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Gender: Category Obama McCain % Total Male 52 45 46 Female 60 38 54 Age, four categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-29 68 29 20 30-44 56 43 28 45-64 52 45 37 65+ 53 45 16 Age, six categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-24 67 30 12 25-29 70 27 9 30-39 55 43 18 40-49 53 46 21 50-64 54 43 26 65 or over 53 45 16 Are you: Category Obama McCain % Total White 51 47 82 Black 97 3 12 Hispanic/Latino 64 33 3 Asian - - 1 Other - - 3 Sex by race Category Obama McCain % Total White men 47 50 38 White women 54 44 43 Black men 94 6 5 Black women 99 1 7 Latino men - - 1 Latino women - - 2 All other races 63 33 4 Age by race Category Obama McCain % Total White 18-29 63 34 15 White 30-44 46 52 22 White 45-64 48 49 31 White 65+ 49 49 14 Black 18-29 - - 3 Black 30-44 97 3 4 Black 45-64 - - 3 Black 65+ - - 1 Latino 18-29 - - 1 Latino 30-44 - - 1 Latino 45-64 - - 1 Latino 65+ - - 0 All other 63 32 4 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category Obama McCain % Total Just today 52 39 5 In the last three days 49 49 4 Sometime last week 49 50 4 Earlier in October 57 40 14 Sometime in September 63 35 13 Before that 57 42 59 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In the last three days 51 43 8 Sometime last week or earlier 57 41 90 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last 3 days/Sometime last week 50 45 12 In the last month or before that 58 41 86 Time: Last three days/October/September/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last three days 51 43 8 Earlier in October 56 42 18 Sometime in September 63 35 13 Before that 57 42 59 Which ONE of these five issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Obama McCain % Total Energy policy 48 51 9 The war in Iraq 63 35 10 The economy 61 37 64 Terrorism 13 86 7 Health care 69 26 9 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 35 62 30 Can bring about needed change 91 8 38 Has the right experience 7 92 17 Cares about people like me 79 16 12 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category Obama McCain % Total Liberal 88 11 25 Moderate 63 34 43 Conservative 22 75 32 Party Identification Category Obama McCain % Total Democrat 93 6 41 Republican 10 89 29 Independent or something else 52 42 29 Party by race Category Obama McCain % Total White Democrats 91 8 28 White Independents 51 44 26 White Republicans 9 90 27 All other 85 14 18 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 22 78 6 Somewhat approve 7 91 17 Somewhat disapprove 33 64 21 Strongly disapprove 86 12 56 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 10 88 23 Disapprove 72 26 76 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category Obama McCain % Total Protestant/Other Christian 51 46 54 Catholic 52 46 26 Jewish - - 1 Something else 80 19 6 None 79 20 12 Religion among whites Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant/Other Christian 42 55 43 White Catholic 51 47 24 White Jewish - - 1 White something else 72 26 4 White none 77 22 10 Non-white 85 13 19 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category Obama McCain % Total White Evangelical/Born-again Christians 33 63 27 All others 65 33 73 White Born Again Protest/Other Christ Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant evangelical 31 65 24 White Protestant non-evangelical 56 43 19 All others 68 30 57 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total Did not complete high school 70 27 4 High school graduate 60 37 23 Some college or associate degree 57 41 38 College graduate 49 48 23 Postgraduate study 59 40 12 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total More than high school grad 55 43 72 High school graduate or less 62 35 28 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total College graduate 52 45 35 No college degree 59 39 65 Education by race Category Obama McCain % Total White college graduates 48 49 30 White non-college graduates 52 46 52 Non White college graduates 81 18 5 Non White non-college graduates 86 13 13 2007 total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $15,000 68 27 7 $15,000 - $29,999 65 32 14 $30,000 - $49,999 56 42 22 $50,000 - $74,999 59 39 22 $75,000 - $99,999 52 46 17 $100,000 - $149,999 49 50 12 $150,000 - $199,999 - - 3 $200,000 or more - - 4 Total family income, $50K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $50,000 61 36 43 $50,000 or more 53 45 57 Total family income, $100K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $100,000 59 39 81 $100,000 or more 47 52 19 Total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $50,000 61 36 43 $50,000-$99,999 56 42 38 $100,000 or more 47 52 19 Income by Race Category Obama McCain % Total Under 50k and White 54 43 33 Over 50k and White 48 50 49 Under 50k and Non-white 86 12 10 Over 50k and Non-white 80 19 8 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor 60 37 6 One of several important factors 61 38 13 A minor factor 64 35 9 Not a factor at all 56 42 70 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor 61 38 19 Not an important factor 57 41 80 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 62 37 28 Not a factor 56 42 70 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried 64 34 59 Somewhat worried 50 48 30 Not too worried 41 58 7 Not at all worried - - 3 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Worried 59 39 89 Not worried 44 54 10 Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is: Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent - - 0 Good - - 4 Not so good 44 54 35 Poor 68 30 60 State of the national economy: 2 way Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent/Good 21 79 4 Not so good/Poor 59 39 95 Compared to four years ago, is the job situation in your area: Category Obama McCain % Total Better today - - 1 Worse today 61 37 88 About the same 31 67 10 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes, I do 70 28 15 Yes, someone else does 62 35 16 Yes, I do and someone else does - - 2 No one does 52 46 66 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category Obama McCain % Total Yes (at least one union voter in household) 67 31 34 No (No union voter in household 52 46 66 Voter is union member: Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 71 27 18 No 54 44 82 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 8 91 12 Somewhat approve 17 80 23 Somewhat disapprove 64 34 22 Strongly disapprove 91 7 41 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 14 83 35 Disapprove 81 16 63 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 98 1 50 Only John McCain 2 98 25 Both of them 38 59 13 Neither of them 20 65 11 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 14 84 38 John McCain is not 85 12 61 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 86 14 64 Barack Obama is not 7 88 35 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 99 1 35 Only John McCain 4 95 34 Both of them 77 21 23 Neither of them 44 39 7 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 33 66 57 John McCain is not 90 7 42 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 91 8 57 Barack Obama is not 10 86 41 If John McCain were elected, would he mainly: Category Obama McCain % Total Continue George W. Bush's policies 91 7 54 Take the country in a different direction 15 83 43 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 19 81 9 Only John McCain 96 3 28 Both of them 45 51 39 Neither of them 45 53 21 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain did 66 31 67 John McCain did not 37 61 30 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama did 40 56 48 Barack Obama did not 74 24 49 Is this the first year you have ever voted? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 77 21 12 No 54 43 88 In today's election for U.S. Senate, did you just vote for: Category Obama McCain % Total Carl Levin 84 14 62 Jack Hoogendyk 9 89 35 How did you vote today on Proposition 2 which permits stem cell research? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 74 24 53 No 36 61 47 Population of area, five categories Category Obama McCain % Total Over 500 thousand 98 1 6 50 to 500 thousand 74 24 11 Suburbs 52 45 64 10 to 50 thousand - - 3 Rural 47 50 16 Population of area, three categories Category Obama McCain % Total City over 50 thousand 83 16 17 Suburbs 52 45 64 Small city and Rural 48 50 19 Geo Stratum Code Category Obama McCain % Total Wayne County 74 24 18 Sub-Oak & Macomb 55 43 22 University Belt 58 39 24 Southwest 47 50 21 North/Northeast 49 48 16

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