Families’

 income      Pg     1  

 
ncome  and  race  affects  which  political  party    

 
 
 

Project  4  
Donald  Jumper  
Families’  income  and  race  affects  which  political  party  they  support.  

Sowk  300  

 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 Families’  income      Pg     2  

Code  Book  
RACE   What  is  your  race?    Are  you  white,  black,  Asian,  or  some  other?  

  1   White  

  2   Black  

  3   Asian  

  4   Other  or  mixed  race  

  9   Don't  know/Refused    (VOL.)  

POLITICAL  PARTY   In  politics  TODAY,  do  you  consider  yourself  a  Republican,  Democrat,  or  
  Independent?  {02-­07}  

                         1                                      Republican    

                         2                                      Democrat    

                         3                                      Independent    

                         4                                      No  preference  (VOL.)  

                         5                                        Other  party  (VOL.)  

                         9                                      Don't  know/Refused  

INCOME   Last  year,  that  is  in  2006,  what  was  your  total  family  income  from  all  sources,  before  taxes?    Just  
stop  me  when  I  get  to  the  right  category.  [READ]  

  1   Less  than  $10,000  

  2   10  to  under  $20,000  

  3   20  to  under  $30,000  

  4   30  to  under  $40,000  

  5   40  to  under  $50,000  

  6   50  to  under  $75,000  

  7   75  to  under  $100,000  

  8   100  to  under  $150,000  

  9    150,000$  or  more  

  10   (VOL.  DO  NOT  READ)  don’t  know/Refused  

 Families’  income      Pg     3  

   
 

          Firstly,  the  topic  of  my  research  paper  is  “Families’  income  and  race  affects  

which  political  party  they  support”  I  hypothesize  that  the  higher  a  families  income  is  

the  more  they  will  tend  to  support  the  republican  party,  Also  I  strongly  feel  that  there  

will  be  a  large  disparity  in  African  American  families  who  support  the  democratic  party  

then  white  families.  I  am  controlling  for  race  and  my  independent  variable  is  political  

party  its  values  are  Republican,  Democrat,  Independent,  No  preference,  other  party,  

don’t  know  or  refused.  My  dependent  variable  is  family  income  its  values  are  as  follows  

Less  than  $10,000,10  to  under  $20,000,20  to  under  $30,000,30  to  under  $40,000,40  to  

under  $50,000,50  to  under  $75,000,  75  to  under  $100,000,100  to  under  

$150,0009$150,000  or  more,  Don’t  know  or  Refused.  

                                                   Secondly,  I  strongly  feel  that  my  dependent  variable  has  a  major  influence  on  my  

independent  variable  because  in  the  society  we  all  live  in  these  circumstances  are  key  

factors  in  shaping  ones  views.  Also  some  argue  that  political  parties  actually  target  

certain  income  classifications  in  our  communities  and  thus  far  letting  their  party  get  

stereotyped  as  a  party  for  the  rich  or  a  party  for  the  poor  or  middle  class.  Furthermore  

this  has  a  ripple  effect  and  leads  to  some  belief  that  most  African  Americans  support  the  

Democrat  party  And  most  White  Americans  support  the  Republican  party  my  research  

will  show  that  this  is  not  true  but  income  does  have  an  influence  I  hypothesize  that  

most  households  over  50,000  will  support  the  Republican  party.  

           
 Families’  income      Pg     4  

                                         Family  Income  

                                           Less  then  10,000$                      20,000$                          30,000$                        50,000                  70,000          100,000  or  more  

                                                                                                               

Democrat                                    

white                      16          27                30          46        68    54  

     
               29.6%    23.3%              27.3        33.6   34.9%   42.5%  
     
Black  
             34.2%   43.3%              23.4%   16.2%   10%   8.5%  
 
                 24   34    22    45   54   12  
Republican  
       33%   44%   23%   33%   12%   32%  
White      
       23%   21.4%   18.7%   10,8%   70.5%   34.6%  
Black  
           
