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Gender: Category Obama McCain % Total Male 51 47 47 Female 52 47 53 Age, four categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-29 61 37 15 30-44 49 49 25 45-64 52 47 37 65+ 45 53 22 Age, six categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-24 60 39 8 25-29 62 35 7 30-39 53 45 16 40-49 45 54 20 50-64 54 44 27 65 or over 45 53 22 Are you: Category Obama McCain % Total White 42 56 71 Black 96 4 13 Hispanic/Latino 57 42 14 Asian - - 1 Other - - 1 Sex by race Category Obama McCain % Total White men 42 55 35 White women 42 57 36 Black men 95 5 5 Black women 97 3 8 Latino men 60 40 6 Latino women 55 45 8 All other races - - 3 Age by race Category Obama McCain % Total White 18-29 44 54 9 White 30-44 38 60 16 White 45-64 43 55 27 White 65+ 43 56 18 Black 18-29 96 4 3 Black 30-44 93 7 4 Black 45-64 97 3 4 Black 65+ - - 1 Latino 18-29 76 21 2 Latino 30-44 50 50 5 Latino 45-64 62 38 5 Latino 65+ - - 2 All other - - 3 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category Obama McCain % Total Just today 45 52 3 In the last three days 48 51 3 Sometime last week 55 42 4 Earlier in October 60 38 12 Sometime in September 54 45 13 Before that 50 49 63 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In the last three days 46 51 6 Sometime last week or earlier 52 47 92 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last 3 days/Sometime last week 50 48 10 In the last month or before that 52 47 89 Time: Last three days/October/September/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last three days 46 51 6 Earlier in October 59 39 16 Sometime in September 54 45 13 Before that 50 49 63 Which ONE of these five issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Obama McCain % Total Energy policy 38 61 7 The war in Iraq 60 39 10 The economy 56 42 62 Terrorism 8 92 10 Health care 73 25 8 Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Obama McCain % Total Shares my values 30 69 26 Can bring about needed change 92 7 34 Has the right experience 6 93 23 Cares about people like me 69 28 14 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category Obama McCain % Total Liberal 91 8 19 Moderate 57 41 47 Conservative 21 77 35 Party Identification Category Obama McCain % Total Democrat 87 12 37 Republican 12 87 34 Independent or something else 52 45 29 Party by race Category Obama McCain % Total White Democrats 81 18 21 White Independents 44 52 22 White Republicans 10 89 28 All other 74 25 29 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 9 91 8 Somewhat approve 10 89 20 Somewhat disapprove 33 64 18 Strongly disapprove 82 16 52 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 9 90 28 Disapprove 69 29 70 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category Obama McCain % Total Protestant/Other Christian 43 55 52 Catholic 50 49 28 Jewish - - 4 Something else 80 18 6 None 71 26 10 Religion among whites Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant/Other Christian 30 68 38 White Catholic 46 53 19 White Jewish - - 4 White something else 74 23 4 White none 63 34 8 Non-white 75 24 28 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category Obama McCain % Total White Evangelical/Born-again Christians 21 77 24 All others 61 37 76 White Born Again Protest/Other Christ Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant evangelical 18 81 22 White Protestant non-evangelical 45 53 17 All others 65 34 61 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total Did not complete high school 70 29 3 High school graduate 58 41 20 Some college or associate degree 49 49 32 College graduate 45 53 32 Postgraduate study 58 41 13 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total More than high school grad 49 50 76 High school graduate or less 59 40 24 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total College graduate 49 50 44 No college degree 53 45 56 Education by race Category Obama McCain % Total White college graduates 43 55 34 White non-college graduates 41 58 38 Non White college graduates 65 34 11 Non White non-college graduates 79 20 18 2007 total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $15,000 66 33 8 $15,000 - $29,999 62 37 12 $30,000 - $49,999 59 39 19 $50,000 - $74,999 47 52 23 $75,000 - $99,999 39 58 14 $100,000 - $149,999 40 58 12 $150,000 - $199,999 45 54 7 $200,000 or more 51 48 5 Total family income, $50K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $50,000 62 37 39 $50,000 or more 44 55 61 Total family income, $100K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $100,000 53 46 76 $100,000 or more 44 55 24 Total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $50,000 62 37 39 $50,000-$99,999 44 54 38 $100,000 or more 44 55 24 Income by Race Category Obama McCain % Total Under 50k and White 48 51 24 Over 50k and White 38 61 47 Under 50k and Non-white 84 16 15 Over 50k and Non-white 65 34 14 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor 57 42 5 One of several important factors 52 47 10 A minor factor 44 55 9 Not a factor at all 52 47 74 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor 54 45 15 Not an important factor 51 48 83 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 50 48 24 Not a factor 52 47 74 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried 59 39 53 Somewhat worried 42 56 30 Not too worried 43 55 10 Not at all worried 47 52 5 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Worried 53 45 83 Not worried 44 54 16 Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is: Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent - - 0 Good 21 79 7 Not so good 37 62 39 Poor 66 33 53 State of the national economy: 2 way Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent/Good 24 76 7 Not so good/Poor 53 45 92 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 3 97 19 Somewhat approve 19 80 23 Somewhat disapprove 58 38 17 Strongly disapprove 89 9 40 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 11 88 42 Disapprove 80 18 57 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 97 3 47 Only John McCain 1 98 33 Both of them 40 57 11 Neither of them 16 75 9 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 11 88 44 John McCain is not 83 15 56 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 86 13 57 Barack Obama is not 5 93 42 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 99 1 33 Only John McCain 2 98 42 Both of them 81 18 17 Neither of them 52 33 6 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 25 75 59 John McCain is not 92 6 40 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 93 6 50 Barack Obama is not 9 89 49 If John McCain were elected, would he mainly: Category Obama McCain % Total Continue George W. Bush's policies 92 7 47 Take the country in a different direction 12 87 48 Do you think Barack Obama's positions on the issues are: Category Obama McCain % Total Too liberal 6 92 43 Too conservative - - 3 About right 93 6 50 Is this the first year you have ever voted? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 59 40 12 No 50 48 88 Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes, for Barack Obama 75 24 15 Yes, for John McCain 27 71 7 Yes, for both Obama and McCain 45 52 14 No, I was not contacted 50 49 63 Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote? Category Obama McCain % Total For McCain/Both 39 58 20 For Obama/Neither 55 44 77 Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote? Category Obama McCain % Total For Obama/Both 60 37 29 For McCain/Neither 48 51 69 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 10 89 9 Only John McCain 99 1 25 Both of them 39 59 39 Neither of them 38 61 23 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain did 62 36 64 John McCain did not 30 69 33 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama did 33 65 48 Barack Obama did not 69 30 48 How did you vote today on Amendment 2 which prohibits same sex marriage? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 35 64 61 No 74 24 39 Population of area, five categories Category Obama McCain % Total Over 500 thousand 45 54 6 50 to 500 thousand 54 44 20 Suburbs 53 45 62 10 to 50 thousand 42 55 6 Rural 40 60 7 Population of area, three categories Category Obama McCain % Total City over 50 thousand 52 47 25 Suburbs 53 45 62 Small city and Rural 41 57 13 Geo Stratum Code Category Obama McCain % Total MIAMI 63 36 27 SOUTH 47 52 15 TAMPA 55 43 14 CENTRAL 50 49 22 NORTH 39 58 22

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