Exit polls - Senate

Michigan Are you: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Male 48 53 44 Female 52 60 38 Sex by race Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard White male 41 47 49 White female 43 56 42 Non-white male 7 80 19 Non-white female 8 80 19 Are you: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard White 84 52 46 Black 12 90 9 Hispanic / Latino 2 - - Asian 1 - - Other 1 - - AGE (60 and over) Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard 18-29 17 57 38 30-44 28 55 43 45-59 31 56 42 60 or over 24 58 39 Age 65 & over Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard 18-64 86 56 42 65 or over 14 59 38 2005 total family income Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Under $15,000 7 56 40 $15,000 - $29,999 15 66 32 $30,000 - $49,999 21 58 38 $50,000 - $74,999 24 54 45 $75,000 - $99,999 14 57 41 $100,000 - $149,999 14 52 44 $150,000 - $199,999 3 57 43 $200,000 or more 2 - - Total family income: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Less than $50,000 42 61 37 $50,000 or more 58 54 44 Total family income: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Less than $100,000 80 58 40 $100,000 or more 20 52 45 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Yes, I do 19 67 32 Yes, someone else does 14 67 29 Yes, I do and someone else does 3 71 28 No one does 65 52 45 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber) 35 67 30 No (No union voter in household 65 52 45 Voter is union member: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Yes 22 67 31 No 78 55 43 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Did not complete high school 4 60 39 High school graduate 22 63 35 Some college or associate degree 33 58 40 College graduate 26 49 48 Postgraduate study 16 59 37 College Education Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard No college degree 59 60 38 College graduate 41 53 44 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard High school graduate or less 26 63 35 More than high school grad 74 55 42 No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Democrat 40 94 5 Republican 33 11 89 Independent or something else 27 57 36 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Liberal 21 85 13 Moderate 47 64 34 Conservative 31 24 74 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Protestant / Other Christian 54 52 46 Catholic 27 55 43 Jewish 1 - - Something else 7 73 27 None 12 70 21 Would you describe yourself as a born-again or evangelical Christian? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Yes 33 45 53 No 67 63 34 Religion among whites Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard White Protestant / Other Christian 43 45 53 White Catholic 24 53 44 White Jewish 1 - - White something else 4 73 27 White none 9 66 24 Non-white 18 81 18 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard White Evangelical / Born-again Christians 23 33 65 All others 77 65 33 How often do you attend religious services? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard More than once a week 14 39 61 Once a week 29 46 51 A few times a month 13 68 31 A few times a year 25 67 30 Never 14 69 26 How often do you attend religious services? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Weekly 44 44 54 Occasionally 38 67 31 Never 14 69 26 Do you have any children under 18 living in your household? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Yes 39 54 44 No 61 58 40 Parents Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Men with children 19 50 48 Women with children 20 58 41 Men without children 29 54 43 Women without children 32 62 36 Do you think the condition of Michigan's economy is: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Excellent 1 - - Good 14 62 38 Not so good 45 59 38 Poor 38 57 40 State of the economy: 2 way Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Excellent / Good 15 59 40 Not so good / Poor 84 58 39 Compared to two years ago, is the job situation in your area: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Better today 7 49 51 Worse today 62 58 40 About the same 28 62 34 Which best describes your family's financial situation? Are you: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Are getting ahead financially 19 41 55 Maintaining your standard of living 57 58 39 Falling behind financially 21 69 30 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Strongly approve 14 7 90 Somewhat approve 21 18 80 Somewhat disapprove 17 60 39 Strongly disapprove 46 91 6 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Approve 36 14 84 Disapprove 63 82 15 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the war in Iraq? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Extremely important 25 73 25 Very important 25 57 42 Somewhat important 29 53 43 Not at all important 19 47 49 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the issue of terrorism? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Extremely important 28 52 45 Very important 29 54 44 Somewhat important 28 63 34 Not at all important 14 64 30 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the economy? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Extremely important 41 63 36 Very important 41 54 41 Somewhat important 13 56 42 Not at all important 3 - - In your vote for U.S. senator, how important were values issues such as same-sex marriage or abortion? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Extremely important 30 41 55 Very important 23 54 43 Somewhat important 21 67 32 Not at all important 25 73 23 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the issue of health care? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Extremely important 40 71 27 Very important 35 55 42 Somewhat important 18 38 59 Not at all important 5 39 54 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Strongly approve 15 13 85 Somewhat approve 24 25 74 Somewhat disapprove 19 65 34 Strongly disapprove 39 89 8 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Approve 39 20 78 Disapprove 58 81 17 What should the U.S. do in Iraq now? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Send more troops 16 29 67 Maintain the same number of troops 19 30 69 Withdraw some troops 26 61 36 Withdraw all troops 31 86 12 What should the U.S. do now in Iraq? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Same number or more troops 35 29 68 Withdraw some or all troops 57 75 23 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the U.S. Senate election? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Just today 10 56 39 In the last three days 7 48 41 Sometime last week 9 68 29 During the last month 20 57 41 Before that 53 61 39 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the U.S. Senate election? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Today / Within the last three days 17 53 40 Within the last week or earlier 82 60 38 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the U.S. Senate election? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Today through within the last three days 25 58 36 Within the last week or earlier 73 60 39 Was one reason for your vote for U.S. Senate today: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard To express support for George W. Bush 13 4 95 To express opposition to George W. Bush 33 93 4 George W. Bush was not a factor 51 50 47 Population of area, five categories Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Over 500 thousand 5 95 4 50 to 500 thousand 21 65 32 Suburbs 52 49 49 10 to 50 thousand 9 57 40 Rural 13 57 40 Population of area, three categories Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard City over 50 thousand 26 71 27 Suburbs 52 49 49 Small city and Rural 22 57 40 Geo Stratum Code Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Wayne County 17 72 25 Sub-Oak & Macomb 22 53 44 University Belt 24 59 39 Southwest 20 45 52 North / Northeast 16 54 43 In today's election for governor, did you just vote for: Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Jennifer Granholm 56 91 8 Dick DeVos 42 13 86 How did you vote today on Proposal B, which would prohibit state institutions from granting preferential treatment based upon race and other personal characteristics? Category % Total Stabenow Bouchard Yes 58 40 58 No 42 76 22