Staunch Conservative - Pew Typology 2011

The Staunch Conservative

9% of Adult Population / 11% Registered Voters



Extremely critical of the federal government and supportive of sharply limited government. Pro-business and strongly opposed to environmental regulation. Believe that military strength is the best way to ensure peace. Highly religious; most say homosexuality should be discouraged by society.



gender

56% male



race

92% white



religion

72% Protestant

43% Envangelical



age

61% over 50



politics

75% interest

32% active last five years



financials

71% family income over $30k

33% family income over $75k



21% The Rush Limbaugh Program

54% Fox News

23% GB

30% network news

1% The New York Times

8% npr

44% daily newspapers

8% CNN

6% MSNBC

1% The Daily Show



group

90% Government is almost always wasteful and inefficient

76%

78% Most corporations make a fair and reasonable profit

92%

87% The government today can't afford to do much more to help the needy

80%

90%

67%

68% The growing number of newcomers from other countries threatens traditional American customs and values



public

55%

31% The best way to ensure peace is through military strength

39%

39% Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy

51%

27% New health care law will have a mostly bad effect on U.S. health care

71% Religion is a very important part of my life

38% The U.S. stands above all other countries in the world

39%



72% Abortion illegal most cases

57% Regular Churchgoers

85% Oppose Gay Marriage

50% Budget deficit top economic issue

47% Obama not born in U.S.

48% Wall St. helps more than hurts

72% Agree with Tea Party

74% Bad View of Unions

57% Gun Owners

72% Expand fossil fuels The Staunch Conservative 9% of Adult Population / 11% Registered Voters Extremely critical of the federal government and supportive of sharply limited government. Pro-business and strongly opposed to environmental regulation. Believe that military strength is the best way to ensure peace. Highly religious; most say homosexuality should be discouraged by society. VFOX LIMBAUGH VNEWS THE RUSH PROGRAM GB) 21% 23% ehannul 54% 30% network news The New York Times 1% 44% daily. newspapers 8% financials CNN 8% gender ми NBC 6% age BALLY EC 56% male 61% over 50 71% P family income over $30k 1% politics 33% > family income over $75k race 92% white 75% interest 32% active last five years religion 72% TProtestant 43% Envangelical 72% Abortion illegal most cases group public Government is almost always wasteful and inefficent The best way to ensure 57% Regular Churchgoers 90% 55% peace is through military strength 76% 31% 50% Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy 85% Most corporations make a fair and reasonable profit Oppose Gay Budget deficit Marriage 78% 39% top èconomic issue 92% 39% The government today can't afford to do much more to 47% Obama not born in U.S. 48% Wall St. helps more than hurts New health care law will 87% 51% have a mostly bad effect on U.S. health care help the needy 80% 27% Religion is a very important part of my life 72% Agree with Tea Party 74% Bạd View of Unions The growing number of newcomers from other countries threatens traditional American 90% 71% 57% Gun Öwners The U.S. stands above all 72% 67% 38% Expand fossil fuels other countries in the world customs and values 68% 39% graphic: John C. Osborn source: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 2011 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License