Preferred Work Experience for Candidates for Statewide Office (October 2010)
category | column-1 |
---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 22% |
Experience in the private sector. | 56% |
Don't know | 22% |
category | Democrat | Independent | Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 37% | 18% | 13% |
Experience in the private sector. | 31% | 70% | 71% |
Don't know | 32% | 12% | 16% |
category | Lean Republican | Not very strong Republican | Strong Republican |
---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 7% | 16% | 15% |
Experience in the private sector. | 84% | 61% | 69% |
Don't know | 8% | 24% | 16% |
category | Lean Democrat | Not very strong Democrat | Strong Democrat |
---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 30% | 37% | 40% |
Experience in the private sector. | 32% | 36% | 27% |
Don't know | 39% | 26% | 33% |
category | Liberals | Moderates | Conservatives |
---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 37% | 27% | 14% |
Experience in the private sector. | 27% | 46% | 70% |
Don't know | 36% | 27% | 16% |
category | Leaning conservative | Somewhat conservative | Extremely conservative |
---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 16% | 12% | 14% |
Experience in the private sector. | 59% | 80% | 68% |
Don't know | 24% | 8% | 18% |
category | Leaning liberal | Somewhat liberal | Extremely liberal |
---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 29% | 47% | 44% |
Experience in the private sector. | 33% | 18% | 24% |
Don't know | 37% | 35% | 32% |
category | Democrat | Republican | Tea Party |
---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 40% | 21% | 9% |
Experience in the private sector. | 29% | 58% | 87% |
Don't know | 31% | 21% | 4% |
category | White | Black | Hispanic |
---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 17% | 32% | 30% |
Experience in the private sector. | 64% | 24% | 50% |
Don't know | 19% | 44% | 20% |
category | Male | Female |
---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 20% | 24% |
Experience in the private sector. | 67% | 45% |
Don't know | 13% | 31% |
category | Urban | Suburban | Rural |
---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 29% | 19% | 20% |
Experience in the private sector. | 43% | 61% | 60% |
Don't know | 28% | 20% | 20% |
category | No high school | High school graduate | Some college | 2-year | 4-year | Post-grad |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Experience in elected office. | 12% | 20% | 24% | 27% | 22% | 26% |
Experience in the private sector. | 43% | 55% | 55% | 63% | 59% | 57% |
Don't know | 45% | 25% | 21% | 10% | 19% | 17% |