP] [ROTATE]

Q517. In general do you favor or oppose the following policies concerning gun control:

Strongly favor Somewhat favor Somewhat oppose Strongly oppose

Ban ownership of a handgun Ban ownership of assault weapons and semi-automatic weapons Ban carrying handguns in public places Require registration and background checks of persons seeking to purchase guns

[SP] Q518A. Do you personally fear that you will be a victim of a crime involving a gun?

Yes No

[SP] Q519. The exact words of the Second Amendment are as follows: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Do you think these words were intended to give individual Americans the right to keep and bear arms for their own defense or were these words intended to protect the right of citizens to form a militia, and thereby they do not give individual Americans the right to keep and bear arms for their own defense?

Right of Individual Person to Own a Gun Right of Citizens to Form a Militia

[SP] Q519A. Do you support the Tea Party Movement?

Yes No

[DISPLAY] The Supreme Court has issued many important decisions recently. We’d like to know how you think the Court decided each of the following cases. Regardless of how you would have decided these cases, how do you think the Majority on the Court ruled?

[SP] [PROMPT ONCE.] Q520. Federal law prohibited corporations from using their profits to pay for television ads in the month before an election urging voters to vote for or against candidates. Did the Court rule that this statute complied with the Constitution?

Yes, the Court ruled the statute complied with the Constitution. No, the Court ruled the statute did not comply with the Constitution. Not sure

[SP] [SHOW Q520A IF Q520 = “NOT SURE” OR REFUSED.] Q520a. How do you think they likely decided this case?

Probably ruled the statute complied with the Constitution. Probably ruled the statute did not comply with the Constitution.

[SP] [PROMPT ONCE.] Q521. Federal law prohibited a person from selling videos showing dog fighting, animal torture and killing, and other types of animal cruelty.

Did the Court rule that this statute complied with the Constitution?

Yes, the Court ruled the statute complied with the Constitution. No, the Court ruled the statute did not comply with the Constitution. Not sure

Probably ruled the statute complied with the Constitution. Probably ruled the statute did not comply with the Constitution.

[SP] [PROMPT ONCE.] Q522. A 16 year old was sentenced to life without parole for armed burglary under a state law that allowed juveniles to be sentenced for life for crimes in which no one was killed.

Did the Court rule that such laws complied with the Constitution?

Yes, the Court ruled such laws complied with the Constitution. No, the Court ruled such laws did not comply with the Constitution. Not sure

[SHOW Q522A IF Q522 = “NOT SURE” OR REFUSED.] [SP] Q522a. How do you think they likely decided this case?

Probably ruled such laws complied with the Constitution. Probably ruled such laws did not comply with the Constitution.

[SP] [PROMPT ONCE.] Q523. The US Supreme Court heard a case asking whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has right to regulate carbon dioxide like other air pollution, such as smog. Did the Court rule that the EPA has the power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions?

Yes, the court decided the EPA has this power No, the court decided the EPA does not have this power. Not sure

Probably decided the EPA has this power. Probably decided the EPA does not have this power.

[SP] Q503A. Which statement comes closer to your view?

In making decisions, the Supreme Court should only consider the original intentions of the authors of the Constitution. In making decisions, the Supreme Court should consider changing times and current realities in applying the principles of Constitution.

[SP] Q599. Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush handled his job as president?

[SP] Q600. Do you approve of the job that Congress is doing?

Strongly Approve Somewhat Approve Somewhat Disapprove Strongly Disapprove

[SP] Q601. Do you approve of the job the U.S. Supreme Court is doing?

Strongly Approve Somewhat Approve Somewhat Disapprove Strongly Disapprove

[SP] Q602. As you may know Elena Kagan has been nominated to serve on the United States Supreme Court. Would you like to see the Senate vote in favor of Kagan serving on the Supreme Court?

Yes, I would like to see the Senate vote in favor of Elena Kagan serving on the Supreme Court No, I would not like to see the Senate vote in favor of Elena Kagan serving on the Supreme Court.

[SP] Q604. You may remember that ten years ago the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in the case concerning the counting of ballots cast in Florida in the 2000 presidential election contest between George Bush and Al Gore. Do you think the Supreme Court decided that case fairly?

Yes, it decided the case fairly. No, it did not decide the case fairly. I don’t remember.

[SP] Q26a. Would you describe yourself as a born-again or evangelical Christian?

Yes No

[SP] Q7. Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a...

Republican Democrat Independent Another party, please specify: _____ [TEXT BOX] No preference

[SP] [ASK Q8 IF Q7=“Republican”] Q8. Would you call yourself a...

Strong Republican Not very strong Republican

[SP] [ASK Q9 IF Q7=“Democrat”] Q9. Would you call yourself a...

Strong Democrat Not very strong Democrat

[SP] [ASK Q10 IF Q7=“Independent” or “Another party” or “No preference” or refused] Q10. Do you think of yourself as closer to the...

Republican Party Democratic Party

[SP] Q11. In general, do you think of yourself as…

Extremely liberal Liberal Slightly liberal Moderate, middle of the road Slightly conservative Conservative Extremely conservative

[MP] Q100. During the course of this survey did you do any of the following.

Check all that apply:

__ Take a quick break __ Deal with a child __ Do a chore, such as washing dishes. __ Search the web or read a webpage __ Look at email __ Answer a phone call __ Send a text __ Watch television

Appendix B1: Codebook with Weighted Values – 2009 Data NOTE: Longer tables extending beyond one page suppressed.

CASEID: Serial number DT_START: Interview start time DT_END: Interview finish time WEIGHT: Post-stratification weight PPAGE: Age

ppagecat Age - 7 Categories

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 18-24 179 10.6 10.6 10.6 2 25-34 313 18.6 18.6 29.3

3 35-44 323 19.2 19.2 48.5

4 45-54 293 17.5 17.5 66.0

5 55-64 290 17.3 17.3 83.3

6 65-74 175 10.4 10.4 93.7 7 75+ 106 6.3 6.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

ppagect4 Age - 4 Categories

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 18-29 367 21.9 21.9 21.9

2 30-44 447 26.6 26.6 48.5

3 45-59 466 27.8 27.8 76.3

4 60+ 397 23.7 23.7 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPEDUC Education (Highest Degree Received)

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 No form al education 3 .2 .2 .2 2 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grade 3 .2 .2 .3

3 5th or 6th grade 11 .6 .6 1.0

4 7th or 8th grade 24 1.4 1.4 2.4

5 9th grade 29 1.7 1.7 4.2

6 10th grade 56 3.3 3.3 7.5

7 11th grade 47 2.8 2.8 10.3

8 12th grade NO DIPLOM A 61 3.6 3.6 13.9

9 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUAT E - high school DIPLOM A or the 523 31.2 31.2 45.1 equivalent (GED)

10 Som e college, no degree 363 21.6 21.6 66.7

11 Associate degree 104 6.2 6.2 72.9

12 Bachelors degree 288 17.2 17.2 90.1

13 M asters degree 114 6.8 6.8 96.9

14 Professional or Doctorate 52 3.1 3.1 100.0 degree

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPEDUCAT Education (Categorical)

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Less than high school 234 13.9 13.9 13.9

2 High school 523 31.2 31.2 45.1

3 Som e college 467 27.8 27.8 72.9

4 Bachelor's degree or higher 454 27.1 27.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPETHM Race / Ethnicity

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 White, Non-Hispanic 1157 69.0 69.0 69.0

2 Black, Non-Hispanic 190 11.4 11.4 80.4

3 Other, Non-Hispanic 87 5.2 5.2 85.6

4 Hispanic 223 13.3 13.3 98.9

5 2+ Races, Non-Hispanic 19 1.1 1.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPGENDER Gender

Cum u lative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 M ale 815 48.6 48.6 48.6

2 Fem ale 862 51.4 51.4 100.0 T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPHHHEAD Household Head

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 0 No 336 20.1 20.1 20.1

1 Yes 1341 79.9 79.9 100.0 T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPHHSIZE Household Size

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 378 22.5 22.5 22.5

2 590 35.2 35.2 57.7

3 289 17.2 17.2 74.9

4 239 14.3 14.3 89.2 5 106 6.3 6.3 95.5

6 49 2.9 2.9 98.4

7 12 .7 .7 99.1

8 6 .4 .4 99.5

9 2 .1 .1 99.6

10 3 .2 .2 99.7

12 2 .1 .1 99.9 13 2 .1 .1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPHOUSE Housing Type

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 A one-fam ily house detached 1123 67.0 67.0 67.0 from any other house

2 A one-fam ily house attached 127 7.5 7.5 74.5 to one or m ore houses

3 A building with 2 or m ore 307 18.3 18.3 92.9 apartm ents 4 A m obile hom e 118 7.1 7.1 99.9

5 Boat, RV, van, etc. 1 .1 .1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPINCIMP Household Incom e

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Less than $5,000 34 2.0 2.0 2.0

2 $5,000 to $7,499 28 1.6 1.6 3.7

3 $7,500 to $9,999 52 3.1 3.1 6.8

4 $10,000 to $12,499 59 3.5 3.5 10.3

5 $12,500 to $14,999 53 3.1 3.1 13.4

6 $15,000 to $19,999 84 5.0 5.0 18.4

7 $20,000 to $24,999 98 5.8 5.8 24.3

8 $25,000 to $29,999 101 6.0 6.0 30.3

9 $30,000 to $34,999 95 5.7 5.7 36.0

10 $35,000 to $39,999 106 6.3 6.3 42.2

11 $40,000 to $49,999 155 9.3 9.3 51.5

12 $50,000 to $59,999 147 8.8 8.8 60.3

13 $60,000 to $74,999 194 11.5 11.5 71.8 14 $75,000 to $84,999 120 7.1 7.1 79.0

15 $85,000 to $99,999 110 6.5 6.5 85.5

16 $100,000 to $124,999 103 6.1 6.1 91.6

17 $125,000 to $149,999 63 3.7 3.7 95.4

18 $150,000 to $174,999 33 2.0 2.0 97.4

19 $175,000 or m ore 44 2.6 2.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPMARIT Marital Status

