other house-
personally hold mem-
owns ber owns total
overall 30 12 42 gender
men 47 5 52
women 13 18 31 region
east 22 9 31
midwest 34 13 47
south 36 11 47
west 23 15 38 party
Republican 41 16 57
Independent 27 10 37
Democrat 23 10 33 age
18-29 21 13 34
30-49 32 12 44
50+ 31 11 42 race
white 33 13 46
nonwhite 18 9 27
source: Gallup Poll, taken Oct 2005