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Gender: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Male 64 34 47 Female 72 27 53 Sex by race Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total White men 55 43 35 White women 65 34 38 Black men - - 7 Black women 95 2 10 Latino men - - 3 Latino women - - 4 All other races - - 3 Are you: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total White 61 38 73 Black 95 2 17 Hispanic/Latino - - 7 Asian - - 2 Other - - 1 Age, four categories Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total 18-29 77 22 19 30-44 72 27 26 45-64 65 34 41 65+ 60 40 13 Age, six categories Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total 18-24 75 25 10 25-29 79 19 10 30-39 74 24 15 40-49 66 32 23 50-64 65 34 29 65 or over 60 40 13 Age by race Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total White 18-29 71 29 12 White 30-44 63 36 16 White 45-64 58 40 34 White 65+ 55 45 11 Black 18-29 - - 4 Black 30-44 - - 7 Black 45-64 - - 5 Black 65+ - - 1 Latino 18-29 - - 2 Latino 30-44 - - 2 Latino 45-64 - - 2 Latino 65+ - - 0 All other - - 3 2007 total family income: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Under $15,000 81 16 8 $15,000 - $29,999 78 21 9 $30,000 - $49,999 78 22 18 $50,000 - $74,999 72 26 21 $75,000 - $99,999 65 34 14 $100,000 - $149,999 64 36 14 $150,000 - $199,999 - - 6 $200,000 or more 48 49 9 Total family income, $50K Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Less than $50,000 78 20 35 $50,000 or more 64 35 65 Total family income, $100K Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Less than $100,000 74 25 70 $100,000 or more 58 41 30 Total family income: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Under $50,000 78 20 35 $50,000-$99,999 69 29 35 $100,000 or more 58 41 30 Income by Race Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Under 50k and White 70 29 21 Over 50k and White 58 40 52 Under 50k and Non-white 93 5 14 Over 50k and Non-white 87 12 13 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Did not complete high school - - 2 High school graduate 74 23 19 Some college or associate degree 70 29 31 College graduate 64 36 28 Postgraduate study 65 33 19 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total More than high school grad 66 33 79 High school graduate or less 76 21 21 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total College graduate 64 35 47 No college degree 72 26 53 Education by race Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total White college graduates 58 41 38 White non-college graduates 64 35 35 Non White college graduates 85 15 10 Non White non-college graduates 92 6 17 Party Identification Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Democrat 96 3 46 Republican 26 74 28 Independent or something else 65 32 26 Party by race Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total White Democrats 96 4 26 White Independents 61 35 21 White Republicans 25 75 26 All other 90 8 27 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Liberal 95 3 22 Moderate 76 23 47 Conservative 37 62 31 Is this the first year you have ever voted? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes - - 10 No 66 32 90 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Just today - - 7 In the last three days - - 4 Sometime last week - - 5 Earlier in October 76 23 12 Sometime in September 67 32 13 Before that 67 31 57 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Today/In the last three days 68 30 11 Sometime last week or earlier 68 30 87 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Today/In last 3 days/Sometime last week 68 30 16 In the last month or before that 68 30 83 Time: Last three days/October/September/Earlier than that Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Today/In last three days 68 30 11 Earlier in October 74 25 17 Sometime in September 67 32 13 Before that 67 31 57 Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes, for Barack Obama - - 14 Yes, for John McCain - - 3 Yes, for both Obama and McCain - - 7 No, I was not contacted 67 31 75 Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total For Obama/Both 77 21 21 For McCain/Neither 66 33 78 Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total For McCain/Both - - 10 For Obama/Neither 70 28 89 If Barack Obama wins today, what best describes your feelings about what he will do as president? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Excited 92 7 40 Optimistic, but not excited - - 19 Concerned, but not scared - - 25 Scared - - 15 If John McCain wins today, what best describes your feelings about what he will do as president? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Excited - - 9 Optimistic, but not excited - - 28 Concerned, but not scared - - 30 Scared 94 6 31 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Protestant/Other Christian 63 36 51 Catholic 70 30 32 Jewish - - 3 Something else - - 6 None - - 8 Religion among whites Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total White Protestant/Other Christian 52 46 35 White Catholic - - 26 White Jewish - - 3 White something else - - 3 White none - - 6 Non-white - - 27 How often do you attend religious services? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total More than once a week - - 14 Once a week - - 26 A few times a month - - 17 A few times a year - - 29 Never - - 13 How often do you attend religious services? