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Gender: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Male 60 36 49 Female 70 28 51 Sex by race Category Kerry Beatty % Total White men 57 38 40 White women 68 31 42 Black men - - 5 Black women - - 4 Latino men - - 2 Latino women - - 2 All other races - - 6 Are you: Category Kerry Beatty % Total White 63 35 82 Black - - 9 Hispanic/Latino - - 3 Asian - - 3 Other - - 3 Age, four categories Category Kerry Beatty % Total 18-29 79 18 19 30-44 61 31 24 45-64 61 37 44 65+ - - 13 Age, six categories Category Kerry Beatty % Total 18-24 - - 9 25-29 - - 9 30-39 56 33 16 40-49 60 38 21 50-64 64 35 31 65 or over - - 13 Age by race Category Kerry Beatty % Total White 18-29 - - 14 White 30-44 58 36 19 White 45-64 61 39 37 White 65+ - - 12 Black 18-29 - - 2 Black 30-44 - - 2 Black 45-64 - - 5 Black 65+ - - 0 Latino 18-29 - - 1 Latino 30-44 - - 1 Latino 45-64 - - 1 Latino 65+ - - 0 All other - - 6 2007 total family income: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Under $15,000 - - 5 $15,000 - $29,999 - - 10 $30,000 - $49,999 69 24 19 $50,000 - $74,999 62 34 19 $75,000 - $99,999 63 37 17 $100,000 - $149,999 61 38 17 $150,000 - $199,999 - - 9 $200,000 or more - - 5 Total family income, $50K Category Kerry Beatty % Total Less than $50,000 74 20 33 $50,000 or more 62 37 67 Total family income, $100K Category Kerry Beatty % Total Less than $100,000 68 28 69 $100,000 or more 61 38 31 Total family income: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Under $50,000 74 20 33 $50,000-$99,999 62 36 36 $100,000 or more 61 38 31 Income by Race Category Kerry Beatty % Total Under 50k and White 69 25 23 Over 50k and White 61 38 58 Under 50k and Non-white - - 9 Over 50k and Non-white - - 10 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Did not complete high school - - 4 High school graduate 69 28 17 Some college or associate degree 64 34 29 College graduate 60 36 30 Postgraduate study 67 28 21 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Kerry Beatty % Total More than high school grad 63 33 80 High school graduate or less 71 26 20 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category Kerry Beatty % Total College graduate 63 33 50 No college degree 67 31 50 Education by race Category Kerry Beatty % Total White college graduates 62 35 42 White non-college graduates 64 34 40 Non White college graduates - - 9 Non White non-college graduates - - 9 Party Identification Category Kerry Beatty % Total Democrat 92 7 40 Republican - - 17 Independent or something else 58 37 43 Party by race Category Kerry Beatty % Total White Democrats 92 7 30 White Independents 57 39 36 White Republicans - - 16 All other 77 17 18 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Liberal 89 9 32 Moderate 64 31 49 Conservative 33 63 19 Is this the first year you have ever voted? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes - - 9 No 62 33 91 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Just today - - 9 In the last three days - - 7 Sometime last week - - 3 Earlier in October - - 12 Sometime in September - - 17 Before that 61 34 52 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category Kerry Beatty % Total Today/In the last three days - - 15 Sometime last week or earlier 64 32 84 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category Kerry Beatty % Total Today/In last 3 days/Sometime last week 70 27 19 In the last month or before that 64 32 81 Time: Last three days/October/September/Earlier than that Category Kerry Beatty % Total Today/In last three days - - 15 Earlier in October - - 15 Sometime in September - - 17 Before that 61 34 52 Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes, for Barack Obama - - 11 Yes, for John McCain - - 3 Yes, for both Obama and McCain - - 5 No, I was not contacted 63 32 79 Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote? Category Kerry Beatty % Total For Obama/Both - - 15 For McCain/Neither 62 33 82 Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote? Category Kerry Beatty % Total For McCain/Both - - 8 For Obama/Neither 65 31 89 If Barack Obama wins today, what best describes your feelings about what he will do as president? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Excited - - 37 Optimistic, but not excited - - 28 Concerned, but not scared - - 14 Scared - - 20 If John McCain wins today, what best describes your feelings about what he will do as president? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Excited - - 12 Optimistic, but not excited - - 23 Concerned, but not scared - - 27 Scared - - 37 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category Kerry Beatty % Total Protestant/Other Christian - - 28 Catholic - - 51 Jewish - - 5 Something else - - 6 None - - 11 Religion among whites Category Kerry Beatty % Total White Protestant/Other Christian - - 20 White Catholic - - 43 White Jewish - - 5 White something else - - 4 White none - - 10 Non-white - - 18 How often do you attend religious services? Category Kerry Beatty % Total More than once a week - - 8 Once a week - - 25 A few times a month - - 12 A few times a year - - 36 Never - - 19 How often do you attend religious services? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Weekly - - 33 Occasionally - - 48 Never - - 19 Church attendance by Religion Category Kerry Beatty % Total Protestant/Attend weekly - - 8 Protestant/Do not attend weekly - - 10 Catholic/Attend weekly - - 20 Catholic/Do not attend weekly - - 30 All Others - - 32 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category Kerry Beatty % Total White Evangelical/Born-again Christians - - 9 All others 67 29 91 White Born Again Protest/Other Christ Category Kerry Beatty % Total White Protestant evangelical - - 5 White Protestant non-evangelical - - 15 All others 74 23 79 Do you or your spouse have any investments in the stock market, including mutual funds or retirement plans? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes 67 32 69 No - - 31 Are you currently married? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes 63 31 72 No - - 28 Do you have any children under 18 living in your household? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes - - 39 No 71 23 61 Parents Category Kerry Beatty % Total Men with children - - 17 Women with children - - 22 Men without children - - 29 Women without children - - 33 Married women with children: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Married women with children - - 19 Women who are not married or have no children - - 35 All men - - 46 Married with children: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Married with children - - 34 All others 70 25 66 Married by Parents Category Kerry Beatty % Total Married Women with children - - 19 Unmarried Women with children - - 2 Married Women with no children - - 18 Unmarried Women with no children - - 15 Married Men with children - - 17 Unmarried Men with children - - 1 Married Men with no children - - 18 Unmarried Men with no children - - 11 Do you work full-time for pay? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes 69 25 69 No - - 31 Working women: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Working women - - 32 All others 66 28 68 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes, I do - - 18 Yes, someone else does - - 6 Yes, I do and someone else does - - 2 No one does 65 29 74 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes (at least one union voter in household) - - 26 No (No union voter in household 65 29 74 Voter is union member: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes - - 20 No 66 28 80 Do you or does someone else in your household own a gun? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes - - 25 No 73 22 75 Have you ever served in the U.S. military? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes - - 13 No 76 22 87 Who did you want to win the Democratic nomination this year: (Among Democrats) Category Kerry Beatty % Total Democrats for Clinton - - 18 Democrats for Obama - - 20 Democrats for another candidate - - - Democrats who did not care - - 2 Non-Democrats - - 57 If these had been the candidates for president today, who would you have voted for? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Hillary Clinton (Dem) 79 19 58 John McCain (Rep) - - 36 Would not have voted for president - - 5 In the 2004 election for president, did you vote for: Category Kerry Beatty % Total John Kerry (Dem) - - 53 George W. Bush (Rep) - - 27 Someone else - - 10 Did not vote - - 9 Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes - - 5 No 69 26 95 Population of area, five categories Category Kerry Beatty % Total Over 500 thousand - - 9 50 to 500 thousand - - 8 Suburbs 62 35 84 10 to 50 thousand - - - Rural - - - Population of area, three categories Category Kerry Beatty % Total City over 50 thousand 79 16 16 Suburbs 62 35 84 Small city and Rural - - - Which comes closer to your view: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Government should do more to solve problems 82 18 65 Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals - - 32 How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the U.S.? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Very worried - - 26 Somewhat worried - - 41 Not too worried - - 24 Not at all worried - - 5 How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Very/Somewhat worried 62 38 67 Not too/Not at all worried - - 29 How worried are you about being able to afford the health care services you need? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Very worried - - 26 Somewhat worried - - 44 Not very worried - - 23 Not at all worried - - 5 How worried are you about being able to afford the health care services you need? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Worried 72 28 69 Not worried - - 28 Do you favor or oppose drilling for oil offshore in U.S. waters where it is currently not allowed? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Strongly favor - - 30 Somewhat favor - - 34 Somewhat oppose - - 14 Strongly oppose - - 16 Do you favor or oppose drilling for oil offshore in U.S. waters where it is currently not allowed? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Favor 56 44 64 Oppose - - 30 In deciding your vote for president, were future appointments to the Supreme Court: Category Kerry Beatty % Total The single most important factor - - 5 One of several important factors - - 42 A minor factor - - 27 Not a factor at all - - 21 In deciding your vote for president, were future appointments to the Supreme Court: Category Kerry Beatty % Total An important factor - - 47 Not an important factor - - 48 In deciding your vote for president, were future appointments to the Supreme Court: Category Kerry Beatty % Total A factor 67 32 74 Not a factor - - 21 How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Very confident - - 54 Somewhat confident - - 39 Not very confident - - 2 Not at all confident - - 1 How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Very/Somewhat confident 71 26 93 Not very/Not at all confident - - 4 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Strongly approve - - 2 Somewhat approve - - 20 Somewhat disapprove - - 47 Strongly disapprove - - 29 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Approve - - 22 Disapprove 60 40 76 Do you think Barack Obama's positions on the issues are: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Too liberal - - 31 Too conservative - - 8 About right 93 7 57 How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Very worried 66 30 59 Somewhat worried - - 31 Not too worried - - 10 Not at all worried - - - How worried are you about the direction of the nation's economy in the next year? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Worried 64 34 89 Not worried - - 10 Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Excellent - - 2 Good - - 6 Not so good 64 36 38 Poor 71 22 53 State of the national economy: 2 way Category Kerry Beatty % Total Excellent/Good - - 8 Not so good/Poor 68 28 91 How worried are you that the current economic crisis will harm your family's finances over the next year? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Very worried - - 53 Somewhat worried - - 33 Not too worried - - 12 Not at all worried - - 1 How worried are you that the current economic crisis will harm your family's finances over the next year? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Worried 71 29 85 Not worried - - 13 During the next year, do you think the nation's economy will: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Get better - - 40 Get worse - - 31 Stay about the same - - 27 Do you support or oppose the $700 billion government plan to assist failing financial companies? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Strongly support - - 11 Somewhat support - - 33 Somewhat oppose - - 27 Strongly oppose - - 23 Do you support or oppose the $700 billion government plan to assist failing financial companies? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Support - - 44 Oppose - - 50 Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Better today - - 18 Worse today 72 28 55 About the same - - 27 Do you think things in this country today are: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Generally going in the right direction - - 16 Seriously off on the wrong track 72 22 82 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Strongly approve - - 10 Somewhat approve - - 9 Somewhat disapprove - - 27 Strongly disapprove - - 52 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Approve - - 19 Disapprove 76 18 78 In the next few years, do you think race relations in this country will: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Get much better - - 13 Get somewhat better - - 39 Stay about the same - - 31 Get somewhat worse - - 6 Get much worse - - 6 In the next few years, do you think race relations in this country will: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Get better - - 52 Stay about the same - - 31 Get worse - - 12 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Kerry Beatty % Total The single most important factor - - 2 One of several important factors - - 9 A minor factor - - 15 Not a factor at all 63 33 73 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Kerry Beatty % Total An important factor - - 11 Not an important factor 63 32 88 In deciding your vote for president today, was the race of the candidates: Category Kerry Beatty % Total A factor - - 26 Not a factor 63 33 73 In deciding your vote for president today, was the age of the candidates: Category Kerry Beatty % Total The single most important factor - - 2 One of several important factors - - 15 A minor factor - - 27 Not a factor at all 58 38 55 In deciding your vote for president today, was the age of the candidates: Category Kerry Beatty % Total An important factor - - 17 Not an important factor 61 34 81 In deciding your vote for president today, was the age of the candidates: Category Kerry Beatty % Total A factor 70 25 44 Not a factor 58 38 55 If John McCain were elected, would he mainly: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Continue George W. Bush's policies 88 10 52 Take the country in a different direction 39 56 45 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Strongly approve - - 1 Somewhat approve - - 11 Somewhat disapprove - - 26 Strongly disapprove 73 23 62 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Approve - - 12 Disapprove 64 34 88 Which ONE of these five issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE) Category Kerry Beatty % Total Energy policy - - 7 The war in Iraq - - 9 The economy 68 26 62 Terrorism - - 8 Health care - - 10 In today's election for president, did you just vote for: Category Kerry Beatty % Total Barack Obama 91 7 61 John McCain 26 70 38 How did you vote today on Question 1, which repeals the state income tax? Category Kerry Beatty % Total Yes 37 60 31 No 78 19 69 National Region Category Kerry Beatty % Total East 65 32 100 Midwest - - - South - - - West - - -

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