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 M arried 817 48.7 48.7 48.7

2 Widowed 97 5.8 5.8 54.5

3 Divorced 209 12.5 12.5 66.9 4 Separated 35 2.1 2.1 69.0

5 Never m arried 380 22.6 22.6 91.7

6 Living with partner 140 8.3 8.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPMSACAT MSA Status

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 0 Non-M etro 277 16.5 16.5 16.5

1 M etro 1400 83.5 83.5 100.0 T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPNET HH Internet Access

1 Yes 1042 62.1 62.1 100.0 T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPREG4 Region 4 - Based on State of Residence

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Northeast 313 18.7 18.7 18.7

2 M idwest 369 22.0 22.0 40.7

3 South 614 36.6 36.6 77.3

4 West 381 22.7 22.7 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

ppreg9 Region 9 - Based on State of Residence

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 New England 81 4.8 4.8 4.8

2 M id-Atlantic 232 13.8 13.8 18.7

3 East-North Central 256 15.3 15.3 33.9

4 West-North Central 113 6.7 6.7 40.7

5 South Atlantic 312 18.6 18.6 59.2

6 East-South Central 114 6.8 6.8 66.0 7 West-South Central 188 11.2 11.2 77.3

8 M ountain 148 8.8 8.8 86.1

9 Pacific 233 13.9 13.9 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPRENT Ow nership Status of Living Quarters

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Owned or being bought by you or som eone in your 1212 72.3 72.3 72.3 household

2 Rented for cash 433 25.8 25.8 98.1

3 Occupied without 32 1.9 1.9 100.0 paym ent of cash rent

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPSTATEN State

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 11 M E 9 .5 .5 .5

12 NH 6 .4 .4 .9

13 VT 2 .1 .1 1.0

14 M A 46 2.8 2.8 3.8

15 RI 2 .1 .1 3.9

16 CT 16 .9 .9 4.8

21 NY 108 6.4 6.4 11.3

22 NJ 54 3.2 3.2 14.5

23 PA 70 4.2 4.2 18.7

31 OH 66 3.9 3.9 22.6

32 IN 37 2.2 2.2 24.8

33 IL 65 3.9 3.9 28.7

34 M I 55 3.3 3.3 32.0

35 WI 33 2.0 2.0 33.9

41 M N 31 1.8 1.8 35.8

42 IA 17 1.0 1.0 36.8

43 M O 35 2.1 2.1 38.8

44 ND 2 .1 .1 38.9

45 SD 4 .2 .2 39.2

46 NE 11 .7 .7 39.8

47 KS 14 .8 .8 40.7

51 DE 8 .5 .5 41.2

52 M D 21 1.2 1.2 42.4

53 DC 2 .1 .1 42.5

54 VA 41 2.4 2.4 45.0

55 WV 9 .6 .6 45.5

56 NC 57 3.4 3.4 48.9

57 SC 26 1.6 1.6 50.5

58 GA 39 2.3 2.3 52.8

59 FL 108 6.4 6.4 59.2

61 KY 22 1.3 1.3 60.5

62 T N 46 2.7 2.7 63.3

63 AL 31 1.8 1.8 65.1

64 M S 16 .9 .9 66.0

71 AR 22 1.3 1.3 67.4

72 LA 31 1.8 1.8 69.2

73 OK 31 1.8 1.8 71.0

74 T X 104 6.2 6.2 77.3

81 M T 5 .3 .3 77.6

82 ID 8 .5 .5 78.1

83 WY 2 .1 .1 78.2

84 CO 38 2.2 2.2 80.5

85 NM 11 .7 .7 81.1

86 AZ 52 3.1 3.1 84.2

87 UT 10 .6 .6 84.8

88 NV 21 1.3 1.3 86.1

91 WA 32 1.9 1.9 88.0

92 OR 24 1.5 1.5 89.4

93 CA 171 10.2 10.2 99.6

94 AK 1 .1 .1 99.7

95 HI 6 .3 .3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPT01 Presence of Household Mem bers - Children 0-2

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 0 1585 94.5 94.5 94.5 1 84 5.0 5.0 99.5 2 8 .5 .5 100.0 T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

1 172 10.3 10.3 97.2

2 41 2.4 2.4 99.6 3 4 .2 .2 99.9

4 2 .1 .1 99.9

5 1 .1 .1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPT18OV Presence of Household Mem bers - Adults 18+

2 903 53.9 53.9 80.0

3 221 13.2 13.2 93.2

4 88 5.2 5.2 98.4

5 16 1.0 1.0 99.4

6 5 .3 .3 99.7

7 5 .3 .3 100.0

8 1 .0 .0 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

1 155 9.2 9.2 97.8

2 36 2.1 2.1 99.9

3 2 .1 .1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

1 217 13.0 13.0 94.7

2 72 4.3 4.3 99.0

3 13 .8 .8 99.7

4 5 .3 .3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

PPWORK Current Em ploym ent Status

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Working - as a paid 794 47.4 47.4 47.4 em ployee

2 Working - self-em ployed 114 6.8 6.8 54.2 3 Not working - on tem porary 26 1.6 1.6 55.7 layoff from a job

4 Not working - looking for work 147 8.8 8.8 64.5

5 Not working - retired 264 15.7 15.7 80.2 6 Not working - disabled 179 10.7 10.7 90.9

7 Not working - other 152 9.1 9.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

DOV_PAIR_A DATA-ONLY: Order of PAIR A

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Shown first 560 33.4 33.4 33.4

2 Shown second 528 31.5 31.5 64.9

3 Shown third 589 35.1 35.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

DOV_PAIR_B DATA-ONLY: Order of PAIR B

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Shown first 589 35.1 35.1 35.1

2 Shown second 531 31.7 31.7 66.8

3 Shown third 557 33.2 33.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

DOV_PAIR_C DATA-ONLY: Order of PAIR C

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Shown first 528 31.5 31.5 31.5 2 Shown second 618 36.9 36.9 68.3 3 Shown third 531 31.7 31.7 100.0 T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

MARKROT_01_qMark DATA-ONLY: Q210/Q211 asked first

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Q210 888 53.0 53.0 53.0

2 Q211 789 47.0 47.0 100.0 T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

MARKROT_02_qMark DATA-ONLY: Q210/Q211 asked second

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Q210 789 47.0 47.0 47.0

2 Q211 888 53.0 53.0 100.0 T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

Q1 Q1: Which of the follow ing com es closer to your point of view ?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Everyone has to decide for them selves what is right and 826 49.2 49.3 49.3 wrong in particular situations 2 T here are absolute standards of right and wrong 849 50.6 50.7 100.0 that apply to everyone in alm ost every situation

T otal 1675 99.9 100.0

M issing -1 Refused 2 .1

T otal 1677 100.0

Q1B Q1b: Do you feel that w ay strongly or not so strongly?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Strongly 1225 73.1 73.5 73.5

2 Not so strongly 441 26.3 26.5 100.0

T otal 1666 99.4 100.0

System 2 .1

T otal 11 .6

T otal 1677 100.0

Q2 Q2: Which are you m ore concerned about?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 T hat the federal governm ent will try to do too m uch, not do it 915 54.5 54.7 54.7 well, and will raise taxes.

2 T hat the federal governm ent will not do enough to help ordinary people deal with the 758 45.2 45.3 100.0 problem s they face, like getting a

T otal 1673 99.8 100.0 M issing -1 Refused 4 .2

T otal 1677 100.0

Q2B Q2b: Do you feel that w ay strongly or not so strongly?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Strongly 1300 77.5 77.9 77.9

2 Not so strongly 369 22.0 22.1 100.0

System 4 .2

T otal 9 .5

T otal 1677 100.0

Q5 Q5: Do you believe in the literal truth of the Bible?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes 963 57.4 58.5 58.5

2 No 683 40.7 41.5 100.0

T otal 1646 98.1 100.0

M issing -1 Refused 31 1.9

T otal 1677 100.0

Q7 Q7: How w ould you describe the com m unity in w hich you live?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 In a large city 234 14.0 14.0 14.0

2 Nearby suburb of a large city 278 16.6 16.6 30.7

3 Distant suburb of a large city 54 3.2 3.2 33.9

4 In a m edium sized city 204 12.2 12.2 46.1

5 Suburb of a m edium sized 165 9.8 9.9 56.0 city

6 In a sm all city 168 10.0 10.0 66.0

7 Suburb of sm all city 54 3.2 3.2 69.2

8 A town 217 13.0 13.0 82.2

9 A rural area 297 17.7 17.8 100.0

T otal 1671 99.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q8 Q8: Is the US Suprem e Court too conservative, too liberal or about right?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 T oo conservative 365 21.8 22.4 22.4

2 T oo liberal 477 28.5 29.3 51.8 3 About right 785 46.8 48.2 100.0

T otal 1627 97.0 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q9 Q9: Is Congress too conservative, too liberal, or about right?

2 T oo liberal 715 42.6 44.0 64.4

3 About right 578 34.4 35.6 100.0

T otal 1624 96.8 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q10 Q10: Is the President too conservative, too liberal, or about right?

