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 | 45 | 163 | 32 | 61 | 55 |
Not strong Democrat |
45 | 176 | 24 | 63 | 35 |
Independent, near Democrat |
34 | 121 | 9 | 44 | 33 |
Independent | 104 | 189 | 25 | 38 | 26 |
Independent, near Republican |
20 | 80 | 17 | 32 | 16 |
Not strong Republican |
21 | 127 | 18 | 66 | 18 |
Strong Republican |
11 | 102 | 17 | 47 | 19 |
Other party | 8 | 26 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
Give a 95% confidence interval (±±0.0001) for the proportion of adults who are "Independent."
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