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Exit polls - Governor

New York
Are you:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Male506533
Female507424

Sex by race
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
White male426137
White female387127
Non-white male88513
Non-white female128415

Are you:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
White806632
Black108910
Hispanic / Latino78020
Asian2--
Other2--

AGE (60 and over)
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
18-29127325
30-44257423
45-59327030
60 or over316534

Age 65 & over
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
18-64817226
65 or over195939

2005 total family income
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Under $15,0003--
$15,000 - $29,99997723
$30,000 - $49,999187128
$50,000 - $74,999226830
$75,000 - $99,999176931
$100,000 - $149,999187129
$150,000 - $199,99967226
$200,000 or more76629

Total family income:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Less than $50,000307326
$50,000 or more706929

Total family income:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Less than $100,000697028
$100,000 or more317028

Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Yes, I do227621
Yes, someone else does106138
Yes, I do and someone else does2--
No one does657127

UNION HOUSEHOLD
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber)357225
No (No union voter in household657127

Voter is union member:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Yes257720
No757028

What was the last grade of school you completed?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Did not complete high school2--
High school graduate176831
Some college or associate degree236237
College graduate287424
Postgraduate study308116

College Education
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
No college degree426534
College graduate587720

What was the last grade of school you completed?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
High school graduate or less197029
More than high school grad817325

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Democrat47927
Republican253168
Independent or something else276629

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Liberal28898
Moderate507523
Conservative223366

Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian.
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Protestant / Other Christian326732
Catholic416733
Jewish108712
Something else5--
None128313

Religion among whites
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
White Protestant / Other Christian225841
White Catholic336436
White Jewish9909
White something else3--
White none108215
Non-white238415

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Strongly approve111980
Somewhat approve144159
Somewhat disapprove176831
Strongly disapprove56927

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Approve253168
Disapprove748612

How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Strongly approve111584
Somewhat approve154059
Somewhat disapprove207424
Strongly disapprove52899

How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Approve272970
Disapprove728513

Do you consider the war in Iraq:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Part of the war on terrorism315445
Separate from the war on terrorism678811

Compared to before September 11, 2001, is the country:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Safer from terrorism426236
Less safe from terrorism528712

How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the U.S.?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Very worried267721
Somewhat worried507919
Not too worried167525
Not at all worried7--

How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Very / Somewhat worried767820
Not too / Not at all worried237028

How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next few years?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Very worried43909
Somewhat worried378117
Not too worried135047
Not at all worried6--

How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next few years?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Very / Somewhat worried808613
Not too / Not at all worried193860

Do you think Hillary Rodham Clinton would make a good president?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Yes57945
No395049

Do you think Rudy Giuliani would make a good president?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Yes476632
No518513

Do you think George Pataki would make a good president?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Yes165837
No818019

If these were the presidential candidates in 2008, for whom would you vote?
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Hillary Rodham Clinton (Dem)55962
Rudy Giuliani (Rep)364949
Would not vote for president5--

Population of area, five categories
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Over 500 thousand288414
50 to 500 thousand3--
Suburbs586434
10 to 50 thousand76136
Rural46139

Population of area, three categories
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
City over 50 thousand318216
Suburbs586434
Small city and Rural116137

Geo Stratum Code
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
New York City288414
Long Island166434
Lwr Hudson Val.146632
Upstate Urban246632
Rural Upstate186039

In today's election for U.S. senator, did you just vote for:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Hillary Rodham Clinton67927
John D. Spencer312377

In today's election for attorney general, did you just vote for:
Category% TotalSpitzerFaso
Andrew M. Cuomo58926
Jeanine Pirro393763