2 T oo liberal 701 41.8 42.7 49.0 3 About right 839 50.0 51.0 100.0

T otal 1644 98.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q11 Q11: Which Justice is the Chief Justice of the Suprem e Court of the United States?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Alito 67 4.0 4.6 4.6

2 Breyer 33 2.0 2.3 6.8

3 Ginsburg 177 10.5 12.1 18.9

4 Kennedy 59 3.5 4.0 23.0

5 Roberts 732 43.6 50.1 73.0

6 Scalia 137 8.2 9.4 82.4

7 Souter 57 3.4 3.9 86.3

8 Stevens 70 4.2 4.8 91.1

9 T hom as 130 7.7 8.9 100.0

T otal 1462 87.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q12 Q12: Which m em ber of the US Suprem e Court has resigned this year?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Alito 49 2.9 3.5 3.5

2 Breyer 70 4.2 5.0 8.5

3 Ginsburg 244 14.6 17.4 25.9

4 Kennedy 68 4.0 4.8 30.8

5 Roberts 101 6.0 7.2 38.0

6 Scalia 109 6.5 7.8 45.7

7 Souter 533 31.8 38.0 83.7

8 Stevens 119 7.1 8.5 92.2

9 T hom as 109 6.5 7.8 100.0

T otal 1402 83.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q101 Q101: Which com es closer to your point of view ?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 In m aking decisions, the Suprem e Court should only consider the original 663 39.5 40.5 40.5 intentions of the authors of the Constitution.

2 In m aking decisions, the Suprem e Court should consider changing tim es 973 58.0 59.5 100.0 and current realities in applying the principles o T otal 1636 97.5 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q102a Q102a: Strictly follow the law no m atter w hat people in the country m ay w ant?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Very im portant 645 38.5 39.1 39.1

2 Som ewhat im portant 700 41.8 42.5 81.7

3 Not very im portant 230 13.7 14.0 95.6

4 Not im portant at all 72 4.3 4.4 100.0

T otal 1648 98.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q102b Q102b: Feel em pathy for the people involved in a case?

3 Not very im portant 438 26.1 26.6 85.7 4 Not im portant at all 236 14.1 14.3 100.0

T otal 1647 98.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q102c Q102c: Protect people w ithout pow er from people and groups w ith pow er?

T otal 1642 97.9 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q102d Q102d: Respect the w ill of the m ajority of people in the US?

T otal 1649 98.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q102e Q102e: Stay entirely independent of the President and Congress?

T otal 1648 98.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q102f Q102f: Follow his or her conscience or sense of m orality?

T otal 1646 98.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q102g Q102g: Respect existing Suprem e Court decisions by changing the law as little as possible?

T otal 1648 98.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q102h Q102h: Uphold the values of those w ho w rote our constitution tw o hundred years ago?

T otal 1645 98.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q201 Q201: What is your ow n view on the issue of law suits? Do you think Congress should lim it how m uch a jury can aw ard in a case in w hich a corporation has been found liable for injuring som eone?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Lim it the am ount of m oney a jury can award in personal 765 45.6 46.4 46.4 injury lawsuits

2 Should not lim it the am ount of m oney a jury can award in 884 52.7 53.6 100.0 personal injury lawsuits T otal 1650 98.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q202 Q202: Do you think the US m ilitary should be allow ed to torture those w ho m ay have been involved w ith acts of terror?

2 No 1045 62.3 63.3 100.0

T otal 1652 98.5 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q203 Q203: Do you favor or oppose affirm ative action program s that give preferences to blacks and other m inorities in college adm issions?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Strongly favor affirm ative 125 7.4 7.6 7.6 action program s 2 Favor affirm ative action 386 23.0 23.6 31.2 program s

3 Oppose affirm ative 667 39.8 40.8 72.0 action program s

4 Strongly oppose 457 27.3 28.0 100.0 affirm ative action program s

T otal 1635 97.5 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q204 Q204: Do you think m arriages betw een sam e-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, w ith the sam e rights as traditional m arriages?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, sam e-sex m arriages 678 40.4 41.2 41.2 should be recognized as valid

2 No, sam e-sex m arriages should not be recognized as 969 57.8 58.8 100.0 valid

T otal 1647 98.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q205 Q205: Gay m arriage is legal in six states. Quite apart from w hether you think sam e-sex m arriage should be legal in your state, do you think that the federal governm ent should recognize sam e-sex m arriages in states w here it is legal?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, the federal governm ent should recognize 785 46.8 47.9 47.9 sam e-sex m arriages in states where it is legal

2 No, the federal governm ent should not recognize sam e-sex 855 51.0 52.1 100.0 m arriages in states where it is legal

T otal 1640 97.8 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q206 Q206: A recent case challenged a Texas law that banned sexual relations betw een consenting adults of the sam e gender. Would you support a state law banning sex betw een people of the sam e gender?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, I would 497 29.6 30.2 30.2 support such a ban

2 No, I would not 1146 68.3 69.8 100.0 support such a ban

T otal 1642 97.9 100.0 M issing -1 Refused 35 2.1

T otal 1677 100.0

Q207a Q207: Should the governm ent be allow ed to apply the death penalty in any of the follow ing cases? An adult convicted of m urder

2 No 366 21.8 22.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q207b Q207: Should the governm ent be allow ed to apply the death penalty in any of the follow ing cases? A m entally retarded person convicted of m urder

2 No 1335 79.6 81.0 100.0

T otal 1649 98.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q207c Q207: Should the governm ent be allow ed to apply the death penalty in any of the follow ing cases? Som eone under 18 convicted of m urder

2 No 950 56.6 57.5 100.0

T otal 1650 98.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q207d Q207: Should the governm ent be allow ed to apply the death penalty in any of the follow ing cases? A person convicted of raping a child

2 No 528 31.5 31.9 100.0

T otal 1656 98.8 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q207e Q207: Should the governm ent be allow ed to apply the death penalty in any of the follow ing cases? A person convicted of treason against the US

2 No 634 37.8 38.4 100.0

T otal 1651 98.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q208 Q208: In general, do you believe that public schools should be perm itted to start each school day w ith a prayer?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, public schools should be perm itted to start 1115 66.5 67.2 67.2 each day with a prayer

2 No, public schools should not be perm itted to 544 32.4 32.8 100.0 start each day with a prayer

T otal 1659 98.9 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q209 Q209: In general, do you agree or disagree that an individual should have a right to have a registered handgun at hom e?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Strongly agree 865 51.6 52.1 52.1

2 Agree som ewhat 500 29.8 30.2 82.3

3 Disagree som ewhat 172 10.2 10.3 92.6

4 Strongly disagree 122 7.3 7.4 100.0

T otal 1660 99.0 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q210 Q210: In general, do you agree or disagree that people should be allow ed to say things in public that m ight be offensive to racial groups?

2 M ildly agree 463 27.6 28.0 48.3

3 M ildly disagree 382 22.8 23.1 71.3

T otal 1653 98.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q211 Q211: In general, do you agree or disagree that people should be allow ed to say things in public that m ight be offensive to religious groups?

2 M ildly agree 490 29.2 29.6 55.1

3 M ildly disagree 351 20.9 21.2 76.3

T otal 1655 98.7 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q212 Q212: Q212: In general, do you agree or disagree w ith the 1973 Roe v. Wade Suprem e Court decision that established a w om an’s right to an abortion?

2 Agree som ewhat 403 24.0 24.5 61.7

T otal 1646 98.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q213a Q213: Would you favor or oppose each of the follow ing restrictions on abortion in your state: Require doctors to inform patients about alternatives to abortion before perform ing the procedure

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Favor 1481 88.3 89.6 89.6

2 Oppose 172 10.3 10.4 100.0

T otal 1653 98.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q213b Q213: Would you favor or oppose each of the follow ing restrictions on abortion in your state: Require w om en seeking abortions to w ait 24 hours before having the procedure done

2 Oppose 343 20.4 20.8 100.0

T otal 1651 98.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q213c Q213: Would you favor or oppose each of the follow ing restrictions on abortion in your state: Require w om en under 18 to get parental consent for any abortion

2 Oppose 431 25.7 26.3 100.0

T otal 1641 97.9 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q213d Q213: Would you favor or oppose each of the follow ing restrictions on abortion in your state: Ban abortions perform ed late in the term of a pregnancy, also called partial birth abortions

2 Oppose 421 25.1 25.6 100.0

T otal 1647 98.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q214 Q214: Should non-citizens suspected of terrorism and detained in US m ilitary prisons be allow ed to challenge their detentions in the US civilian court system ?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, non-citizen detainees should be allowed to challenge 636 37.9 38.8 38.8 their detentions in court.

2 No, non-citizen detainees should not be allowed to 1003 59.8 61.2 100.0 challenge their detentions in court.

T otal 1677 100.0

Q215 Q215: Do you think the local governm ent should be able to use em inent dom ain for this purpose or not?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, the governm ent should be able to use em inent 270 16.1 16.5 16.5 dom ain for this purpose

2 No, the governm ent should not be able to use em inent 1364 81.3 83.5 100.0 dom ain for this purpose

T otal 1634 97.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q216 Q216: Do you think that the governm ent ought to be able to fine a television netw ork or station if it broadcasts a live interview or live perform ance w here a person uses certain foul language or dirty w ords?

2 No 887 52.9 53.6 100.0

T otal 1655 98.7 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q217 Q217: In your view , do you think im m igration should be kept at its present level, increased or decreased?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Kept at present level 560 33.4 34.0 34.0

2 Increased 196 11.7 11.9 45.9

3 Decreased 890 53.1 54.1 100.0 T otal 1646 98.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q218 Q218: When a person has a disease that cannot be cured and is living in severe pain, do you think doctors should or should not be allow ed by law to assist the patient to com m it suicide if the patient requests it?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, doctors should be allowed to assist the patient 951 56.7 57.8 57.8 in com m itting suicide

2 No, doctors should not be allowed to assist the patient 695 41.5 42.2 100.0 in com m itting suicide

T otal 1646 98.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR1 VR1: Have you ever had a problem w hen you tried to vote that kept you from voting?

