NI Life and Times Survey - 2008: POLPARTY

Year: 2008
Module: Political Attitudes
Variable: POLPARTY

Which Northern Ireland political party do you feel closest to, even if you do not always vote for them?

	%
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	21
Sinn Féin	13
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	18
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)	19
Alliance Party	7
Other party	1
None of these	21
Other answer	0
Don't know	1

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Results for men and women

	%
	Male	Female
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	24	19
Sinn Féin	13	12
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	19	17
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)	19	18
Alliance Party	7	8
Other party	2	1
None of these	16	26
Other answer	0	0
Don't know	1	0

Results for people of different ages

	%
	18-24	25-34	35-44	45-54	55-64	65+
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	16	22	33	15	18	20
Sinn Féin	20	16	11	13	10	10
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	14	10	14	16	23	26
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)	15	20	16	20	21	17
Alliance Party	3	2	5	12	11	8
Other party	1	2	1	1	1	0
None of these	30	29	18	22	15	18
Other answer	1	0	0	0	1	0
Don't know	0	0	2	1	0	1

Results for people of different religions

%

Catholic Protestant No religion

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 1 40 13
Sinn Féin 33 0 4
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 0 32 15
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) 44 2 11
Alliance Party 4 8 17
Other party 1 1 2
None of these 18 17 39
Other answer 0 0 0
Don't know 1 1 0

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	%
	Catholic	Protestant	No religion
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	1	40	13
Sinn Féin	33	0	4
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	0	32	15
Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP)	44	2	11
Alliance Party	4	8	17
Other party	1	1	2
None of these	18	17	39
Other answer	0	0	0
Don't know	1	1	0