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Gender: Category Obama McCain % Total Male 51 48 48 Female 53 45 52 Age, four categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-29 61 36 17 30-44 51 47 27 45-64 53 46 39 65+ 44 55 17 Age, six categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-24 61 38 10 25-29 61 33 7 30-39 54 45 17 40-49 48 50 21 50-64 54 45 28 65 or over 44 55 17 Are you: Category Obama McCain % Total White 46 52 83 Black 97 2 11 Hispanic/Latino - - 4 Asian - - 1 Other - - 1 Sex by race Category Obama McCain % Total White men 45 53 41 White women 47 52 42 Black men 98 2 5 Black women 96 2 6 Latino men - - 1 Latino women - - 3 All other races - - 2 Age by race Category Obama McCain % Total White 18-29 54 43 14 White 30-44 46 53 23 White 45-64 46 53 31 White 65+ 38 60 15 Black 18-29 - - 2 Black 30-44 - - 3 Black 45-64 96 3 5 Black 65+ - - 1 Latino 18-29 - - 1 Latino 30-44 - - 1 Latino 45-64 - - 2 Latino 65+ - - 0 All other - - 2 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category Obama McCain % Total Just today 48 44 5 In the last three days 43 52 3 Sometime last week 48 52 4 Earlier in October 51 47 16 Sometime in September 60 39 14 Before that 51 48 56 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In the last three days 46 47 8 Sometime last week or earlier 53 47 91 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last 3 days/Sometime last week 47 49 12 In the last month or before that 53 46 86 Time: Last three days/October/September/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last three days 46 47 8 Earlier in October 50 48 20 Sometime in September 60 39 14 Before that 51 48 56 Which ONE of these five issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Obama McCain % Total Energy policy 50 48 7 The war in Iraq 61 39 11 The economy 54 45 61 Terrorism 12 88 8 Health care 65 34 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 30 69 29 Can bring about needed change 91 8 32 Has the right experience 5 95 21 Cares about people like me 80 19 14 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category Obama McCain % Total Liberal 83 16 20 Moderate 61 38 45 Conservative 22 76 35 Party Identification Category Obama McCain % Total Democrat 89 10 39 Republican 8 92 31 Independent or something else 52 44 30 Party by race Category Obama McCain % Total White Democrats 85 14 28 White Independents 50 47 24 White Republicans 8 92 31 All other 83 16 17 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 16 84 8 Somewhat approve 8 92 21 Somewhat disapprove 32 67 19 Strongly disapprove 83 16 52 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 10 89 28 Disapprove 69 30 71 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category Obama McCain % Total Protestant/Other Christian 48 52 58 Catholic 47 52 23 Jewish - - 2 Something else 75 21 5 None 72 27 12 Religion among whites Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant/Other Christian 39 61 48 White Catholic 46 53 20 White Jewish - - 2 White something else 72 25 4 White none 68 31 9 Non-white 82 17 17 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category Obama McCain % Total White Evangelical/Born-again Christians 27 71 30 All others 63 36 70 White Born Again Protest/Other Christ Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant evangelical 25 74 27 White Protestant non-evangelical 57 43 20 All others 65 34 52 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total Did not complete high school 69 31 4 High school graduate 50 49 28 Some college or associate degree 51 47 29 College graduate 51 48 24 Postgraduate study 54 44 15 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total More than high school grad 52 46 67 High school graduate or less 53 46 33 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total College graduate 52 46 39 No college degree 52 46 61 Education by race Category Obama McCain % Total White college graduates 49 50 33 White non-college graduates 44 54 50 Non White college graduates 69 30 6 Non White non-college graduates 91 8 11 2007 total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $15,000 74 25 8 $15,000 - $29,999 59 35 14 $30,000 - $49,999 53 45 22 $50,000 - $74,999 52 47 23 $75,000 - $99,999 52 47 13 $100,000 - $149,999 40 60 12 $150,000 - $199,999 44 56 4 $200,000 or more 43 56 5 Total family income, $50K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $50,000 59 38 44 $50,000 or more 48 51 56 Total family income, $100K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $100,000 56 42 79 $100,000 or more 42 58 21 Total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $50,000 59 38 44 $50,000-$99,999 52 47 36 $100,000 or more 42 58 21 Income by Race Category Obama McCain % Total Under 50k and White 51 47 34 Over 50k and White 45 55 49 Under 50k and Non-white 92 7 9 Over 50k and Non-white 70 29 8 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor 54 45 6 One of several important factors 51 48 13 A minor factor 44 56 8 Not a factor at all 53 45 72 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor 52 47 19 Not an important factor 52 46 79 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 50 50 27 Not a factor 53 45 72 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried 60 39 56 Somewhat worried 45 55 30 Not too worried 37 62 9 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 54 45 86 Not worried 41 58 12 Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is: Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent - - 0 Good 14 86 7 Not so good 37 62 40 Poor 68 30 53 State of the national economy: 2 way Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent/Good 15 85 7 Not so good/Poor 55 44 93 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes, I do 60 39 13 Yes, someone else does 54 45 13 Yes, I do and someone else does - - 2 No one does 51 48 72 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category Obama McCain % Total Yes (at least one union voter in household) 56 43 28 No (No union voter in household 51 48 72 Voter is union member: Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 58 41 15 No 51 48 85 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 3 96 13 Somewhat approve 16 83 22 Somewhat disapprove 58 41 23 Strongly disapprove 83 15 42 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 12 88 34 Disapprove 74 24 64 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 98 2 45 Only John McCain 1 99 31 Both of them 42 54 11 Neither of them 21 73 11 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 12 87 42 John McCain is not 83 16 57 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 87 12 57 Barack Obama is not 7 92 42 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 99 1 28 Only John McCain 3 97 40 Both of them 84 14 22 Neither of them 51 41 8 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 32 67 62 John McCain is not 89 9 36 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 92 7 51 Barack Obama is not 11 88 48 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 14 85 48 Do you think Barack Obama's positions on the issues are: Category Obama McCain % Total Too liberal 7 93 43 Too conservative - - 3 About right 95 4 49 Who did you want to win the Democratic nomination this year: Category Obama McCain % Total Democrats for Clinton 81 18 16 Democrats for Obama 99 1 18 Democrats for another candidate - - 2 Democrats who did not care - - 2 Non-Democrats 29 70 58 Is this the first year you have ever voted? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 63 36 8 No 51 48 92 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 81 19 15 Yes, for John McCain 18 82 8 Yes, for both Obama and McCain 48 51 28 No, I was not contacted 51 48 46 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 41 58 36 For Obama/Neither 58 41 61 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 59 40 43 For McCain/Neither 46 53 54 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 15 84 7 Only John McCain 97 2 25 Both of them 41 57 45 Neither of them 33 66 19 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain did 61 37 71 John McCain did not 28 71 27 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama did 38 61 53 Barack Obama did not 69 30 44 Population of area, five categories Category Obama McCain % Total Over 500 thousand 58 41 5 50 to 500 thousand 74 24 14 Suburbs 50 49 62 10 to 50 thousand - - 3 Rural 42 56 16 Population of area, three categories Category Obama McCain % Total City over 50 thousand 70 29 18 Suburbs 50 49 62 Small city and Rural 43 54 20 Geo Stratum Code Category Obama McCain % Total Cuyahoga County 73 26 12 Northeast 52 47 25 Central 47 52 26 Toledo & NW 58 41 11 Cinci/Daytn Area 47 51 26

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