2 No 1554 92.7 94.0 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR2 VR2: Do you think that election officials and poll w orkers in som e states in the US today m ake it harder for Blacks and Hispanics to vote?

2 No 1223 72.9 74.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR3 VR3: Do you think this aspect of the Voting Rights Act should be continued?

2 No 413 24.6 25.5 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR4 VR4: Do you approve of the creation of such districts?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Approve 835 49.8 51.5 51.5

2 Disapprove 786 46.9 48.5 100.0

T otal 1620 96.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR5 VR5: Do you think all legislative districts in your state should have the sam e num ber of people per district or is it okay for som e to have m ore people than others?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Districts should have equal 534 31.8 32.9 32.9 populations

2 It's okay for district 886 52.8 54.6 87.4 populations to differ som ewhat

3 It's okay for som e districts to have m any m ore people than 204 12.2 12.6 100.0 other districts

T otal 1624 96.8 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR6 VR6: Which w ay do you think is better?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 It is better to have districts with equal populations in both 898 53.6 57.6 57.6 cham bers. 2 It is better to have one seat for each county in one cham ber 662 39.5 42.4 100.0 and equal population districts in the other cham ber.

T otal 1561 93.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR7a VR7: We’d like to know w hether you w ould approve of each of the follow ing in your state. Require that all people show that they can read in order to vote

2 Disapprove 733 43.7 44.4 100.0

T otal 1650 98.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR7b VR7: We’d like to know w hether you w ould approve of each of the follow ing in your state. Autom atically register all citizens to vote

2 Disapprove 865 51.6 52.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR7c VR7: We’d like to know w hether you w ould approve of each of the follow ing in your state. Require that all people show photo identification w hen they vote

2 Disapprove 238 14.2 14.4 100.0

T otal 1649 98.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR7d VR7: We’d like to know w hether you w ould approve of each of the follow ing in your state. Require that all voters pay a $5 fee

2 Disapprove 1595 95.1 97.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

VR7e VR7: We’d like to know w hether you w ould approve of each of the follow ing in your state. Allow people to register on Election Day if they can prove their residency and citizenship

2 Disapprove 620 37.0 37.6 100.0

T otal 1651 98.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q301 Q301: Did the Court rule that this w as an acceptable use of em inent dom ain or not?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, the Court ruled this was an acceptable use of 703 41.9 42.2 42.2 em inent dom ain

2 No, the Court ruled this was not an acceptable use 237 14.1 14.2 56.4 of em inent dom ain

3 Not sure 726 43.3 43.6 100.0

T otal 1665 99.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q301a Q301a: How do you think they likely decided this case?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Probably ruled it was not an acceptable 124 7.4 17.3 17.3 use of em inent dom ain

2 Probably ruled it was an acceptable use 232 13.9 32.4 49.7 of em inent dom ain

3 Not sure 361 21.5 50.3 100.0

T otal 717 42.7 100.0

System 939 56.0

T otal 960 57.3

T otal 1677 100.0

Q302 Q302: Did the Court rule that the death penalty could be applied in such cases or not?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, the Court ruled the death penalty could 257 15.3 15.4 15.4 be applied in such cases

2 No, the Court ruled the death penalty could not 682 40.6 40.9 56.3 be applied in such cases

3 Not sure 728 43.4 43.7 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Probably yes, the Court ruled the death penalty could 109 6.5 15.0 15.0 be applied in such cases

2 Probably no, the Court ruled the death penalty could 298 17.8 41.0 56.0 not be applied in such cases

3 Not sure 320 19.1 44.0 100.0

T otal 728 43.4 100.0

System 938 55.9

T otal 949 56.6

T otal 1677 100.0

Q303 Q303: Did the Court rule that detainees have a right to a hearing or do not have a right?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, the Court ruled non-citizen detainees 664 39.6 39.8 39.8 have a right to a hearing

2 No, the Court ruled non-citizen detainees do 395 23.5 23.7 63.5 not have such a right

3 Not sure 608 36.2 36.5 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Probably yes, the Court ruled non-citizen detainees 164 9.8 27.0 27.0 have a right to a hearing

2 Probably no, the Court ruled non-citizen detainees 163 9.7 26.7 53.7 do not have such a right

3 Not sure 282 16.8 46.3 100.0

T otal 608 36.3 100.0

System 1059 63.1

T otal 1069 63.7

T otal 1677 100.0

Q304 Q304: Did the Court rule that individuals have a right to have a registered handgun in their ow n hom es or that there is no such right?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, the Court ruled that individuals have a 1061 63.2 63.7 63.7 right to have a registered handgun in their hom es

2 No, the Court ruled that individuals do not have a 103 6.1 6.2 69.9 right to have a registered handgun in their hom es

3 Not sure 502 29.9 30.1 100.0

T otal 1666 99.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Probably yes, the Court ruled that individuals have a right to 198 11.8 39.3 39.3 have a registered handgun in their hom es

2 Probably no, the Court ruled that individuals do not have a 44 2.6 8.8 48.1 right to have a registered handgun in their hom es

3 Not sure 261 15.6 51.9 100.0

T otal 503 30.0 100.0

System 1163 69.4

T otal 1174 70.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q305 Q305: Do you think the Court struck dow n this law or allow ed it to stand?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Struck down the ban 660 39.4 39.6 39.6

2 Allowed the ban to stand 366 21.8 22.0 61.6

3 Not sure 640 38.2 38.4 100.0

T otal 1666 99.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Probably struck down 190 11.3 29.9 29.9 2 Probably allowed to stand 115 6.9 18.1 48.0

3 Not sure 330 19.7 52.0 100.0

T otal 635 37.9 100.0

System 1026 61.2 T otal 1042 62.1

T otal 1677 100.0

Q401 Q401: Have you ever been called for Jury Duty?

2 No 539 32.2 32.5 100.0

T otal 1660 99.0 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q402 Q402: Have you ever served on a Jury?

2 No 1265 75.5 75.7 100.0

T otal 1672 99.7 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q402a Q402a: When w as the last tim e that you served on a jury?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Within the past year 21 1.2 5.1 5.1

2 1-2 years ago 50 3.0 12.2 17.3

3 3-4 years ago 80 4.8 19.7 37.0

4 5 or m ore years ago 256 15.2 63.0 100.0

T otal 406 24.2 100.0

System 1271 75.8

T otal 1271 75.8

T otal 1677 100.0

Q403 Q403: Do you approve of the job that President Obam a is doing?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Strongly approve 406 24.2 24.6 24.6

2 Approve som ewhat 623 37.2 37.8 62.5

3 Disapprove som ewhat 268 16.0 16.3 78.7 4 Strongly disapprove 350 20.9 21.3 100.0

T otal 1647 98.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q404 Q404: Do you approve of the job that Congress is doing?

3 Disapprove som ewhat 454 27.1 28.0 76.8 4 Strongly disapprove 375 22.4 23.2 100.0

T otal 1621 96.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q405 Q405: Do you approve of the job that the U. S. Suprem e Court is doing?

3 Disapprove som ewhat 395 23.5 24.3 92.0

4 Strongly disapprove 130 7.7 8.0 100.0

T otal 1624 96.8 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q406 Q406: Do you have confidence that the Suprem e Court w ill do the right thing in deciding difficult issues, even if their decisions are unpopular or contradict the President and Congress?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, I have 991 59.1 60.7 60.7 confidence in the Court

2 No, I do not have 641 38.2 39.3 100.0 confidence in the Court

T otal 1677 100.0

Q501 Q501: Were a m ajority of the current m em bers of the U. S. Suprem e Court appointed by Dem ocratic Presidents or Republican Presidents?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Dem ocratic Presidents 294 17.5 17.8 17.8

2 Republican Presidents 594 35.4 36.0 53.8

3 Not sure 762 45.4 46.2 100.0 T otal 1650 98.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q500 Q500: As you m ay know , Sonia Sotom ayor has been nom inated to serve on the Suprem e Court. Would you like to see the Senate vote in favor of Sotom ayor serving on the Suprem e Court?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, I would like to see the Senate vote in favor of 964 57.5 61.6 61.6 Sotom ayor serving on the Suprem e Court

2 No, I would not like to see the Senate vote in 601 35.8 38.4 100.0 favor of Sotom ayor serving on the Suprem e Court

T otal 1565 93.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q3a Q3: Our society should do w hatever is necessary to m ake sure that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

2 Agree som ewhat 622 37.1 37.8 81.9

T otal 1644 98.0 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q3b Q3: We have gone too far in pushing equal rights in this country.

2 Agree som ewhat 566 33.8 34.6 55.0

3 Disagree som ewhat 449 26.8 27.5 82.5 4 Strongly disagree 287 17.1 17.5 100.0

T otal 1636 97.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q3c Q3: One of the big problem s in this country is that w e don't give everyone an equal chance.

2 Agree som ewhat 521 31.1 31.8 50.9

T otal 1637 97.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q3d Q3: This country w ould be better off if w e w orried less about how equal people are.

2 Agree som ewhat 608 36.3 37.2 53.4

T otal 1636 97.5 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q3e Q3: It is not really that big a problem if som e people have m ore of a chance in life than others.

2 Agree som ewhat 511 30.5 31.3 39.5

T otal 1630 97.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q3f Q3: If people w ere treated m ore equally in this country w e w ould have m any few er problem s.

2 Agree som ewhat 650 38.7 39.7 59.8

T otal 1638 97.7 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q4a Q4: The w orld is alw ays changing and w e should adjust our view of m oral behavior to those changes.

2 Agree som ewhat 580 34.6 35.6 50.3

T otal 1632 97.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q4b Q4: The new er lifestyles are contributing to the breakdow n of our society.

