h/t Marginal Revolution
Formatting is a bitch. Data is taken from http://sda.berkeley.edu/quicktables/quic...=gss10%3A2
The following tables represent the answers provided by white respondents only.
For the topic FAVOR LAWS AGAINST INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE:
YES
Democrat: 11.9
Ind: 9.6
Repub: 11.5
Other: 5
TOTAL: 10.8
NO
Dem: 88.1
Ind: 90.4
Repub: 88.5
Other: 95
TOTAL: 89.2
For the topic BLACKS SHOULDN'T BE PUSHY:
AGREE STRONGLY
Dem: 14.9
Ind: 14.2
Rep: 15.8
AGREE SLIGHTLY
Dem: 20.4
Ind: 20.6
Rep: 26.6
DISAGREE SLIGHTLY
Dem: 30.2
Ind: 28
Rep: 25.9
DISAGREE STRONGLY
Dem: 34.5
Ind: 37.2
Rep: 31.7
For the topic WOULD VOTE FOR BLACK PRESIDENT:
YES
Strong Dem: 92.4
Not Strong Dem: 94
Not Strong Rep: 93.9
Strong Rep: 94.7
NO
Strong Dem: 7.6
Not Strong Dem: 6
Not Strong Rep: 6.1
Strong Rep: 5.3
I believe the confidence intervals for these numbers are all above an alpha of .90.
If you visit the link to the marginal revolution blog, you'll be able to follow some analysis of the numbers.
I don't really have an argument for how these numbers should be interpreted with regard to the proportion of racists in each party. This is merely data; what do you guys think is the best way to interpret it?
Formatting is a bitch. Data is taken from http://sda.berkeley.edu/quicktables/quic...=gss10%3A2
The following tables represent the answers provided by white respondents only.
For the topic FAVOR LAWS AGAINST INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE:
YES
Democrat: 11.9
Ind: 9.6
Repub: 11.5
Other: 5
TOTAL: 10.8
NO
Dem: 88.1
Ind: 90.4
Repub: 88.5
Other: 95
TOTAL: 89.2
For the topic BLACKS SHOULDN'T BE PUSHY:
AGREE STRONGLY
Dem: 14.9
Ind: 14.2
Rep: 15.8
AGREE SLIGHTLY
Dem: 20.4
Ind: 20.6
Rep: 26.6
DISAGREE SLIGHTLY
Dem: 30.2
Ind: 28
Rep: 25.9
DISAGREE STRONGLY
Dem: 34.5
Ind: 37.2
Rep: 31.7
For the topic WOULD VOTE FOR BLACK PRESIDENT:
YES
Strong Dem: 92.4
Not Strong Dem: 94
Not Strong Rep: 93.9
Strong Rep: 94.7
NO
Strong Dem: 7.6
Not Strong Dem: 6
Not Strong Rep: 6.1
Strong Rep: 5.3
I believe the confidence intervals for these numbers are all above an alpha of .90.
If you visit the link to the marginal revolution blog, you'll be able to follow some analysis of the numbers.
I don't really have an argument for how these numbers should be interpreted with regard to the proportion of racists in each party. This is merely data; what do you guys think is the best way to interpret it?
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