Party Republican/ Democrat/ Lean Rep. Lean Dem. Neither Total 18–29 318 424 73 815 30-49 991 1058 203 2252 50–64 1260 1407 264 2931 65+ 1136 1087 193 2416 Total 3705 3976 733 8414 Age
Age and party 2011 The Pew Research Center conducts
surveys regularly asking respondents which political
party they identify with or lean toward. Among their
results is the following table relating preferred political
party and age. (http://people-press.org/)a) What percent of people surveyed were Republicans
or leaned Republican?
b) Do you think this might be a reasonable estimate of
the percentage of all voters who are Republicans
or lean Republicans? Explain.
c) What percent of people surveyed were under 30 or
over 65?
d) What percent of people were classified as “Neither”
and under the age of 30?
e) What percent of the people classified as “Neither”
were under 30?
f) What percent of people under 30 were classified as
“Neither”?
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