2 Agree som ewhat 654 39.0 40.1 69.3

3 Disagree som ewhat 338 20.2 20.7 90.1 4 Strongly disagree 162 9.6 9.9 100.0

T otal 1630 97.2 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q4c Q4: We should be m ore tolerant of people w ho choose to live according to their ow n m oral standards, even if they are very different from our ow n.

2 Agree som ewhat 769 45.9 47.3 65.5

T otal 1627 97.0 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

Q4d Q4: This country w ould have m any few er problem s if there w ere m ore em phasis on traditional fam ily ties.

2 Agree som ewhat 607 36.2 37.2 76.3

T otal 1634 97.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

PAIRA Q6: Pair A

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 T he m ain reason governm ent has becom e bigger over the years is 932 55.6 57.8 57.8 because it has gotten involved in things that people shou

2 Governm ent has becom e bigger because the problem s 680 40.6 42.2 100.0 we face have becom e bigger

T otal 1677 100.0

PAIRB Q6: Pair B

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 We need a strong governm ent to handle today's 966 57.6 60.6 60.6 com plex econom ic problem s

2 T he free m arket can handle these problem s without 629 37.5 39.4 100.0 governm ent being involved

T otal 1595 95.1 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

PAIRC Q6: Pair C

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 T he less governm ent, the 786 46.8 49.6 49.6 better

2 T here are m ore things that 797 47.5 50.4 100.0 governm ent should be doing

T otal 1583 94.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

ppnp0001 Which one of the follow ing statem ents best describe how you typically obtain new s and inform ation?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 I prim arily rely on the Internet to obtain news and 270 16.1 19.5 19.5 inform ation

2 I prim arily rely on printed m aterial to obtain news and 403 24.0 29.2 48.7 inform ation

3 I rely equally on both printed 314 18.7 22.7 71.4 m aterial and the Internet

4 I don't rely on either printed or online m aterial for news and 396 23.6 28.6 100.0 inform ation

T otal 1383 82.5 100.0

System 285 17.0

T otal 294 17.5

T otal 1677 100.0

ppra0087 Q4:What types of radio program m ing do you listen to regularly?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 M usic 559 33.3 56.5 56.5

2 T alk or Call-In Shows 77 4.6 7.8 64.3

3 Both of these 353 21.0 35.7 100.0

T otal 988 58.9 100.0

M issing -2 Not asked 138 8.2

-1 REFUSED 9 .5

System 542 32.3

T otal 689 41.1

T otal 1677 100.0

cbl_type DERIVED: What kind of cable or satellite service does your HH receive?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Cable only 649 38.7 49.8 49.8

2 Satellite only 353 21.0 27.1 76.9

3 Both Cable and Satellite 11 .7 .8 77.8 4 Neither 290 17.3 22.2 100.0

T otal 1303 77.7 100.0

M issing System 374 22.3

T otal 1677 100.0

ppbt0208 How often do you w atch television

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Every day 981 58.5 78.5 78.5

2 Several tim es a week 169 10.1 13.5 92.0

3 Several tim es a m onth 27 1.6 2.2 94.2

4 Rarely 66 3.9 5.3 99.4

5 Never 7 .4 .6 100.0

T otal 1250 74.6 100.0

-1 Refused 5 .3

System 402 24.0

T otal 427 25.4

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0035 Q16: In general, how interested are you in politics and public affairs?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Very interested 446 26.6 26.6 26.6

2 Som ewhat interested 633 37.8 37.9 64.5

3 Slightly interested 424 25.3 25.4 89.9 4 Not at all interested 169 10.1 10.1 100.0

T otal 1672 99.7 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0070 Q26: What is your religion?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Baptist-any denom ination 285 17.0 17.1 17.1

2 Protestant (e.g., M ethodist, Lutheran, 335 20.0 20.1 37.2 Presbyterian, Episcopal)

3 Catholic 379 22.6 22.8 60.0 4 M orm on 31 1.9 1.9 61.8

5 Jewish 34 2.0 2.0 63.9

6 M uslim 4 .2 .2 64.1

7 Hindu 16 .9 .9 65.0

8 Buddhist 4 .3 .3 65.3

9 Pentecostal 55 3.3 3.3 68.6

10 Eastern Orthodox 10 .6 .6 69.2

11 Other Christian 231 13.8 13.9 83.0

12 Other non-Christian, 34 2.0 2.1 85.1 please specify:

13 None 248 14.8 14.9 100.0

T otal 1666 99.3 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0071 Q26a: Would you describe yourself as a born-again or evangelical Christian?

2 No 822 49.0 62.3 100.0

T otal 1319 78.7 100.0

-1 Refused 7 .4

T otal 358 21.3

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0072 Q27: How often do you attend religious services?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 M ore than once a week 206 12.3 14.6 14.6

2 Once a week 333 19.8 23.6 38.2

3 Once or twice a m onth 148 8.8 10.5 48.7

4 A few tim es a year 284 16.9 20.1 68.8

5 Once a year or less 232 13.8 16.4 85.2

6 Never 209 12.4 14.8 100.0

T otal 1412 84.2 100.0

-1 Refused 6 .3

T otal 266 15.8

T otal 1677 100.0

core_par Is R a parent or legal guardian?

1 Yes 464 27.6 27.6 100.0 T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

ppcu0001 Which of the follow ing best describes the use of telephones in your household?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 A landline (standard) 334 19.9 21.4 21.4 telephone only

2 Cell phone only (no 155 9.2 9.9 31.3 landline telephone)

3 Both landline and 1057 63.0 67.8 99.1 cell phone(s)

4 No telephone 14 .8 .9 100.0

T otal 1560 93.0 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0003 Q3: Are you currently registered to vote?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes, I am registered to 1340 79.9 79.9 79.9 vote at m y present address

2 Yes, I am registered to 73 4.4 4.4 84.3 vote at a different address

3 No, I am not registered 222 13.2 13.2 97.5 to vote

4 Not sure 42 2.5 2.5 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0004 Q4: Have you ever been registered to vote?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Yes 92 5.5 35.3 35.3 2 No 148 8.8 56.6 91.9

3 Not sure 21 1.3 8.1 100.0

T otal 261 15.6 100.0

-1 Refused 3 .2 T otal 1416 84.4

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0005 Q5: Did you happen to vote in the 2008 presidential election?

2 No 199 11.9 13.3 100.0

T otal 1499 89.4 100.0

-1 Refused 6 .4

T otal 178 10.6

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0006 Q6: Which candidate did you vote for in the 2008 Presidential election?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Barack Obam a (Dem ocrat) 685 40.8 53.3 53.3

2 John M cCain (Republican) 560 33.4 43.6 96.9

3 Another candidate, please 39 2.3 3.1 100.0 specify:

T otal 1284 76.6 100.0

-1 Refused 15 .9

T otal 393 23.4

T otal 1677 100.0

partyid7 DERIVED: Political party affiliation (7 categories)

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Strong Republican 258 15.4 15.4 15.4

2 Not Strong Republican 177 10.6 10.6 25.9

3 Leans Republican 244 14.5 14.5 40.5

4 61 3.7 3.7 44.1 Undecided/Independent/Other

5 Leans Dem ocrat 302 18.0 18.0 62.1

6 Not Strong Dem ocrat 276 16.4 16.4 78.6

7 Strong Dem ocrat 359 21.4 21.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0 100.0

pppa0012 Q11: In general, do you think of yourself as...

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Extrem ely liberal 67 4.0 4.0 4.0

2 Liberal 221 13.2 13.2 17.3

3 Slightly liberal 164 9.8 9.8 27.1

4 M oderate, m iddle of the road 643 38.3 38.6 65.7

5 Slightly conservative 201 12.0 12.1 77.7

6 Conservative 291 17.3 17.4 95.2 7 Extrem ely conservative 80 4.8 4.8 100.0

T otal 1667 99.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0064 Q22: Do you have any friends or relatives w ho you know to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender?

2 No 543 32.4 32.8 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0063 Q23: Do you consider yourself to be. . .

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Heterosexual or straight 1561 93.1 94.2 94.2

2 Gay 26 1.5 1.6 95.7

3 Lesbian 10 .6 .6 96.3 4 Bisexual 35 2.1 2.1 98.4

5 Other, please specify 26 1.6 1.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0066 Q24: Are you a m em ber of a labor union?

2 No 1486 88.6 89.0 98.6

3 Don't know 24 1.4 1.4 100.0

T otal 1670 99.6 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0068 Q25: Have you ever served on active duty in the U.S. Arm ed Forces, Military Reserves, or National Guard?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 I am now on active duty 7 .4 .4 .4 2 I was on active duty in the 187 11.1 11.2 11.6 past, but not now

3 I have trained for the Reserves or National Guard, 13 .8 .8 12.4 but have never been activated

4 I have never served in the 1460 87.0 87.6 100.0 m ilitary T otal 1666 99.4 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0117 Q34: Do you happen to have in your hom e or garage any guns or revolvers?

2 No 1119 66.7 68.4 100.0

T otal 1636 97.5 100.0

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0118 Q35: Is it a pistol, shotgun, rifle, or another type of gun? [Pistol]

1 Yes 331 19.8 64.4 100.0

T otal 515 30.7 100.0

-1 Refused 3 .1

T otal 1162 69.3

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0119 Q35: Is it a pistol, shotgun, rifle, or another type of gun? [Shotgun]

1 Yes 315 18.8 61.1 100.0

T otal 515 30.7 100.0

-1 Refused 3 .1

T otal 1162 69.3

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0120 Q35: Is it a pistol, shotgun, rifle, or another type of gun? [Rifle]

1 Yes 311 18.5 60.4 100.0

T otal 515 30.7 100.0 M issing -2 Not asked 1160 69.2

-1 Refused 3 .1

T otal 1162 69.3

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0121 Q35: Is it a pistol, shotgun, rifle, or another type of gun? [Other (please specify)]

1 Yes 30 1.8 5.8 100.0

T otal 515 30.7 100.0

-1 Refused 3 .1

T otal 1162 69.3

T otal 1677 100.0

pppa0122 Q36: Do any of these guns personally belong to you?

