Seriousness - People Voting Who Are Not Eligible (October 2016)

Seriousness - People Voting Who Are Not Eligible (October 2016)

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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.

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Extremely serious45%
Somewhat serious14%
Not too serious12%
Not serious at all27%
Don't know2%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3. Trump voters are those respondents who have indicated that they will be voting for Donald Trump in Q17.

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categoryNot supporting Donald TrumpSupporting Donald Trump
Extremely serious18%77%
Somewhat serious11%18%
Not too serious19%3%
Not serious at all48%1%
Don't know3%0%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3. Clinton voters is based on those who have indicated that they will be voting for Hillary Clinton in Q17.
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categoryNot supporting Hillary ClintonSupporting Hillary Clinton
Extremely serious67%12%
Somewhat serious18%9%
Not too serious6%20%
Not serious at all6%57%
Don't know2%2%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Measurement of Party ID for this figure is based on two questions. First, respondents were asked whether they consider themselves to be a Democrats, Republicans, independents, other, or not sure. Those who responded that they are independents or "other" were then asked if they lean toward either the Democrats or Republicans. If they indicated that they lean toward one party or the other, they are considered Democrats or Republicans for the purposes of this figure. Only "pure" independents or members of a third party who indicate that they have no preference for Democrats vis-a-vis Republicans are considered independents. Respondents who answered that they are "not sure" for either of the two aforementioned questions are not incorporated into this figure.
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categoryDemocratIndependentRepublican
Extremely serious15%58%70%
Somewhat serious8%11%19%
Not too serious20%16%4%
Not serious at all55%14%5%
Don't know2%1%2%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean RepublicanNot very strong RepublicanStrong Republican
Extremely serious67%63%74%
Somewhat serious20%23%17%
Not too serious6%3%3%
Not serious at all7%9%2%
Don't know0%3%4%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Party identification is calculated according to the PID7 variable, a seven point scale of party identification.
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categoryLean DemocratNot very strong DemocratStrong Democrat
Extremely serious14%14%16%
Somewhat serious6%7%9%
Not too serious16%26%20%
Not serious at all63%52%53%
Don't know1%1%2%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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categoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Extremely serious9%30%71%
Somewhat serious7%17%16%
Not too serious19%18%4%
Not serious at all63%32%8%
Don't know2%4%1%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Extremely serious48%66%86%
Somewhat serious22%19%10%
Not too serious5%8%1%
Not serious at all22%8%2%
Don't know3%0%1%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    The ideology measure is based on respondent self-placement in response to the following question: "On a scale from 1 to 7, where 1 is extremely liberal, 7 is extremely conservative, and 4 is exactly in the middle, where would you place yourself?" The placements are further classified such that 1 is extremely liberal, 2 is very liberal, 3 is somewhat liberal, 4 is moderate, 5 is somewhat conservative, 6 is very conservative, and 7 is extremely conservative.
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categoryLeaning liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Extremely serious6%10%10%
Somewhat serious9%4%8%
Not too serious23%14%22%
Not serious at all59%69%60%
Don't know4%2%0%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Tea Party identification is based on the following question, also asked in the survey: "Suppose the Tea Party movement organized itself as a political party. When thinking about the next election for Congress, would you vote for the Republican candidate from your district, the Democratic candidate from your district, or the Tea Party candidate from your district?" Those who responded "Republican candidate" are considered Republicans (non-Tea Party movement) and those who responded "Tea Party candidate" are considered Tea Party Republicans.
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categoryDemocratRepublicanTea Party
Extremely serious12%66%81%
Somewhat serious9%17%12%
Not too serious20%7%2%
Not serious at all57%9%3%
Don't know1%1%1%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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categoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Extremely serious50%33%35%
Somewhat serious16%12%10%
Not too serious9%8%22%
Not serious at all23%45%31%
Don't know2%3%2%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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categoryMaleFemale
Extremely serious46%44%
Somewhat serious13%15%
Not too serious9%14%
Not serious at all29%25%
Don't know3%1%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Community is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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categoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Extremely serious35%43%61%
Somewhat serious10%17%14%
Not too serious17%10%11%
Not serious at all37%30%8%
Don't know2%1%6%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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category18-2930-4445-6465+
Extremely serious28%40%51%54%
Somewhat serious12%12%15%18%
Not too serious21%16%6%9%
Not serious at all34%31%26%18%
Don't know5%1%2%1%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3.
    Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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categoryNo high schoolHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Extremely serious47%52%41%46%42%41%
Somewhat serious6%13%19%15%14%11%
Not too serious18%14%10%11%12%9%
Not serious at all30%16%28%25%33%39%
Don't know0%4%2%3%0%0%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3. Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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categoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Extremely serious57%46%30%21%
Somewhat serious17%17%9%7%
Not too serious9%13%8%21%
Not serious at all14%23%46%51%
Don't know2%1%7%0%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3. Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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categoryThe Bible is the word of God, to be taken literallyThe Bible is the word of God, not to be taken literallyThe Bible is a book written by men
Extremely serious60%49%21%
Somewhat serious18%16%10%
Not too serious10%10%17%
Not serious at all11%23%52%
Don't know1%2%0%
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    Likely voters were asked, "How serious a problem do you think each of the following will be in the 2016 elections? - People voting who are not eligible."
    "Likely Voters" were defined as those who indicated that they were either certain to vote in Q3A or have voted in every election in Q3. College is based on those who have recieved a 4-year college education or a post-graduate education according to the EDUC variable.

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categoryNo College EducationCollege Educated
Extremely serious47%41%
Somewhat serious15%13%
Not too serious12%11%
Not serious at all23%35%
Don't know3%0%

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