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Are you: Category Obama McCain % Total Male 58 38 48 Female 60 38 52 Age, four categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-29 - - 11 30-44 59 39 30 45-64 60 38 41 65+ 52 47 18 Age, six categories Category Obama McCain % Total 18-24 - - 5 25-29 - - 5 30-39 60 37 19 40-49 56 41 23 50-64 61 37 29 65 or over 52 47 18 Are you: Category Obama McCain % Total White 57 41 82 Black - - 4 Hispanic/Latino - - 7 Asian - - 4 Other - - 3 Sex by race Category Obama McCain % Total White men 57 41 42 White women 58 41 41 Black men - - 2 Black women - - 2 Latino men - - 2 Latino women - - 5 All other races - - 6 Age by race Category Obama McCain % Total White 18-29 - - 7 White 30-44 58 41 24 White 45-64 58 40 34 White 65+ 52 47 17 Black 18-29 - - 1 Black 30-44 - - 1 Black 45-64 - - 2 Black 65+ - - 0 Latino 18-29 - - 2 Latino 30-44 - - 2 Latino 45-64 - - 3 Latino 65+ - - 1 All other - - 6 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category Obama McCain % Total Just today - - - In the last three days - - 0 Sometime last week - - 3 Earlier in October 58 37 12 Sometime in September 57 43 14 Before that 62 37 67 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In the last three days - - 0 Sometime last week or earlier 60 38 96 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last 3 days/Sometime last week - - 3 In the last month or before that 60 38 93 Time: Last three days/October/September/Earlier than that Category Obama McCain % Total Today/In last three days - - 0 Earlier in October 57 39 15 Sometime in September 57 43 14 Before that 62 37 67 Which ONE of these five issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Obama McCain % Total Energy policy 59 37 9 The war in Iraq 68 29 11 The economy 60 38 60 Terrorism - - 8 Health care 83 14 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 40 58 34 Can bring about needed change 96 4 33 Has the right experience 9 90 16 Cares about people like me 76 20 14 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category Obama McCain % Total Liberal 93 5 28 Moderate 68 29 41 Conservative 18 81 32 Party Identification Category Obama McCain % Total Democrat 95 4 36 Republican 10 90 25 Independent or something else 58 37 39 Party by race Category Obama McCain % Total White Democrats 96 4 28 White Independents 56 40 32 White Republicans 10 90 22 All other 69 25 18 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve - - 6 Somewhat approve 9 90 20 Somewhat disapprove 41 55 16 Strongly disapprove 89 9 57 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 8 92 26 Disapprove 78 19 73 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category Obama McCain % Total Protestant/Other Christian 50 48 56 Catholic 63 35 15 Jewish - - 1 Something else - - 8 None 72 26 20 Religion among whites Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant/Other Christian 48 51 47 White Catholic 66 32 11 White Jewish - - 1 White something else - - 6 White none 68 30 17 Non-white 69 26 18 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category Obama McCain % Total White Evangelical/Born-again Christians 30 68 23 All others 68 30 77 White Born Again Protest/Other Christ Category Obama McCain % Total White Protestant evangelical 31 68 21 White Protestant non-evangelical 61 38 26 All others 70 28 52 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total Did not complete high school - - 2 High school graduate 53 44 15 Some college or associate degree 57 41 34 College graduate 62 35 33 Postgraduate study 64 35 15 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total More than high school grad 60 38 82 High school graduate or less 55 41 18 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Obama McCain % Total College graduate 62 35 48 No college degree 56 41 52 Education by race Category Obama McCain % Total White college graduates 62 36 39 White non-college graduates 53 45 43 Non White college graduates - - 9 Non White non-college graduates - - 9 2007 total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $15,000 - - 5 $15,000 - $29,999 63 31 9 $30,000 - $49,999 64 34 20 $50,000 - $74,999 52 44 23 $75,000 - $99,999 65 33 16 $100,000 - $149,999 55 44 17 $150,000 - $199,999 - - 5 $200,000 or more - - 5 Total family income, $50K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $50,000 66 31 35 $50,000 or more 57 41 65 Total family income, $100K Category Obama