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Weekly 65 33 40 Occasionally 70 29 46 Never - - 13 Church attendance by Religion Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Protestant/Attend weekly - - 13 Protestant/Do not attend weekly - - 15 Catholic/Attend weekly - - 14 Catholic/Do not attend weekly - - 17 All Others 75 24 40 White Born Again Protest/Other Christ Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total White Protestant evangelical - - 20 White Protestant non-evangelical - - 15 All others 78 21 64 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total White Evangelical/Born-again Christians 54 46 23 All others 73 25 77 Do you or your spouse have any investments in the stock market, including mutual funds or retirement plans? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes 64 35 69 No 77 22 31 Are you currently married? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes 61 38 62 No 82 17 38 Do you have any children under 18 living in your household? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes 67 32 40 No 71 27 60 Parents Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Men with children - - 17 Women with children - - 23 Men without children - - 30 Women without children 73 24 29 Married women with children: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Married women with children - - 18 Women who are not married or have no children 75 23 35 All men 66 34 47 Married with children: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Married with children 63 36 32 All others 72 27 68 Married by Parents Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Married Women with children - - 18 Unmarried Women with children - - 5 Married Women with no children - - 14 Unmarried Women with no children - - 16 Married Men with children - - 14 Unmarried Men with children - - 3 Married Men with no children - - 17 Unmarried Men with no children - - 14 Do you work full-time for pay? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes 69 30 68 No 68 30 32 Working women: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Working women 71 26 32 All others 68 32 68 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes, I do - - 14 Yes, someone else does - - 11 Yes, I do and someone else does - - 2 No one does 66 33 73 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes (at least one union voter in household) - - 27 No (No union voter in household 66 33 73 Voter is union member: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes - - 16 No 68 31 84 Do you or does someone else in your household own a gun? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes - - 31 No 72 27 69 Have you ever served in the U.S. military? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes - - 14 No 72 27 86 Who did you want to win the Democratic nomination this year: (Among Democrats) Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Democrats for Clinton - - 11 Democrats for Obama 97 1 33 Democrats for another candidate - - 3 Democrats who did not care - - 2 Non-Democrats 45 54 48 If these had been the candidates for president today, who would you have voted for? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Hillary Clinton (Dem) 95 3 55 John McCain (Rep) 32 68 40 Would not have voted for president - - 4 In the 2004 election for president, did you vote for: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total John Kerry (Dem) 94 6 42 George W. Bush (Rep) 38 61 41 Someone else - - 5 Did not vote - - 10 Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Yes - - 3 No 68 30 97 Population of area, five categories Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Over 500 thousand 89 10 19 50 to 500 thousand 71 27 21 Suburbs 59 39 43 10 to 50 thousand - - - Rural 64 35 17 Population of area, three categories Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total City over 50 thousand 80 19 40 Suburbs 59 39 43 Small city and Rural 64 35 17 Which comes closer to your view: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Government should do more to solve problems 87 12 56 Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 39 59 40 How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the U.S.? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Very worried - - 25 Somewhat worried 67 32 45 Not too worried - - 25 Not at all worried - - 4 How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Very/Somewhat worried 64 35 70 Not too/Not at all worried 78 20 30 How worried are you about being able to afford the health care services you need? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Very worried 76 22 37 Somewhat worried 70 30 39 Not very worried - - 17 Not at all worried - - 6 How worried are you about being able to afford the health care services you need? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Worried 72 26 76 Not worried - - 23 Do you favor or oppose drilling for oil offshore in U.S. waters where it is currently not allowed? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Strongly favor 44 56 41 Somewhat favor - - 27 Somewhat oppose - - 20 Strongly oppose - - 10 Do you favor or oppose drilling for oil offshore in U.S. waters where it is currently not allowed? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Favor 58 42 68 Oppose 89 7 30 In deciding your vote for president, were future appointments to the Supreme Court: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total The single most important factor - - 6 One of several important factors 61 39 45 A minor factor - - 26 Not a factor at all - - 19 In deciding your vote for president, were future appointments to the Supreme Court: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total An important factor 65 35 51 Not an important factor 70 27 46 In deciding your vote for president, were future appointments to the Supreme Court: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total A factor 64 35 78 Not a factor - - 19 How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Very confident 74 25 48 Somewhat confident 70 28 40 Not very confident - - 9 Not at all confident - - 2 How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Very/Somewhat confident 72 27 88 Not very/Not at all confident - - 11 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Strongly approve - - 3 Somewhat approve - - 21 Somewhat disapprove 81 18 41 Strongly disapprove 46 50 34 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Approve - - 24 Disapprove 66 33 76 Do you think Barack Obama's positions on the issues are: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Too liberal 27 72 37 Too conservative - - 4 About right 94 5 57 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Very worried 76 23 52 Somewhat worried 64 36 33 Not too worried - - 11 Not at all worried - - 2 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Worried 71 28 86 Not worried - - 14 Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Excellent - - 0 Good - - 7 Not so good 59 40 42 Poor 80 18 50 State of the national economy: 2 way Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Excellent/Good - - 7 Not so good/Poor 71 28 92 How worried are you that the current economic crisis will harm your family's finances over the next year? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Very worried 75 23 45 Somewhat worried 71 29 39 Not too worried - - 12 Not at all worried - - 3 How worried are you that the current economic crisis will harm your family's finances over the next year? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Worried 73 25 84 Not worried - - 15 During the next year, do you think the nation's economy will: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Get better 81 19 54 Get worse - - 19 Stay about the same - - 27 Do you support or oppose the $700 billion government plan to assist failing financial companies? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Strongly support - - 8 Somewhat support 75 24 34 Somewhat oppose - - 26 Strongly oppose - - 31 Do you support or oppose the $700 billion government plan to assist failing financial companies? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Support 73 26 42 Oppose 64 35 57 Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Better today - - 26 Worse today 79 18 45 About the same - - 28 Do you think things in this country today are: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Generally going in the right direction - - 22 Seriously off on the wrong track 76 23 76 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Strongly approve - - 8 Somewhat approve - - 21 Somewhat disapprove - - 23 Strongly disapprove 89 11 48 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Approve - - 28 Disapprove 80 18 71 In the next few years, do you think race relations in this country will: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Get much better - - 13 Get somewhat better 78 21 38 Stay about the same 62 36 32 Get somewhat worse - - 10 Get much worse - - 4 In the next few years, do you think race relations in this country will: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Get better 79 21 51 Stay about the same 62 36 32 Get worse - - 14 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total The single most important factor - - 3 One of several important factors - - 8 A minor factor - - 12 Not a factor at all 68 31 75 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total An important factor - - 12 Not an important factor 68 31 87 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total A factor 68 29 24 Not a factor 68 31 75 In deciding your vote for president today, was the age of the candidates: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total The single most important factor - - 3 One of several important factors 85 13 20 A minor factor 69 31 25 Not a factor at all 61 37 52 In deciding your vote for president today, was the age of the candidates: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total An important factor 84 14 22 Not an important factor 63 35 76 In deciding your vote for president today, was the age of the candidates: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total A factor 76 23 47 Not a factor 61 37 52 If John McCain were elected, would he mainly: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Continue George W. Bush's policies 92 7 55 Take the country in a different direction 37 62 42 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Strongly approve - - 7 Somewhat approve - - 16 Somewhat disapprove - - 22 Strongly disapprove 88 10 55 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Approve - - 22 Disapprove 80 18 76 Which ONE of these five issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Energy policy - - 6 The war in Iraq - - 8 The economy 73 26 69 Terrorism - - 6 Health care - - 8 In today's election for president, did you just vote for: Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total Barack Obama 94 5 60 John McCain 29 70 39 National Region Category Durbin Sauerberg % Total East - - - Midwest 68 30 100 South - - - West - - -

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