2 No 155 9.3 30.1 100.0

T otal 517 30.8 100.0 M issing -2 Not asked 1160 69.2

-1 Refused 1 .0

T otal 1160 69.2

T otal 1677 100.0

pa0002 Q12:Please rate your feelings tow ards George W. Bush. Is your overall im pression of him ...

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1.00 Favorable 167 9.9 14.2 14.2

2.00 Som ewhat favorable 279 16.6 23.7 37.8

3.00 Som ewhat unfavorable 235 14.0 20.0 57.8

4.00 Unfavorable 497 29.7 42.2 100.0

T otal 1178 70.3 100.0

M issing -1.00 REFUSED 15 .9

System 484 28.9

T otal 499 29.7

T otal 1677 100.0

Appendix B2: Codebook with Weighted Values – 2010 Data NOTE: Longer tables extending beyond one page suppressed.

CASEID: Serial number DT_START: Interview start time DT_END: Interview finish time WEIGHT_2010: Post-stratification weight PPAGE_2010: Age

ppagecat_2010 Age - 7 Categories

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 18-24 84 8.2 8.2 8.2 2 25-34 217 21.1 21.1 29.3

3 35-44 193 18.8 18.8 48.2

4 45-54 188 18.3 18.3 66.4

5 55-64 175 17.0 17.0 83.4

6 65-74 111 10.8 10.8 94.2 7 75+ 59 5.8 5.8 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

ppagect4_2010 Age - 4 Categories

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 18-29 225 21.9 21.9 21.9

2 30-44 269 26.2 26.2 48.2

3 45-59 285 27.8 27.8 75.9

4 60+ 247 24.1 24.1 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPEDUC_2010 Education (Highest Degree Received)

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 No form al education 4 .4 .4 .4

3 5th or 6th grade 9 .9 .9 1.2

4 7th or 8th grade 8 .8 .8 2.0

5 9th grade 20 2.0 2.0 4.0

6 10th grade 30 3.0 3.0 6.9

7 11th grade 38 3.7 3.7 10.6

8 12th grade NO DIPLOM A 35 3.4 3.4 14.0

9 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUAT E - high school DIPLOM A or the 320 31.1 31.1 45.1 equivalent (GED)

10 Som e college, no degree 219 21.3 21.3 66.4

11 Associate degree 65 6.4 6.4 72.8

12 Bachelors degree 170 16.6 16.6 89.4

13 M asters degree 73 7.1 7.1 96.5

14 Professional or Doctorate 36 3.5 3.5 100.0 degree

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPEDUCAT_2010 Education (Categorical)

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Less than high school 144 14.0 14.0 14.0

2 High school 320 31.1 31.1 45.1

3 Som e college 284 27.7 27.7 72.8

4 Bachelor's degree or higher 280 27.2 27.2 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPETHM_2010 Race / Ethnicity

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 White, Non-Hispanic 701 68.2 68.2 68.2

2 Black, Non-Hispanic 118 11.5 11.5 79.8 3 Other, Non-Hispanic 54 5.3 5.3 85.0

4 Hispanic 143 13.9 13.9 98.9

5 2+ Races, Non-Hispanic 11 1.1 1.1 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPGENDER_2010 Gender

Cum u lative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 M ale 497 48.4 48.4 48.4

2 Fem ale 530 51.6 51.6 100.0 T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPHHHEAD_2010 Household Head

1 Yes 832 81.0 81.0 100.0 T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPHHSIZE_2010 Household Size

2 359 35.0 35.0 57.6

3 175 17.1 17.1 74.7

4 159 15.5 15.5 90.2

5 59 5.7 5.7 95.9

6 30 2.9 2.9 98.8

7 5 .5 .5 99.2 8 4 .3 .3 99.6

9 1 .1 .1 99.7

10 2 .2 .2 99.9

13 1 .1 .1 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPHOUSE_2010 Housing Type

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 A one-fam ily house detached 680 66.3 66.3 66.3 from any other house

2 A one-fam ily house attached 75 7.3 7.3 73.6 to one or m ore houses

3 A building with 2 or m ore 196 19.1 19.1 92.7 apartm ents 4 A m obile hom e 74 7.2 7.2 99.9

5 Boat, RV, van, etc. 1 .1 .1 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPINCIMP_2010 Household Incom e

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Less than $5,000 27 2.6 2.6 2.6

2 $5,000 to $7,499 22 2.1 2.1 4.7

3 $7,500 to $9,999 30 2.9 2.9 7.6

4 $10,000 to $12,499 37 3.6 3.6 11.2

5 $12,500 to $14,999 37 3.6 3.6 14.9

6 $15,000 to $19,999 63 6.2 6.2 21.1

7 $20,000 to $24,999 61 5.9 5.9 27.0 8 $25,000 to $29,999 64 6.3 6.3 33.2

9 $30,000 to $34,999 41 4.0 4.0 37.2

10 $35,000 to $39,999 58 5.6 5.6 42.8

11 $40,000 to $49,999 82 8.0 8.0 50.8

12 $50,000 to $59,999 78 7.6 7.6 58.4

13 $60,000 to $74,999 116 11.3 11.3 69.7

14 $75,000 to $84,999 92 9.0 9.0 78.7

15 $85,000 to $99,999 67 6.5 6.5 85.2

16 $100,000 to $124,999 65 6.3 6.3 91.5

17 $125,000 to $149,999 40 3.9 3.9 95.4

18 $150,000 to $174,999 24 2.3 2.3 97.7

19 $175,000 or m ore 23 2.3 2.3 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPMARIT_2010 Marital Status

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 M arried 488 47.6 47.6 47.6

2 Widowed 60 5.8 5.8 53.4

3 Divorced 127 12.3 12.3 65.7 4 Separated 26 2.5 2.5 68.2

5 Never m arried 232 22.6 22.6 90.8

6 Living with partner 94 9.2 9.2 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPMSACAT_2010 MSA Status

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 0 Non-M etro 168 16.4 16.4 16.4

1 M etro 859 83.6 83.6 100.0 T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPREG4_2010 Region 4 - Based on State of Residence

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Northeast 190 18.5 18.5 18.5

2 M idwest 225 21.9 21.9 40.4

3 South 377 36.7 36.7 77.1

4 West 235 22.9 22.9 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

ppreg9_2010 Region 9 - Based on State of Residence

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 New England 48 4.7 4.7 4.7

2 M id-Atlantic 142 13.8 13.8 18.5

3 East-North Central 141 13.7 13.7 32.2

4 West-North Central 84 8.2 8.2 40.4 5 South Atlantic 191 18.6 18.6 58.9

6 East-South Central 76 7.4 7.4 66.3

7 West-South Central 110 10.7 10.7 77.1

8 M ountain 80 7.8 7.8 84.9

9 Pacific 155 15.1 15.1 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPRENT_2010 Ow nership Status of Living Quarters

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Owned or being bought by you or som eone in your 736 71.7 71.7 71.7 household 2 Rented for cash 273 26.6 26.6 98.3

3 Occupied without 17 1.7 1.7 100.0 paym ent of cash rent

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPSTATEN_2010 State

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 11 M E 3 .3 .3 .3 12 NH 2 .2 .2 .5 13 VT 1 .1 .1 .5 14 M A 26 2.5 2.5 3.1 15 RI 1 .1 .1 3.2 16 CT 16 1.5 1.5 4.7 21 NY 63 6.1 6.1 10.8 22 NJ 32 3.1 3.1 13.9 23 PA 47 4.6 4.6 18.5 31 OH 42 4.1 4.1 22.6 32 IN 23 2.2 2.2 24.8 33 IL 28 2.7 2.7 27.5 34 M I 31 3.1 3.1 30.6 35 WI 16 1.6 1.6 32.2 41 M N 26 2.6 2.6 34.8 42 IA 10 1.0 1.0 35.8 43 M O 26 2.6 2.6 38.3 44 ND 1 .1 .1 38.4 45 SD 2 .2 .2 38.6 46 NE 9 .8 .8 39.5 47 KS 9 .9 .9 40.4 51 DE 7 .7 .7 41.0 52 M D 9 .8 .8 41.9 53 DC 3 .2 .2 42.1 54 VA 21 2.0 2.0 44.1 55 WV 7 .7 .7 44.9 56 NC 33 3.3 3.3 48.1 57 SC 15 1.5 1.5 49.6 58 GA 27 2.6 2.6 52.2 59 FL 69 6.7 6.7 58.9 61 KY 15 1.4 1.4 60.4 62 T N 23 2.3 2.3 62.6 63 AL 27 2.6 2.6 65.3 64 M S 11 1.1 1.1 66.3 71 AR 11 1.1 1.1 67.4 72 LA 20 1.9 1.9 69.3 73 OK 19 1.8 1.8 71.2 74 T X 61 5.9 5.9 77.1 81 M T 5 .5 .5 77.6 82 ID 9 .8 .8 78.4 84 CO 20 2.0 2.0 80.4 85 NM 5 .5 .5 80.8 86 AZ 20 2.0 2.0 82.8 87 UT 8 .8 .8 83.6 88 NV 14 1.3 1.3 84.9 91 WA 25 2.4 2.4 87.3 92 OR 14 1.3 1.3 88.6 93 CA 111 10.8 10.8 99.5 94 AK 1 .1 .1 99.6 95 HI 5 .4 .4 100.0 T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPT01_2010 Presence of Household Mem bers - Children 0-2

