Political parties want to know what groups of people support them. The General Social Survey (GSS) asked its 2012 sample, "Generally speaking, do you usually think of yourself as a Republican, Democrat, Independent, or what?" The GSS is essentially an SRS of American adults. Here is a large two-way table breaking down the responses by the highest degree the subject held:
NONE | HIGH SCHOOL |
JR. COLLEGE |
BACHELOR | GRADUATE | |
Strong Democrat | 51 | 159 | 34 | 56 | 52 |
Not strong Democrat |
46 | 175 | 28 | 64 | 39 |
Independent, near Democrat |
35 | 119 | 14 | 42 | 28 |
Independent | 103 | 188 | 23 | 38 | 28 |
Independent, near Republican |
24 | 76 | 19 | 27 | 14 |
Not strong Republican |
13 | 126 | 18 | 64 | 26 |
Strong Republican |
11 | 100 | 22 | 41 | 18 |
Other party | 8 | 22 | 1 | 17 | 8 |
Give a 95% confidence interval (±±0.0001) for the proportion of adults who are "Independent."
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