McLAUGHLIN & ASSOCIATES NATIONAL SURVEY OF REPUBLICANS TABLE OF CONTENTS FEBRUARY 28, 2013 TABLE # TABLE TITLE ---------------------------------------- Pg 1 1 Q1. - OF ALL THE PERSONAL TELEPHONE CALLS THAT YOU RECEIVE, THAT IS CALLS NOT RELATED TO YOUR JOB, DO YOU...? - 442 88.4 USE CELL PHONE - 231 46.2 Only/Mostly Cell - 101 20.2 Cell Phone Only - 130 26.0 Mostly Cell Phone - 137 27.4 Use Both Equally - 128 25.6 ONLY/MOSTLY LANDLINE - 74 14.8 Mostly Use Landline - 54 10.8 Only Use A Landline - 4 0.8 DK/REFUSED Pg 9 2 Q2. - WITH WHICH POLITICAL PARTY ARE YOU MOST CLOSELY AFFILIATED OR REGISTERED? - 500 100.0 REPUBLICAN Pg 12 3 Q3. - IF YOU WERE TO LABEL YOURSELF, WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE A LIBERAL, A MODERATE, OR A CONSERVATIVE IN YOUR POLITICAL BELIEFS? - 24 4.8 LIBERAL - 11 2.2 Very Liberal - 13 2.6 Smwht Liberal - 126 25.2 MODERATE - 338 67.6 CONSERVATIVE - 130 26.0 Smwht Conservative - 208 41.6 Very Conservative - 12 2.4 DK/REFUSED
Pg 20 4 Q4. - DO YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE IMMIGRATION REFORM THAT WOULD GRANT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS LEGAL STATUS AND A GREEN CARD AND THEN AFTER A WAIT OF SEVERAL YEARS, THEY COULD APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP IF THEY PAY BACK TAXES, PAY A FINE, LEARN ENGLISH AND HAVE NO CRIMINAL RECORD? - 330 66.0 SUPPORT - 149 29.8 Strongly Support - 181 36.2 Somewhat Support - 148 29.6 OPPOSE - 47 9.4 Somewhat Oppose - 101 20.2 Strongly Oppose - 22 4.4 DK/REFUSED Pg 28 5 Q5. - IF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES HAD TO WAIT TEN YEARS TO BECOME LEGAL CITIZENS WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE IMMIGRATION BILL? - 253 50.6 SUPPORT - 106 21.2 Strongly Support - 147 29.4 Somewhat Support - 179 35.8 OPPOSE - 72 14.4 Somewhat Oppose - 107 21.4 Strongly Oppose - 68 13.6 DK/REFUSED Pg 36 6 Q6. - REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO HAS INTRODUCED A BILL THAT PROVIDES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, WHO ARE NOW IN THE UNITED STATES TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF BECOMING LEGAL BY IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES TO FEDERAL AUTHORITIES AND BEING FINGERPRINTED. IF THEY HAVE NO CRIMINAL RECORD, AND HAVE BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES FOR A WHILE, THEY WOULD THEN PAY A FINE AND TAXES AND WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR LEGAL RESIDENCY. HOWEVER, TO BECOME CITIZENS, THEY WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE BACK OF THE LINE BEHIND THOSE NOW IN LINE SEEKING LEGAL ENTRY FROM THEIR... - 374 74.8 SUPPORT - 194 38.8 Strongly Support - 180 36.0 Somewhat Support - 84 16.8 OPPOSE - 27 5.4 Somewhat Oppose - 57 11.4 Strongly Oppose - 42 8.4 DK/REFUSED
Pg 44 7 Q7. - SUPPORTERS OF IMMIGRATION REFORM SAY THAT REPUBLICANS ARE LOSING HISPANIC VOTERS BECAUSE THEY ARE PERCEIVED AS ANTI-HISPANIC. BARACK OBAMA WON 71% OF THE HISPANIC VOTES IN THE 2012 ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT. WITH THE GROWING HISPANIC POPULATION, THEY SAY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WILL NEVER WIN A NATIONAL ELECTION UNLESS THEY RESOLVE THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE. IN VIEW OF THIS ARGUMENT, WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO'S IMMIGRATION BILL? - 346 69.2 SUPPORT - 170 34.0 Strongly Support - 176 35.2 Somewhat Support - 88 17.6 OPPOSE - 36 7.2 Somewhat Oppose - 52 10.4 Strongly Oppose - 66 13.2 DK/REFUSED Pg 52 8 Q8. - SUPPORTERS OF IMMIGRATION REFORM SAY THAT HISPANICS ARE LIKELY TO VOTE REPUBLICAN ONCE THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IS RESOLVED. FOR EXAMPLE, MEXICO HAS ELECTED CONSERVATIVE PRESIDENTS EVER SINCE 1999. POLLS SHOW THAT LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE PRO-LIFE, AGAINST GAY MARRIAGE, WORRIED ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FAMILY