1 29 2.8 2.8 100.0 T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 0 916 89.2 89.2 89.2 1 88 8.5 8.5 97.8 2 23 2.2 2.2 100.0 T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

1 109 10.6 10.6 93.8

2 50 4.9 4.9 98.7 3 11 1.1 1.1 99.7

4 1 .1 .1 99.9

5 1 .1 .1 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

1 99 9.6 9.6 96.6 2 28 2.7 2.7 99.3

3 6 .6 .6 99.9

4 1 .1 .1 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPT18OV_2010 Presence of Household Mem bers - Adults 18+

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 267 26.0 26.0 26.0 2 547 53.3 53.3 79.3

3 142 13.8 13.8 93.0

4 54 5.2 5.2 98.3

5 11 1.1 1.1 99.3

6 2 .2 .2 99.6 7 4 .4 .4 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPWORK_2010 Current Employm ent Status

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Working - as a paid 507 49.4 49.4 49.4 em ployee

2 Working - self-em ployed 64 6.2 6.2 55.6

3 Not working - on tem porary 24 2.3 2.3 57.9 layoff from a job 4 Not working - looking for work 105 10.2 10.2 68.2

5 Not working - retired 147 14.3 14.3 82.5

6 Not working - disabled 108 10.6 10.6 93.1

7 Not working - other 71 6.9 6.9 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

PPNET_2010 HH Internet Access

1 Yes 664 64.6 64.6 100.0 T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q500_2010 Do you approve of the job that President Obam a is doing?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid -1 Refused 9 .9 .9 .9

1 Strongly Approve 171 16.6 16.6 17.5

2 Som ewhat Approve 379 36.9 36.9 54.4

3 Som ewhat Disapprove 207 20.1 20.1 74.5

4 Strongly Disapprove 262 25.5 25.5 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q501_1_2010 [The m ilitary] Below is a list of som e institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, w ould you say you have a great deal of confidence, only som e confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them ?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid -1 Refused 17 1.7 1.7 1.7

1 Great deal of confidence 416 40.5 40.5 42.1

2 Som e confidence 507 49.3 49.3 91.5

3 Hardly any confidence 88 8.5 8.5 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q501_2_2010 [The US Suprem e Court] Below is a list of som e institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, w ould you say you have a great deal of confidence, only som e confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them ?

2 Som e confidence 638 62.1 62.1 83.5

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q501_3_2010 [Congress] Below is a list of som e institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, w ould you say you have a great deal of confidence, only som e confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them ?

2 Som e confidence 475 46.2 46.2 52.2

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q501_4_2010 [Churches] Below is a list of som e institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, w ould you say you have a great deal of confidence, only som e confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them ?

2 Som e confidence 545 53.1 53.1 76.4

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q501_5_2010 [Corporations] Below is a list of som e institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, w ould you say you have a great deal of confidence, only som e confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them ?

2 Som e confidence 538 52.4 52.4 58.6

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q501_6_2010 [The President] Below is a list of som e institutions in this country. As far as the people running these institutions are concerned, w ould you say you have a great deal of confidence, only som e confidence, or hardly any confidence at all in them ?

2 Som e confidence 454 44.2 44.2 65.7

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q502AA_2010 [The Suprem e Court should recognize a right of privacy even though it is not explicitly stated in the Constitution.] In general do you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents about the United States Suprem e Court:

1 Agree Strongly 328 32.0 32.0 34.7

2 Agree Som ewhat 533 51.9 51.9 86.5

3 Disagree Som ewhat 109 10.6 10.6 97.2 4 Disagree Strongly 29 2.8 2.8 100.0

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Q502BB_2010 [The Suprem e Court should focus less on w hat the Constitution m eant w hen it w as w ritten and m ore on the effect its decisions w ill have in today’s Am erica.] In general do you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents...

1 Agree Strongly 173 16.8 16.8 19.6

2 Agree Som ewhat 380 37.0 37.0 56.6

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q502CC_2010 [The Suprem e Court should read the Constitution as a general set of principles w hose m eaning changes over tim e.] In general do you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents about the United States Suprem e Court:

1 Agree Strongly 209 20.4 20.4 23.3

2 Agree Som ewhat 409 39.8 39.8 63.1

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q508_2010 Were a m ajority of the current m em bers of the U.S. Suprem e Court appointed by Dem ocratic or Republican Presidents?

1 Dem ocrat 224 21.8 21.8 23.3

2 Republican 261 25.4 25.4 48.7 3 Not sure 527 51.3 51.3 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q511A_2010 [The Environm ental Protection Agency (EPA) should have the pow er to lim it carbon dioxide em issions from cars and pow er plants.] In general do you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

1 Strongly Agree 263 25.6 25.6 28.2

2 Agree Som ewhat 469 45.7 45.7 73.9

3 Disagree Som ewhat 168 16.4 16.4 90.3

4 Strongly Disagree 100 9.7 9.7 100.0

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Q511B_2010 [Gays and lesbians should be able to serve openly in the m ilitary.] In general do you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid -1 Refused 30 2.9 2.9 2.9 1 Strongly Agree 368 35.8 35.8 38.7

2 Agree Som ewhat 305 29.7 29.7 68.4

3 Disagree Som ewhat 149 14.5 14.5 82.9 4 Strongly Disagree 175 17.1 17.1 100.0

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Q511C_2010 [Police should request identification from anyone they suspect m ight be in the country illegally.] In general do you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

1 Strongly Agree 445 43.3 43.3 46.3

2 Agree Som ewhat 277 26.9 26.9 73.2

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Q511D_2010 [Corporations should have a right to free speech.] In general do you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

1 Strongly Agree 324 31.6 31.6 34.9

2 Agree Som ewhat 484 47.2 47.2 82.0 3 Disagree Som ewhat 111 10.8 10.8 92.8

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q511E_2010 [A state should be allow ed to sentence for life in prison a person under 18 years of age for arm ed burglary.] In general do you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

1 Strongly Agree 112 10.9 10.9 14.0

2 Agree Som ewhat 252 24.6 24.6 38.6

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q510_2010 In general, do you agree or disagree w ith the 1973 Roe v. Wade Suprem e Court decision that established a w om an's right to an abortion?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid -1 Refused 25 2.4 2.4 2.4 1 Strongly Agree 368 35.8 35.8 38.2

2 Agree Som ewhat 288 28.0 28.0 66.2

3 Disagree Som ewhat 140 13.6 13.6 79.9 4 Strongly Disagree 207 20.1 20.1 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q512A_2010 [Com panies should be allow ed to advertise tobacco.] Please tell m e w hether you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Pe rcent Percent Valid -1 Refused 23 2.2 2.2 2.2

1 Strongly Agree 109 10.6 10.6 12.8 2 Agree Som ewhat 327 31.8 31.8 44.6

4 Disagree Strongly 295 28.7 28.7 100.0 T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q512B_2010 [People should be allow ed to buy and sell video gam es depicting extrem e violence.] Please tell m e w hether you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

1 Strongly Agree 145 14.2 14.2 17.0

2 Agree Som ewhat 281 27.3 27.3 44.3

4 Disagree Strongly 291 28.4 28.4 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q512C_2010 ['People should be able to buy and sell videos show ing dog fighting, anim al torture and killing, and other types of anim al cruelty.'] Please tell m e w hether you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

1 Strongly Agree 53 5.1 5.1 7.6

2 Agree Som ewhat 90 8.8 8.8 16.3

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Q512D_2010 [Musicians should be allow ed to sing songs w ith w ords that others m ight find offensive.] Please tell m e w hether you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

1 Strongly Agree 283 27.6 27.6 29.7

2 Agree Som ewhat 328 31.9 31.9 61.6

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q512E_2010 [People should be allow ed to burn or deface the Am erican flag as a political statem ent.] Please tell m e w hether you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

1 Strongly Agree 103 10.1 10.1 12.6

2 Agree Som ewhat 172 16.8 16.8 29.4

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q512F_2010 [Corporations ought to be able to spend their profits on TV advertisem ents urging voters to vote for or against candidates in an upcom ing election.] Please tell m e w hether you agree or disagree w ith the follow ing statem ents:

1 Strongly Agree 97 9.4 9.4 11.7

2 Agree Som ewhat 315 30.7 30.7 42.4

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q515_2010 Should corporations be required to get approval from their shareholders for expenditures related to political cam paigns?

1 Yes 868 84.5 84.5 86.8

2 No 135 13.2 13.2 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q517_1_2010 [Ban ow nership of a handgun] In general do you favor or oppose the follow ing policies concerning gun control:

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid -1 Refused 27 2.6 2.6 2.6 1 Strongly favor 95 9.3 9.3 11.9

2 Som ewhat favor 120 11.7 11.7 23.6

3 Som ewhat oppose 287 27.9 27.9 51.5 4 Strongly oppose 498 48.5 48.5 100.0

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Q517_2_2010 [Ban ow nership of assault w eapons and sem i-autom atic w eapons] In general do you favor or oppose the follow ing policies concerning gun control:

1 Strongly favor 385 37.5 37.5 40.2

2 Som ewhat favor 239 23.3 23.3 63.5

3 Som ewhat oppose 180 17.5 17.5 81.1

4 Strongly oppose 194 18.9 18.9 100.0

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Q517_3_2010 [Ban carrying handguns in public places] In general do you favor or oppose the follow ing policies concerning gun control:

1 Strongly favor 310 30.2 30.2 33.3

2 Som ewhat favor 261 25.5 25.5 58.8 3 Som ewhat oppose 202 19.7 19.7 78.5

4 Strongly oppose 221 21.5 21.5 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q517_4_2010 [Require registration and background checks of persons seeking to purchase guns] In general do you favor or oppose the follow ing policies concerning gun control:

1 Strongly favor 755 73.5 73.5 76.3

2 Som ewhat favor 170 16.5 16.5 92.8

3 Som ewhat oppose 31 3.1 3.1 95.9

4 Strongly oppose 42 4.1 4.1 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q518A_2010 Do you personally fear that you w ill be a victim of a crim e involving a gun?

