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Gender: Category Obama McCain % Total Male 51 48 46 Female 59 41 54 Age, four categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-29 65 35 18 30-44 51 47 28 45-64 55 43 39 65+ 49 50 15 Age, six categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-24 66 34 11 25-29 64 36 8 30-39 54 45 16 40-49 50 49 24 50-64 57 42 27 65 or over 49 50 15 Are you: Category Obama McCain % Total White 48 51 81 Black 95 5 13 Hispanic/Latino 72 28 4 Asian - - 1 Other - - 1 Sex by race Category Obama McCain % Total White men 43 56 38 White women 51 48 42 Black men 95 4 5 Black women 95 5 8 Latino men - - 2 Latino women - - 2 All other races - - 3 Age by race Category Obama McCain % Total White 18-29 56 44 14 White 30-44 41 58 21 White 45-64 50 49 33 White 65+ 45 55 13 Black 18-29 95 4 3 Black 30-44 98 2 4 Black 45-64 92 8 4 Black 65+ - - 1 Latino 18-29 - - 1 Latino 30-44 - - 1 Latino 45-64 - - 1 Latino 65+ - - 0 All other - - 3 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category Obama McCain % Total Just today 45 53 7 In the last three days 43 55 5 Sometime last week - - 4 Earlier in October 54 46 12 Sometime in September 59 41 14 Before that 57 41 58 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In the last three days 44 54 12 Sometime last week or earlier 57 43 88 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last 3 days/Sometime last week 44 54 16 In the last month or before that 57 42 84 Time: Last three days/October/September/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last three days 44 54 12 Earlier in October 52 48 16 Sometime in September 59 41 14 Before that 57 41 58 Which ONE of these five issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Obama McCain % Total Energy policy 53 45 11 The war in Iraq 66 34 11 The economy 58 41 57 Terrorism 9 90 9 Health care 71 27 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 40 58 33 Can bring about needed change 91 8 35 Has the right experience 4 96 18 Cares about people like me 81 18 9 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category Obama McCain % Total Liberal 91 9 23 Moderate 58 41 50 Conservative 19 79 27 Party Identification Category Obama McCain % Total Democrat 90 10 44 Republican 13 87 37 Independent or something else 58 39 18 Party by race Category Obama McCain % Total White Democrats 85 14 30 White Independents 56 41 15 White Republicans 12 88 35 All other 86 13 19 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve - - 5 Somewhat approve 7 92 20 Somewhat disapprove 36 62 21 Strongly disapprove 86 13 53 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 10 89 25 Disapprove 71 27 74 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category Obama McCain % Total Protestant/Other Christian 50 49 48 Catholic 48 52 32 Jewish - - 4 Something else 81 16 5 None 84 15 11 Religion among whites Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant/Other Christian 37 61 36 White Catholic 46 54 29 White Jewish - - 3 White something else - - 3 White none 79 20 8 Non-white 87 13 20 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total Did not complete high school - - 3 High school graduate 52 47 21 Some college or associate degree 53 46 25 College graduate 52 47 27 Postgraduate study 60 39 23 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total More than high school grad 55 44 76 High school graduate or less 55 44 24 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total College graduate 56 43 50 No college degree 54 45 50 Education by race Category Obama McCain % Total White college graduates 52 47 44 White non-college graduates 42 57 37 Non White college graduates 81 18 7 Non White non-college graduates 89 10 13 2007 total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $15,000 75 25 5 $15,000 - $29,999 62 36 11 $30,000 - $49,999 58 41 19 $50,000 - $74,999 49 49 20 $75,000 - $99,999 56 44 14 $100,000 - $149,999 46 53 15 $150,000 - $199,999 57 43 7 $200,000 or more 58 40 9 Total family income, $50K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $50,000 62 37 36 $50,000 or more 52 47 64 Total family income, $100K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $100,000 57 42 70 $100,000 or more 52 47 30 Total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $50,000 62 37 36 $50,000-$99,999 52 47 34 $100,000 or more 52 47 30 Income by Race Category Obama McCain % Total Under 50k and White 49 50 25 Over 50k and White 48 51 56 Under 50k and Non-white 91 8 11 Over 50k and Non-white 79 20 8 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor 58 42 7 One of several important factors 62 38 10 A minor factor 56 43 10 Not a factor at all 54 45 73 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor 60 40 16 Not an important factor 54 45 82 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 59 41 26 Not a factor 54 45 73 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried 63 36 57 Somewhat worried 49 50 33 Not too worried 41 59 8 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 58 41 89 Not worried 40 60 10 Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is: Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent - - 1 Good 21 79 8 Not so good 45 54 47 Poor 72 27 44 State of the national economy: 2 way Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent/Good 23 77 8 Not so good/Poor 58 41 91 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes, I do 67 32 14 Yes, someone else does 56 43 12 Yes, I do and someone else does - - 1 No one does 54 45 73 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category Obama McCain % Total Yes (at least one union voter in household) 62 37 27 No (No union voter in household 54 45 73 Voter is union member: Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 68 32 15 No 54 45 85 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 7 93 14 Somewhat approve 17 83 23 Somewhat disapprove 58 39 22 Strongly disapprove 91 8 41 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 13 87 36 Disapprove 80 19 63 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 98 2 49 Only John McCain 1 99 26 Both of them 36 64 14 Neither of them 24 69 10 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 13 87 40 John McCain is not 85 13 59 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 84 15 63 Barack Obama is not 8 90 36 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 99 0 31 Only John McCain 3 97 37 Both of them 82 18 25 Neither of them 52 38 7 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 35 65 61 John McCain is not 91 7 38 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 92 8 56 Barack Obama is not 10 88 43 If John McCain were elected, would he mainly: Category Obama McCain % Total Continue George W. Bush's policies 90 9 53 Take the country in a different direction 14 85 44 Do you think Barack Obama's positions on the issues are: Category Obama McCain % Total Too liberal 8 91 41 Too conservative - - 3 About right 95 4 53 Who did you want to win the Democratic nomination this year: Category Obama McCain % Total Democrats for Clinton 79 20 16 Democrats for Obama 99 1 25 Democrats for another candidate - - 2 Democrats who did not care - - 2 Non-Democrats 28 71 52 Is this the first year you have ever voted? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 60 40 11 No 55 44 89 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 89 10 23 Yes, for John McCain 12 87 12 Yes, for both Obama and McCain 55 44 26 No, I was not contacted 47 52 33 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 42 57 39 For Obama/Neither 64 35 57 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 71 28 50 For McCain/Neither 37 61 46 Population of area, five categories Category Obama McCain % Total Over 500 thousand 83 16 12 50 to 500 thousand 70 29 11 Suburbs 50 49 62 10 to 50 thousand - - 3 Rural 37 62 12 Population of area, three categories Category Obama McCain % Total City over 50 thousand 77 22 23 Suburbs 50 49 62 Small city and Rural 44 56 15 Geo Stratum Code Category Obama McCain % Total Philadelphia 83 16 12 Philly Suburbs 58 41 21 Northeast 57 42 14 Pitt Area&West 53 46 23 Central & NoTier 42 57 30

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