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Gender: Category Obama McCain % Total Male 59 39 45 Female 64 35 55 Sex by race Category Obama McCain % Total White men 44 53 28 White women 50 47 36 Black men - - 12 Black women 97 3 13 Latino men - - 3 Latino women - - 4 All other races - - 4 Are you: Category Obama McCain % Total White 47 49 64 Black 94 6 25 Hispanic/Latino - - 7 Asian - - 3 Other - - 2 Age, four categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-29 70 26 20 30-44 65 35 30 45-64 55 43 39 65+ - - 11 Age, six categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-24 68 28 11 25-29 - - 9 30-39 66 33 18 40-49 52 46 26 50-64 62 37 25 65 or over - - 11 Age by race Category Obama McCain % Total White 18-29 53 40 9 White 30-44 49 50 19 White 45-64 44 53 29 White 65+ - - 7 Black 18-29 - - 7 Black 30-44 - - 9 Black 45-64 - - 8 Black 65+ - - 2 Latino 18-29 - - 2 Latino 30-44 - - 2 Latino 45-64 - - 2 Latino 65+ - - 0 All other - - 4 2007 total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $15,000 - - 4 $15,000 - $29,999 - - 6 $30,000 - $49,999 64 34 14 $50,000 - $74,999 68 28 17 $75,000 - $99,999 58 41 15 $100,000 - $149,999 54 45 22 $150,000 - $199,999 65 35 11 $200,000 or more - - 11 Total family income, $50K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $50,000 69 29 24 $50,000 or more 59 39 76 Total family income, $100K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $100,000 66 32 56 $100,000 or more 55 43 44 Total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $50,000 69 29 24 $50,000-$99,999 63 34 32 $100,000 or more 55 43 44 Income by Race Category Obama McCain % Total Under 50k and White 52 43 12 Over 50k and White 47 50 53 Under 50k and Non-white 84 15 12 Over 50k and Non-white 84 15 23 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total Did not complete high school - - 4 High school graduate 59 38 16 Some college or associate degree 60 39 28 College graduate 54 44 26 Postgraduate study 70 27 26 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total More than high school grad 61 37 80 High school graduate or less 61 35 20 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total College graduate 62 36 52 No college degree 60 38 48 Education by race Category Obama McCain % Total White college graduates 52 45 36 White non-college graduates 42 55 28 Non White college graduates 86 14 15 Non White non-college graduates 85 14 21 Party Identification Category Obama McCain % Total Democrat 88 10 51 Republican 15 84 28 Independent or something else 57 36 21 Party by race Category Obama McCain % Total White Democrats 83 15 26 White Independents 44 46 14 White Republicans 10 89 24 All other 86 14 36 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category Obama McCain % Total Liberal 91 9 26 Moderate 64 34 52 Conservative 24 74 23 Is this the first year you have ever voted? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes - - 14 No 60 38 86 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category Obama McCain % Total Just today - - 5 In the last three days - - 4 Sometime last week - - 3 Earlier in October 61 38 14 Sometime in September - - 11 Before that 62 37 62 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In the last three days - - 9 Sometime last week or earlier 62 37 91 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last 3 days/Sometime last week - - 12 In the last month or before that 61 37 87 Time: Last three days/October/September/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last three days - - 9 Earlier in October 62 37 17 Sometime in September - - 11 Before that 62 37 62 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 - - 14 Yes, for John McCain - - 7 Yes, for both Obama and McCain - - 5 No, I was not contacted 63 36 72 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 78 22 20 For McCain/Neither 59 40 79 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 - - 12 For Obama/Neither 67 32 86 If Barack Obama wins today, what best describes your feelings about what he will do as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Excited 100 - 45 Optimistic, but not excited - - 23 Concerned, but not scared - - 16 Scared - - 15 If John McCain wins today, what best describes your feelings about what he will do as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Excited - - 12 Optimistic, but not excited - - 25 Concerned, but not scared - - 24 Scared - - 37 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category Obama McCain % Total Protestant/Other Christian 63 36 51 Catholic - - 24 Jewish - - 3 Something else - - 11 None - - 11 Religion among whites Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant/Other Christian - - 27 White Catholic - - 17 White Jewish - - 3 White something else - - 7 White none - - 8 Non-white - - 38 How often do you attend religious