Importance of Representative's Race (May 2011)

Importance of Representative's Race (May 2011)

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categorycolumn-1
Very Important3%
Somewhat Important10%
Not at all Important 83%
Don't know3%

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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Very Important5%1%3%
Somewhat Important11%13%9%
Not at all Important 80%82%87%
Don't know4%4%1%

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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Very Important2%3%3%
Somewhat Important9%5%11%
Not at all Important 88%92%84%
Don't know2%0%2%

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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Very Important0%3%8%
Somewhat Important7%17%9%
Not at all Important 91%78%77%
Don't know2%2%6%

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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Very Important3%5%3%
Somewhat Important5%16%8%
Not at all Important 91%71%88%
Don't know1%8%1%

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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Very Important1%3%3%
Somewhat Important5%8%11%
Not at all Important 91%87%86%
Don't know2%1%1%

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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Very Important2%1%5%
Somewhat Important10%2%2%
Not at all Important 87%94%92%
Don't know0%3%0%

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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Very Important6%8%1%
Somewhat Important9%13%11%
Not at all Important 81%79%87%
Don't know5%0%1%

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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Very Important3%9%2%
Somewhat Important7%17%14%
Not at all Important 87%73%81%
Don't know3%1%4%

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categoryMaleFemale
Very Important3%4%
Somewhat Important9%11%
Not at all Important 86%81%
Don't know2%5%

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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Very Important3%4%3%
Somewhat Important7%11%11%
Not at all Important 84%83%83%
Don't know6%2%3%

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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Very Important4%4%1%8%4%0%
Somewhat Important18%11%10%6%7%14%
Not at all Important 72%80%87%83%85%86%
Don't know7%5%1%2%4%0%

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