1 Yes 197 19.2 19.2 21.4

2 No 808 78.6 78.6 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q519_2010 Do you think these w ords w ere intended to give individual Am ericans the right to keep and bear arm s for their ow n defense or w ere these w ords intended to protect the right of citizens to form a m ilitia…

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid -1 Refused 28 2.7 2.7 2.7 1 Right of Individual 742 72.3 72.3 75.0 Person to Own a Gun 2 Right of Citizens to 257 25.0 25.0 100.0 Form a M ilitia

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Q519A_2010 Do you support the Tea Party Movem ent?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid -1 Refused 78 7.6 7.6 7.6 1 Yes 456 44.4 44.4 52.0 2 No 493 48.0 48.0 100.0 T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q520_2010 Federal law prohibited corporations from using their profits to pay for television ads in the m onth before an election urging voters to vote for or against candidates. Did the Court rule that this statute com plied w ith the Constitution?

1 Yes, the Court ruled the statute com plied with 152 14.8 14.8 16.2 the Constitution. 2 No, the Court ruled the statute did not com ply 241 23.5 23.5 39.7 with the Constitution. 3 Not sure 619 60.3 60.3 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q520a_2010 How do you think they likely decided this case?

1 Probably ruled the statute 280 27.3 44.2 54.1 com plied with the Constitution. 2 Probably ruled the statute did not com ply with the 291 28.3 45.9 100.0 Constitution. T otal 634 61.7 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0

Q521_2010 Federal law prohibited a person from selling videos show ing dog fighting, anim al torture and killing, and other types of anim al cruelty. Did the Court rule that this statute com plied w ith the Constitution?

1 Yes, the Court ruled the statute com plied with 306 29.8 29.8 31.2 the Constitution. 2 No, the Court ruled the statute did not com ply 190 18.5 18.5 49.7 with the Constitution. 3 Not sure 516 50.3 50.3 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

1 Probably ruled the statute 226 22.0 42.6 55.1 com plied with the Constitution. 2 Probably ruled the statute did not com ply with the 238 23.2 44.9 100.0 Constitution. T otal 531 51.7 100.0

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Q522_2010 A 16 year old w as sentenced to life w ithout parole for arm ed burglary under a state law that allow ed juveniles to be sentenced for life for crim es in w hich no one w as killed. Did the Court rule that such law s com plied w ith the Constitution?

1 Yes, the Court ruled such laws com plied with 171 16.7 16.7 18.2 the Constitution.

2 No, the Court ruled such laws did not com ply 294 28.6 28.6 46.8 with the Constitution.

3 Not sure 547 53.2 53.2 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

1 Probably ruled such laws 213 20.7 37.8 48.3 com plied with the Constitution. 2 Probably ruled such laws did not com ply with the 290 28.3 51.7 100.0 Constitution.

T otal 562 54.7 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0

Q523_2010 The US Suprem e Court heard a case asking w hether the Environm ental Protection Agency (EPA) has right to regulate carbon dioxide like other air pollution, such as sm og. Did the Court rule that the EPA has the pow er to regulate carbon dioxide em issions?

1 Yes, the court decided the 313 30.5 30.5 31.8 EPA has this power.

2 No, the court decided the 150 14.6 14.6 46.4 EPA does not have this power.

3 Not sure 550 53.6 53.6 100.0

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

1 Probably decided the EPA 278 27.1 49.3 61.0 has this power

2 Probably decided the EPA 220 21.4 39.0 100.0 does not have this power

T otal 564 54.9 100.0

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Q503A_2010 Which statem ent com es closer to your view ?

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid -1 Refused 37 3.6 3.6 3.6 1 In m aking decisions, the Suprem e Court should only consider the original 375 36.5 36.5 40.1 intentions of the authors of the Constitution.

2 In m aking decisions, the Suprem e Court should consider changing tim es 615 59.9 59.9 100.0 and current realities in applying the principles o

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Q599_2010 Do you approve or disapprove of the w ay George W. Bush handled his job as president?

1 Strongly approve 87 8.4 8.4 11.4

2 Approve som ewhat 307 29.9 29.9 41.2 3 Disapprove som ewhat 246 23.9 23.9 65.2

4 Strongly disapprove 358 34.8 34.8 100.0

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Q600_2010 Do you approve of the job that Congress is doing?

1 Strongly Approve 18 1.7 1.7 6.1

2 Som ewhat Approve 297 28.9 28.9 35.0

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Q601_2010 Do you approve of the job the U.S. Suprem e Court is doing?

1 Strongly Approve 49 4.8 4.8 9.4 2 Som ewhat Approve 548 53.3 53.3 62.7

T otal 1027 100.0 100.0

Q602_2010 As you m ay know Elena Kagan has been nom inated to serve on the United States Suprem e Court. Would you like to see the Senate vote in favor of Kagan serving on the Suprem e Court?

1 Yes, I would like to see the Senate vote in favor of 497 48.4 48.4 58.7 Elena Kagan serving on the Suprem e Court

2 No, I would not like to see the Senate vote in favor of 424 41.3 41.3 100.0 Elena Kagan serving on the Suprem e Court.

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Q604_2010 You m ay rem em ber that ten years ago the U.S. Suprem e Court issued a decision in the case concerning the counting of ballots cast in Florida in the 2000 presidential election contest betw een George Bush and Al Gore. Do you think the Suprem e Court decided th

1 Yes, it decided the 346 33.7 33.7 36.3 case fairly.

2 No, it did not 362 35.2 35.2 71.6 decide the case fairly.

3 I don't rem em ber. 292 28.4 28.4 100.0

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Q26a_2010 Would you describe yourself as a born-again or evangelical Christian?

1 Yes 321 31.3 31.3 34.6

2 No 672 65.4 65.4 100.0

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Q7_2010 Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a...

1 Republican 252 24.5 24.5 26.6

2 Dem ocrat 365 35.6 35.6 62.2

3 Independent 218 21.2 21.2 83.4

4 Another party, please specify: 14 1.4 1.4 84.8

5 No preference 156 15.2 15.2 100.0

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Q7_Other_2010 [Other - specify] Generally speaking, do you think of yourself as a.. .

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1013 98.6 98.6 98.6

cannt vote 1 .1 .1 98.7

citizen of the USA 1 .0 .0 98.8

CONSERT INE 0 .0 .0 98.8

Conservative 1 .1 .1 98.9 CONSERVAT IVE 2 .2 .2 99.1

free thinker 1 .1 .1 99.2

green 1 .1 .1 99.3

green party 1 .1 .1 99.4

Independent Conservative 1 .1 .1 99.5

Jedi 1 .1 .1 99.6

libertarian 2 .1 .1 99.7 Libertarian 1 .1 .1 99.8

Libiterian 1 .1 .1 99.9

libritarian 1 .1 .1 100.0

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Q8_2010 Would you call yourself a...

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid 1 Strong Republican 137 13.4 54.5 54.5

2 Not very strong Republican 115 11.2 45.5 100.0

T otal 252 24.5 100.0

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Q9_2010 Would you call yourself a...

Cum ulative Frequency Percent Valid Percent Percent Valid -1 Refused 4 .4 1.1 1.1

1 Strong Dem ocrat 181 17.6 49.6 50.7

2 Not very strong Dem ocrat 180 17.5 49.3 100.0

T otal 365 35.6 100.0

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Q10_2010 Do you think of yourself as closer to the...

1 Republican Party 158 15.4 38.6 54.9 2 Dem ocratic Party 185 18.0 45.1 100.0

T otal 410 39.9 100.0

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Q11_2010 In general, do you think of yourself as...

1 Extrem ely liberal 39 3.8 3.8 6.7

2 Liberal 156 15.2 15.2 21.8

3 Slightly liberal 108 10.6 10.6 32.4

4 M oderate, m iddle of the road 355 34.5 34.5 66.9

5 Slightly conservative 117 11.4 11.4 78.4

6 Conservative 181 17.6 17.6 96.0

7 Extrem ely conservative 41 4.0 4.0 100.0

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Q100_1_2010 [Take a quick break] During the course of this survey did you do any of the follow ing.

1 Yes 151 14.7 14.7 100.0

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Q100_2_2010 [Deal w ith a child] During the course of this survey did you do any of the follow ing.

1 Yes 69 6.7 6.7 100.0

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Q100_3_2010 [Do a chore, such as w ashing dishes.] During the course of this survey did you do any of the follow ing.

1 Yes 25 2.5 2.5 100.0

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Q100_4_2010 [Search the w eb or read a w ebpage] During the course of this survey did you do any of the follow ing.

1 Yes 41 4.0 4.0 100.0

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Q100_5_2010 [Look at em ail] During the course of this survey did you do any of the follow ing.

1 Yes 29 2.8 2.8 100.0

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Q100_6_2010 [Answ er a phone call] During the course of this survey did you do any of the follow ing.

1 Yes 87 8.5 8.5 100.0

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Q100_7_2010 [Send a text] During the course of this survey did you do any of the follow ing.

1 Yes 29 2.8 2.8 100.0

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Q100_8_2010 [Watch television] During the course of this survey did you do any of the follow ing.

1 Yes 159 15.5 15.5 100.0

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Q100_9_2010 [Refused] During the course of this survey did you do any of the follow ing.

1 Yes 584 56.9 56.9 100.0

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