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Gender: Category Obama McCain % Total Male 54 45 48 Female 59 39 52 Age, four categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-29 71 27 21 30-44 52 47 28 45-64 54 45 35 65+ 53 46 16 Age, six categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-24 77 21 11 25-29 65 33 10 30-39 51 48 18 40-49 50 49 21 50-64 57 42 25 65 or over 53 46 16 Are you: Category Obama McCain % Total White 42 56 50 Black - - 1 Hispanic/Latino 69 30 41 Asian - - 0 Other 79 20 8 Sex by race Category Obama McCain % Total White men 43 55 28 White women 41 57 22 Black men - - 1 Black women - - 0 Latino men 65 34 16 Latino women 72 27 25 All other races 78 21 8 Age by race Category Obama McCain % Total White 18-29 36 59 6 White 30-44 44 55 15 White 45-64 42 57 18 White 65+ 46 53 11 Black 18-29 - - 0 Black 30-44 - - 0 Black 45-64 - - 0 Black 65+ - - 0 Latino 18-29 83 15 12 Latino 30-44 56 42 11 Latino 45-64 66 33 14 Latino 65+ - - 4 All other 78 21 8 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category Obama McCain % Total Just today 63 31 4 In the last three days 53 42 2 Sometime last week 48 46 4 Earlier in October 55 43 12 Sometime in September 65 34 14 Before that 56 43 62 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In the last three days 59 35 6 Sometime last week or earlier 57 42 93 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last 3 days/Sometime last week 54 40 11 In the last month or before that 58 42 88 Time: Last three days/October/September/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last three days 59 35 6 Earlier in October 53 43 17 Sometime in September 65 34 14 Before that 56 43 62 Which ONE of these five issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Obama McCain % Total Energy policy 52 46 10 The war in Iraq 70 27 14 The economy 60 39 55 Terrorism 16 84 8 Health care 66 33 10 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 63 30 Can bring about needed change 93 6 32 Has the right experience 8 91 18 Cares about people like me 83 14 16 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category Obama McCain % Total Liberal 92 8 22 Moderate 62 36 44 Conservative 29 69 34 Party Identification Category Obama McCain % Total Democrat 91 9 44 Republican 8 91 28 Independent or something else 56 41 28 Party by race Category Obama McCain % Total White Democrats 85 14 14 White Independents 52 45 17 White Republicans 7 92 20 All other 72 27 50 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 7 93 8 Somewhat approve 12 86 18 Somewhat disapprove 39 59 18 Strongly disapprove 85 13 55 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 11 88 26 Disapprove 74 24 73 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category Obama McCain % Total Protestant/Other Christian 37 61 44 Catholic 71 28 35 Jewish - - 1 Something else 84 12 6 None 74 25 13 Religion among whites Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant/Other Christian 30 69 30 White Catholic 42 56 7 White Jewish - - 1 White something else 83 14 4 White none 67 32 9 Non-white 71 27 50 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category Obama McCain % Total White Evangelical/Born-again Christians 18 80 16 All others 65 34 84 White Born Again Protest/Other Christ Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant evangelical 17 81 16 White Protestant non-evangelical 42 57 15 All others 69 30 70 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total Did not complete high school 73 26 5 High school graduate 58 41 20 Some college or associate degree 58 40 31 College graduate 56 43 26 Postgraduate study 55 43 19 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total More than high school grad 57 42 76 High school graduate or less 61 38 24 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total College graduate 56 43 45 No college degree 59 39 55 Education by race Category Obama McCain % Total White college graduates 49 49 29 White non-college graduates 36 62 21 Non White college graduates 67 32 16 Non White non-college graduates 74 25 34 2007 total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $15,000 75 23 12 $15,000 - $29,999 67 33 13 $30,000 - $49,999 57 40 18 $50,000 - $74,999 56 43 23 $75,000 - $99,999 45 54 14 $100,000 - $149,999 56 42 10 $150,000 - $199,999 - - 6 $200,000 or more - - 3 Total family income, $50K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $50,000 65 33 44 $50,000 or more 52 47 56 Total family income, $100K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $100,000 59 39 81 $100,000 or more 53 46 19 Total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $50,000 65 33 44 $50,000-$99,999 52 47 38 $100,000 or more 53 46 19 Income by Race Category Obama McCain % Total Under 50k and White 48 49 18 Over 50k and White 43 56 32 Under 50k and Non-white 77 22 26 Over 50k and Non-white 65 34 24 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor 70 28 6 One of several important factors 61 37 11 A minor factor 57 41 6 Not a factor at all 56 43 75 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor 64 34 18 Not an important factor 56 43 81 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 62 36 24 Not a factor 56 43 75 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried 65 34 47 Somewhat worried 55 44 36 Not too worried 45 52 11 Not at all worried 33 65 5 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Worried 60 38 83 Not worried 41 56 16 Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is: Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent - - 1 Good 35 64 10 Not so good 48 51 39 Poor 70 29 50 State of the national economy: 2 way Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent/Good 35 63 11 Not so good/Poor 60 38 89 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 8 92 14 Somewhat approve 19 80 23 Somewhat disapprove 59 39 16 Strongly disapprove 93 6 45 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 15 85 37 Disapprove 84 14 61 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 97 3 52 Only John McCain 2 98 27 Both of them 42 57 11 Neither of them 20 69 9 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 13 86 39 John McCain is not 86 12 61 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 87 12 63 Barack Obama is not 6 91 36 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 99 0 36 Only John McCain 2 97 36 Both of them 84 14 21 Neither of them 38 46 6 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 33 67 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 94 5 57 Barack Obama is not 8 90 42 If John McCain were elected, would he mainly: Category Obama McCain % Total Continue George W. Bush's policies 92 6 51 Take the country in a different direction 18 80 44 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 22 78 7 Only John McCain 95 4 30 Both of them 46 52 42 Neither of them 40 58 18 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain did 66 32 71 John McCain did not 35 64 25 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama did 42 56 49 Barack Obama did not 74 24 48 Who did you want to win the Democratic nomination this year: Category Obama McCain % Total Democrats for Clinton 88 11 13 Democrats for Obama 97 3 23 Democrats for another candidate - - 3 Democrats who did not care - - 4 Non-Democrats 32 66 54 Is this the first year you have ever voted? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 74 24 13 No 55 44 87 Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be: Category Obama McCain % Total Offered a chance to apply for legal status 63 36 70 Deported to the country they came from 42 56 23 In today's election for U.S. Senate, did you just vote for: Category Obama McCain % Total Tom Udall 88 11 60 Steve Pearce 10 89 40 Population of area, five categories Category Obama McCain % Total Over 500 thousand - - - 50 to 500 thousand 55 44 48 Suburbs 72 28 16 10 to 50 thousand 56 42 21 Rural 46 52 15 Population of area, three categories Category Obama McCain % Total City over 50 thousand 55 44 48 Suburbs 72 28 16 Small city and Rural 52 46 36 Geo Stratum Code Category Obama McCain % Total Albuquerque Area 54 44 49 South/East 47 51 24 Northwest 69 30 27

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