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Registered Voters |
| As part of the debt ceiling agreement last summer a bipartisan congressional committee called the Super Committee was created to propose a way to significantly reduce the federal budget deficit. How confident are you that the Congressional Republicans and the Congressional Democrats on the Super Committee will be able to come to an agreement on how to reduce the federal deficit: |
| Very confident-Confident |
Not very confident-Not confident at all |
Unsure |
| Row % |
Row % |
Row % |
| Registered Voters |
13% |
85% |
2% |
| Party Identification |
Democrat |
16% |
82% |
2% |
| Republican |
13% |
84% |
3% |
| Independent |
11% |
88% |
1% |
| Tea Party Supporters |
15% |
85% |
<1% |
| Political Ideology |
Very liberal-Liberal |
12% |
88% |
<1% |
| Moderate |
14% |
85% |
2% |
| Conservative-Very conservative |
14% |
84% |
2% |
| Region |
Northeast |
13% |
85% |
1% |
| Midwest |
14% |
84% |
2% |
| South |
14% |
82% |
3% |
| West |
12% |
88% |
<1% |
| Household Income |
Less than $50,000 |
16% |
82% |
2% |
| $50,000 or more |
13% |
86% |
1% |
| Education |
Not college graduate |
14% |
84% |
2% |
| College graduate |
13% |
86% |
1% |
| Age |
Under 45 |
18% |
80% |
2% |
| 45 or older |
12% |
86% |
2% |
| Age |
18 to 29 |
25% |
75% |
<1% |
| 30 to 44 |
14% |
84% |
3% |
| 45 to 59 |
14% |
85% |
<1% |
| 60 or older |
10% |
86% |
3% |
| Generation |
Millennials (18-30) |
24% |
76% |
<1% |
| Gen X (31-46) |
16% |
82% |
2% |
| Baby Boomers (47-65) |
14% |
86% |
<1% |
| Silent-Greatest (Over 65) |
8% |
87% |
5% |
| Race |
White |
11% |
88% |
2% |
| Non-white |
23% |
74% |
3% |
| Gender |
Men |
11% |
88% |
1% |
| Women |
16% |
81% |
3% |
| Interview Type |
Landline |
14% |
84% |
2% |
| Cell Phone |
12% |
87% |
1% |
| Marist Poll National Registered Voters: Interviews conducted November 8th through 10th, 2011, N=872 MOE +/- 3.5%. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding. |
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