McCain % Total Less than $100,000 61 36 74 $100,000 or more 57 43 26 Total family income: Category Obama McCain % Total Under $50,000 66 31 35 $50,000-$99,999 57 40 39 $100,000 or more 57 43 26 Income by Race Category Obama McCain % Total Under 50k and White 65 34 27 Over 50k and White 55 44 54 Under 50k and Non-white - - 7 Over 50k and Non-white - - 12 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total The single most important factor - - 2 One of several important factors - - 7 A minor factor 66 31 10 Not a factor at all 59 39 80 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total An important factor 61 38 9 Not an important factor 60 38 90 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Obama McCain % Total A factor 64 35 19 Not a factor 59 39 80 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Very worried 72 27 45 Somewhat worried 55 43 40 Not too worried 35 62 9 Not at all worried - - 5 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Obama McCain % Total Worried 64 35 85 Not worried 34 63 14 Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is: Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent - - 0 Good - - 5 Not so good 46 53 38 Poor 71 27 57 State of the national economy: 2 way Category Obama McCain % Total Excellent/Good - - 5 Not so good/Poor 61 37 95 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes, I do 72 26 14 Yes, someone else does 58 40 10 Yes, I do and someone else does - - 2 No one does 58 41 74 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category Obama McCain % Total Yes (at least one union voter in household) 65 32 26 No (No union voter in household 58 41 74 Voter is union member: Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 69 27 16 No 58 41 84 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Strongly approve 6 94 16 Somewhat approve 30 67 22 Somewhat disapprove 58 41 18 Strongly disapprove 94 3 43 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Obama McCain % Total Approve 20 78 38 Disapprove 84 14 61 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 98 1 48 Only John McCain 3 97 22 Both of them 49 49 16 Neither of them 25 67 13 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 22 77 38 John McCain is not 83 15 61 Which candidate do you think is in touch with people like you? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 86 13 64 Barack Obama is not 11 86 35 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama 99 - 29 Only John McCain 4 96 35 Both of them 86 13 29 Neither of them - - 6 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain is 41 58 64 John McCain is not 92 5 35 Which candidate do you think has the experience to serve effectively as president? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama is 93 7 59 Barack Obama is not 11 86 40 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Only Barack Obama - - 6 Only John McCain 97 2 29 Both of them 47 50 47 Neither of them 46 50 16 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total John McCain did 66 32 76 John McCain did not 37 60 22 Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly? Category Obama McCain % Total Barack Obama did 43 54 53 Barack Obama did not 79 20 45 If John McCain were elected, would he mainly: Category Obama McCain % Total Continue George W. Bush's policies 95 4 50 Take the country in a different direction 22 76 44 Is this the first year you have ever voted? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes - - 6 No 59 39 94 In the 2004 election for governor, did you vote for: Category Obama McCain % Total Christine Gregoire (Dem) 93 6 45 Dino Rossi (GOP) 17 81 39 Someone else - - 2 Did not vote 70 29 14 In today's election for governor, did you just vote for: Category Obama McCain % Total Christine Gregoire 93 4 53 Dino Rossi 19 80 44 How did you vote today on Initiative 1000 which permits assisted suicide? Category Obama McCain % Total Yes 76 23 58 No 35 60 42 Population of area, five categories Category Obama McCain % Total Over 500 thousand 91 7 10 50 to 500 thousand 54 43 18 Suburbs 57 40 54 10 to 50 thousand 55 44 8 Rural 50 48 10 Population of area, three categories Category Obama McCain % Total City over 50 thousand 67 30 28 Suburbs 57 40 54 Small city and Rural 52 46 18 Geo Stratum Code Category Obama McCain % Total King County 72 25 29 Urb Puget Sound 59 39 29 West 57 41 21 East 43 54 20

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