services? Category Obama McCain % Total More than once a week - - 11 Once a week - - 21 A few times a month - - 16 A few times a year - - 37 Never - - 13 How often do you attend religious services? Category Obama McCain % Total Weekly - - 32 Occasionally 51 44 54 Never - - 13 Church attendance by Religion Category Obama McCain % Total Protestant/Attend weekly - - 12 Protestant/Do not attend weekly - - 13 Catholic/Attend weekly - - 8 Catholic/Do not attend weekly - - 15 All Others 64 30 51 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category Obama McCain % Total White Evangelical/Born-again Christians - - 13 All others 65 33 87 White Born Again Protest/Other Christ Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant evangelical - - 11 White Protestant non-evangelical - - 17 All others 68 27 72 Do you or your spouse have any investments in the stock market, including mutual funds or retirement plans? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 65 34 76 No - - 24 Are you currently married? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 50 45 64 No - - 36 Do you have any children under 18 living in your household? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 56 40 45 No 61 37 55 Parents Category Obama McCain % Total Men with children - - 24 Women with children - - 21 Men without children - - 19 Women without children - - 35 Married women with children: Category Obama McCain % Total Married women with children - - 16 Women who are not married or have no children 60 39 41 All men - - 43 Married with children: Category Obama McCain % Total Married with children - - 38 All others 60 38 62 Married by Parents Category Obama McCain % Total Married Women with children - - 16 Unmarried Women with children - - 6 Married Women with no children - - 14 Unmarried Women with no children - - 21 Married Men with children - - 22 Unmarried Men with children - - 2 Married Men with no children - - 12 Unmarried Men with no children - - 8 Do you work full-time for pay? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 57 39 68 No - - 32 Working women: Category Obama McCain % Total Working women - - 37 All others 58 40 63 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes, I do - - 16 Yes, someone else does - - 10 Yes, I do and someone else does - - 1 No one does 57 38 74 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category Obama McCain % Total Yes (at least one union voter in household) - - 26 No (No union voter in household 57 38 74 Voter is union member: Category Obama McCain % Total Yes - - 16 No 60 36 84 Do you or does someone else in your household own a gun? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes - - 28 No 68 28 72 Have you ever served in the U.S. military? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes - - 16 No 60 36 84 Who did you want to win the Democratic nomination this year: (Among Democrats) Category Obama McCain % Total Democrats for Clinton - - 16 Democrats for Obama - - 29 Democrats for another candidate - - 2 Democrats who did not care - - 2 Non-Democrats 35 60 49 If these had been the candidates for president today, who would you have voted for? Category Obama McCain % Total Hillary Clinton (Dem) 84 15 58 John McCain (Rep) - - 37 Would not have voted for president - - 3 In the 2004 election for president, did you vote for: Category Obama McCain % Total John Kerry (Dem) 84 11 46 George W. Bush (Rep) - - 38 Someone else - - 3 Did not vote - - 12 Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes - - 1 No 57 39 99 How did you vote today on Question 2 which would allow video lotteries? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 63 34 59 No 59 40 41 Population of area, five categories Category Obama McCain % Total Over 500 thousand 77 19 14 50 to 500 thousand - - 6 Suburbs 60 39 70 10 to 50 thousand - - 5 Rural - - 5 Population of area, three categories Category Obama McCain % Total City over 50 thousand 79 18 20 Suburbs 60 39 70 Small city and Rural - - 10 Which comes closer to your view: Category Obama McCain % Total Government should do more to solve problems 85 13 57 Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals - - 38 How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the U.S.? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried - - 28 Somewhat worried 64 34 54 Not too worried - - 16 Not at all worried - - 2 How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States? Category Obama McCain % Total Very/Somewhat worried 63 36 82 Not too/Not at all worried - - 18 How worried are you about being able to afford the health care services you need? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried - - 32 Somewhat worried - - 35 Not very worried - - 26 Not at all worried - - 6 How worried are you about being able to afford the health care services you need? Category Obama McCain % Total Worried 71 27 67 Not worried - - 32 Do you favor or oppose drilling for oil offshore in U.S. waters where it is currently not allowed? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly favor - - 38 Somewhat favor - - 29 Somewhat oppose - - 18 Strongly oppose - - 13 Do you favor or oppose drilling for oil offshore in U.S. waters where it is currently not allowed? Category Obama McCain % Total Favor 52 46 67 Oppose - - 31 In deciding your vote for president, were future appointments to the Supreme Court: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor - - 6 One of several important factors 74 23 44 A minor factor - - 27 Not a factor at all - - 21 In deciding your vote for president, were future appointments to the Supreme Court: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor 71 26 50 Not an important factor 54 43 48 In deciding your vote for president, were future appointments to the Supreme Court: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 67 32 77 Not a factor - - 21 Do you think your taxes will: Category Obama McCain % Total Go up only if Obama is elected president - - 20 Go up only if McCain is elected president - - 16 Go up no matter which candidate wins 63 32 48 Stay the same or go down - - 15 Do you think your taxes will: Category Obama McCain % Total Go up if Barack Obama is elected 53 44 68 Not go up if Barack Obama is elected president - - 31 Do you think your taxes will: Category Obama McCain % Total Go up if John McCain is elected 69 28 64 Not go up if John McCain is elected president - - 35 Which vice presidential candidate is qualified to be president should it become necessary? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Joe Biden 89 6 60 Only Sarah Palin - - 16 Both of them - - 16 Neither of them - - 8 Which vice presidential candidate is qualified to be president should it become necessary? Category Obama McCain % Total Joe Biden is 71 25 76 Joe Biden is not - - 24 Which vice presidential candidate is qualified to be president should it become necessary? Category Obama McCain % Total Sarah Palin is - - 32 Sarah Palin is not 84 10 68 Who would make a good First Lady? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Michelle Obama 97 3 39 Only Cindy McCain - - 23 Both of them - - 27 Neither of them - - 9 Who would make a good First Lady? Category Obama McCain % Total Michelle Obama would 80 16 66 Michelle Obama would not - - 32 Who would make a good First Lady? Category Obama McCain % Total Cindy McCain would 33 61 51 Cindy McCain would not 86 12 48 How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately? Category Obama McCain % Total Very confident 68 31 47 Somewhat confident 55 37 41 Not very confident - - 9 Not at all confident - - 2 How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately? Category Obama McCain % Total Very/Somewhat confident 62 34 88 Not very/Not at all confident - - 11 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve - - 3 Somewhat approve - - 31 Somewhat disapprove 59 40 41 Strongly disapprove - - 24 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve - - 34 Disapprove 56 42 64 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama - - 35 Only John McCain - - 30 Both of them - - 27 Neither of them - - 7 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 94 6 62 Barack Obama is not - - 37 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 45 55 57 John McCain is not 88 6 42 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 96 3 54 Only John McCain - - 18 Both of them - - 12 Neither of them - - 15 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 89 10 66 Barack Obama is not - - 33 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is - - 30 John McCain is not 80 16 69 Do you think Barack Obama's positions on the issues are: Category Obama McCain % Total Too liberal - - 34 Too conservative - - 8 About right 94 5 56 Which candidate do you think has the right judgment to make a good president? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 97 3 53 Only John McCain - - 25 Both of them - - 16 Neither of them - - 5 Which candidate do you think has the right judgment to make a good president? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama does 89 11 69 Barack Obama does not - - 31 Which candidate do you think has the right judgment to make a good president? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain does - - 41 John McCain does not 89 7 58 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama - - 9 Only John McCain 96 3 33 Both of them 46 53 35 Neither of them - - 19 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama did 43 56 44 Barack Obama did not 79 19 52 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain did 71 28 68 John McCain did not 43 56 28 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried 65 34 56 Somewhat worried - - 33 Not too worried - - 5 Not at all worried - - 6 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Worried 64 36 89 Not worried - - 11 Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is: Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent - - 1 Good - - 7 Not so good 52 47 45 Poor 79 20 46 State of the national economy: 2 way Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent/Good - - 8 Not so good/Poor 65 33 91 How worried are you that the current economic crisis will harm your family's finances over the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried 71 24 49 Somewhat worried - - 37 Not too worried - - 9 Not at all worried - - 4 How worried are you that the current economic crisis will harm your family's finances over the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Worried 66 31 86 Not worried - - 13 During the next year, do you think the nation's economy will: Category Obama McCain % Total Get better 71 25 56 Get worse - - 17 Stay about the same - - 23 Do you support or oppose the $700 billion government plan to assist failing financial companies? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly support - - 9 Somewhat support - - 40 Somewhat oppose - - 25 Strongly oppose - - 25 Do you support or oppose the $700 billion government plan to assist failing financial companies? Category Obama McCain % Total Support 72 28 49 Oppose 55 40 50 Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation: Category Obama McCain % Total Better today - - 27 Worse today 68 27 45 About the same - - 27 Do you think things in this country today are: Category Obama McCain % Total Generally going in the right direction - - 25 Seriously off on the wrong track 68 27 73 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve - - 10 Somewhat approve - - 16 Somewhat disapprove - - 20 Strongly disapprove 90 8 54 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve - - 25 Disapprove 84 14 75 In the next few years, do you think race relations in this country will: Category Obama McCain % Total Get much better - - 10 Get somewhat better - - 38 Stay about the same - - 36 Get somewhat worse - - 13 Get much worse - - 3 In the next few years, do you think race relations in this country will: Category Obama McCain % Total Get better 78 20 48 Stay about the same - - 36 Get worse - - 15 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor - - 4 One of several important factors - - 7 A minor factor - - 16 Not a factor at all 66 33 73 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor - - 11 Not an important factor 63 35 88 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 53 46 27 Not a factor 66 33 73 In deciding your vote for president today, was the age of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor - - 2 One of several important factors - - 14 A minor factor 61 39 28 Not a factor at all 58 40 56 In deciding your vote for president today, was the age of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor - - 16 Not an important factor 59 39 84 In deciding your vote for president today, was the age of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 68 32 44 Not a factor 58 40 56 In your vote for president today, was McCain's choice of Sarah Palin: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor - - 12 One of several important factors 56 44 38 A minor factor - - 15 Not a factor at all 68 29 29 In your vote for president today, was McCain's choice of Sarah Palin: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor 62 38 50 Not an important factor 60 38 44 In your vote for president today, was McCain's choice of Sarah Palin: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 57 42 65 Not a factor 68 29 29 If John McCain were elected, would he mainly: Category Obama McCain % Total Continue George W. Bush's policies 92 6 55 Take the country in a different direction 23 76 40 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve - - 7 Somewhat approve - - 15 Somewhat disapprove - - 19 Strongly disapprove 81 18 56 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve - - 22 Disapprove 70 29 76 Which was more important in your vote for president today? Category Obama McCain % Total My candidate's positions on the issues 72 26 64 My candidate's leadership/personal qualities 46 54 33 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 43 56 21 Can bring about needed change 89 10 44 Has the right experience - - 18 Cares about people like me - - 13 Which ONE of these five issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Obama McCain % Total Energy policy - - 11 The war in Iraq - - 10 The economy 63 36 60 Terrorism - - 7 Health care - - 9 Geo Stratum Code Category Obama McCain % Total Baltimore City 82 14 9 Suburban Balt 52 46 38 Suburban DC 82 17 28 Rest of State 44 53 25

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