STRUCTURE, AND VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIGH DEBT. IN A RECENT POLL, 56% OF LATINOS AGREED THAT -QUOTE-"DEMOCRATS ARE LEADING AMERICA TO ADOPT THE SAME POLICIES OF BIG GOVERNMENT AND HANDOUTS THAT LED US TO HAVE TO... - 355 71.0 SUPPORT - 175 35.0 Strongly Support - 180 36.0 Somewhat Support - 91 18.2 OPPOSE - 29 5.8 Somewhat Oppose - 62 12.4 Strongly Oppose - 54 10.8 DK/REFUSED Pg 60 9 Q9. - SUPPORTERS ALSO RECALL HOW THE BLACK VOTE WENT FROM THE MAJORITY SUPPORTING A REPUBLICAN IN 1960 TO 90% DEMOCRATIC BECAUSE BARRY GOLDWATER OPPOSED THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN THE 1964 PRESIDENTIAL RACE. THEY WARN THAT REPUBLICANS ARE CREATING A NEW DEMOCRATIC VOTER BLOCK IF THEY OPPOSE IMMIGRATION REFORM. THEY NOTE THAT GEORGE W. BUSH, WHO PROPOSED REFORM, ONLY LOST THE LATINO VOTE BY 10 POINTS IN 2004. IN VIEW OF THIS ARGUMENT, WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE REPUBLICAN SENATOR MARCO RUBIO S IMMIGRATION BILL? - 357 71.4 SUPPORT - 172 34.4 Strongly Support - 185 37.0 Somewhat Support - 82 16.4 OPPOSE - 31 6.2 Somewhat Oppose - 51 10.2 Strongly Oppose - 61 12.2 DK/REFUSED
Pg 68 10 Q10. - ON THE ISSUE OF ABORTION, DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF PRO-LIFE OR PRO-CHOICE? - 324 64.8 PRO-LIFE - 260 52.0 Strongly Pro-Life - 64 12.8 Somewhat Pro-Life - 159 31.8 PRO-CHOICE - 56 11.2 Somewhat Pro-Choice - 103 20.6 Strongly Pro-Choice - 17 3.4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED Pg 76 11 Q11. - IF A REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SAID THAT HE WAS PRO-LIFE AND AGAINST ROE V. WADE, BUT THAT HE REALIZED IT WOULD NOT BE OVERTURNED ANYTIME SOON, ESPECIALLY DURING BARACK OBAMA'S ADMINISTRATION, AND URGED THAT CONSERVATIVES SHIFT THEIR EFFORTS FROM THE JUDICIAL FRONT TO REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS BY COUNSELING, WAITING PERIODS, PARENTAL CONSENT, BIRTH CONTROL, AND ABSTINENCE EDUCATION, WOULD YOU BE MORE OR LESS LIKELY TO VOTE FOR THIS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE? IF IT WOULD MAKE NO DIFFERENCE, JUST SAY SO. - 242 48.4 MORE LIKELY - 119 23.8 Much More Likely - 123 24.6 Somewhat More Likely - 82 16.4 LESS LIKELY - 31 6.2 Somewhat Less Likely - 51 10.2 Much Less Likely - 128 25.6 NO DIFFERENCE - 48 9.6 DK/REFUSED Pg 84 12 Q12. - WHEN THERE IS A GENERAL ELECTION, HOW DO YOU USUALLY VOTE? - 23 4.6 DEMOCRAT - 5 1.0 Always Democrat - 18 3.6 Usually Democrat - 81 16.2 TICKETSPLITTER - 208 41.6 Usually Republican - 170 34.0 Always Republican - 378 75.6 REPUBLICAN - 18 3.6 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED Pg 92 13 Q13. - WHAT IS YOUR RELIGION? - 303 60.6 PROTESTANT - 127 25.4 CATHOLIC - 6 1.2 JEWISH - 17 3.4 MORMON - 17 3.4 ATHEIST/AGNOSTIC - 8 1.6 OTHER - 22 4.4 DK/REFUSED
Pg 100 14 Q14. - DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF TO BE AN EVANGELICAL, OR BORN AGAIN CHRISTIAN? - 303 Total - 167 55.1 YES - 129 42.6 NO - 7 2.3 DK/REFUSED Pg 104 15 Q15. - ARE YOU OR IS A MEMBER OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD FROM A HISPANIC, LATINO OR SPANISH-SPEAKING BACKGROUND? - 49 9.8 YES - 446 89.2 NO - 5 1.0 REFUSED Pg 108 16 Q16. - WHAT IS YOUR MAIN RACIAL BACKGROUND? - 427 85.4 WHITE - 68 13.6 NON-WHITE - 49 9.8 Hispanic - 8 1.6 African-Amer./Black - 4 0.8 Asian - 7 1.4 Other - 5 1.0 REFUSED Pg 116 17 Q17. - WHAT IS YOUR AGE? - 72 14.4 18-29 - 92 18.4 30-40 - 128 25.6 41-55 - 118 23.6 56-65 - 82 16.4 OVER 65-8 1.6 REFUSED
Pg 124 18 Q18. - GENDER: - 240 48.0 MALE - 260 52.0 FEMALE Pg 127 19 Q19. - REGION: Pg 135 20 Q20. - AREA: - 22 4.4 NEW ENGLAND - 53 10.6 MIDDLE ATLANTIC - 81 16.2 EAST NORTH CENTRAL - 43 8.6 WEST NORTH CENTRAL - 108 21.6 SOUTH ATLANTIC - 37 7.4 EAST SOUTH CENTRAL - 60 12.0 WEST SOUTH CENTRAL - 39 7.8 MOUNTAIN - 57 11.4 PACIFIC - 75 15.0 EAST - 124 24.8 MID-WEST - 205 41.0 SOUTH - 96 19.2 WEST Pg 139 21 Q21. - LIST: - 127 25.4 CELL - 373 74.6 LANDLINE