Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, March 17, 1995                   TAG: 9503170015
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-1   EDITION: METRO 
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THE TERMINATOR

What do you think about term limits for members of Congress?

Favor 74%

Oppose 14%

Unsure 12%

Who wants term limits?

Whites are more enthusiastic about term limits than blacks.

RACE

Whites 76%

Blacks 63%

Most age groups are overwhelmingly in favor of term limits, although Generation Xers lag behind.

AGE

18-29: 60%

30-49: 78%

50-64: 70%

65 and up: 76%

The more education we have, the more likely we are to favor term limits.

EDUCATION

High school drop-outs: 58%

High school grads: 72%

Some college: 78%

College graduates: 84%

Advanced degrees: 82%

The more money we make, the more likely we are to back term limits.

INCOME

Less than $10,000: 64%

$10,000-$19,999: 72%

$20,000-$29,999: 76%

$30,000-$39,999: 79%

$40,000 and up: 85%

Republicans are more excited about term limits than Democrats. However, this poll was conducted before the GOP won a majority in Congress.

PARTY AFFILIATION

Democrats 68%

Independents 78%

Republicans 87%

Congress is likely to vote on a proposed constitutional amendment on term limits sometime this year. Two of Western Virginia's congressmen - Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke, and Rick Boucher, D-Abingdon - sit on the House Judiciary Committee where it'll first come up.

Congress may not vote to limit its members' terms, but the term of the Roanoke Valley is limited. Today's installment concludes the daily installments of year's survey.

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