 

Other        23   65   56   45   47   65  
 21%   78%   67%   32%   65%   82%  
White              
33.5%   21.5%   16.3%   12.2%   8.4%   5.3%  
Black  
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 Families’  income      Pg     5  

 
 
 

  Furthermore  I  must  conclude  that  my  hypotheses  is  true  and  not  only  due  most  

Families  with  incomes  over  50,000  support  the  republican  party  but  also  most  African  

Americans  house  holds  under  50,000  support  the  democratic  party  as  I  stated  earlier  it  may  

have  a  lot  to  do  with  the  fact  that  these  political  parties  appeal  to  a  certain  class  and  income  

structure.  Although  most  whites  households  make  support  the  republican  party  as  a  whole  it  

is  still  many  that  support  the  democratic  party  that  make  a  little  over  50,000  a  year.  this  

shows  that  although  household  income  may  be  a  factor  there  are  still  many  determining  

factors  that  households  use  when  determining  which  party  to  support.  

  My  findings  also  show  that  African  Americans  in  general  strongly  support  the  

Democratic  party  and  form  almost  a  65%  disparity  in  there  support  for  the  republican  party  

with  even  weighing  in  the  families  income  levels  there  fore  its  safe  to  say  that  most  African  

American  families  support  the  democratic  party  with  the  exception  of  a  few  households.  

 
 Families’  income      Pg     6  

Case Processing Summary

Cases
Valid Missing Total
N Percent N Percent N Percent
a
PARTY In politics TODAY, 1616.500 48.5% 1714.341 51.5% 3330.841 100.0%
do you consider yourself a
Republican, Democrat, or
Independent? * INC1 Last
year, that is in 2006, was
your total family income
from all sources before
taxes, over or under
$50,000?
a. Number of valid cases is different from the total count in the crosstabulation table because the cell
counts have been rounded.

Chi-Square Tests
Asymp. Sig. (2-
Value df sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 122.603a 15 .000
Likelihood Ratio 104.658 15 .000
Linear-by-Linear 58.964 1 .000
Association
N of Valid Cases 1617
a. 5 cells (20.8%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum
expected count is .20.

 
 Families’  income      Pg     7  

Symmetric Measures
Asymp. Std.
Value Errora Approx. Tb Approx. Sig.
Ordinal by Ordinal Gamma .149 .033 4.431 .000
N of Valid Cases 1617
a. Not assuming the null hypothesis.
b. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis.

Symmetric Measures
RACE What is your race? Are you white, black, Asian, or some other? Asymp. Std.
Value Errora Approx. T
White Ordinal by Ordinal Gamma -.040 .029 -1.3
N of Valid Cases 1303
Black Ordinal by Ordinal Gamma .289 .089 3.0
N of Valid Cases 214
Asian Ordinal by Ordinal Gamma .729 .187 3.0
N of Valid Cases 22
dimension0

Other or mixed race Ordinal by Ordinal Gamma .224 .070 3.1

N of Valid Cases 137
Don't know/Refused Ordinal by Ordinal Gamma .142 .157 .8
(VOL.) N of Valid Cases 44
a. Not assuming the null hypothesis.
b. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null hypothesis.
 Families’  income      Pg     8  

DATASET ACTIVATE DataSet1.

CROSSTABS
/TABLES=party BY inc1
/FORMAT=NOTABLES
/STATISTICS=CHISQ GAMMA
/COUNT ROUND CELL
/BARCHART.
CROSSTABS
/TABLES=party BY income
/FORMAT=AVALUE TABLES
/STATISTICS=CHISQ GAMMA
/CELLS=COUNT ROW COLUMN
/COUNT ROUND CELL
/BARCHART.
CROSSTABS
/TABLES=party BY income BY race
/FORMAT=AVALUE TABLES
/STATISTICS=CHISQ GAMMA
/CELLS=COUNT ROW COLUMN
/COUNT ROUND CELL
/BARCHART.