Exit polls - President

Alaska Are you: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Male 49 29 67 2 Female 51 41 57 1 Sex by race Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader White male 40 26 70 2 White female 42 39 59 1 Non-white male 8 42 53 1 Non-white female 9 51 47 2 Are you: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader White 83 33 64 2 Black 4 - - - Hispanic / Latino 3 - - - Asian 2 - - - Other 8 51 45 2 AGE (60 and over) Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader 18-29 21 37 59 2 30-44 33 33 64 1 45-59 32 38 60 2 60 or over 14 32 66 2 Age 65 & over Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader 18-64 92 35 61 1 65 or over 8 30 67 3 2003 total family income: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Under $15,000 7 46 45 3 $15,000-$29,999 11 38 61 0 $30,000-$49,999 19 37 61 1 $50,000-$74,999 24 32 63 2 $75,000-$99,999 19 33 64 1 $100,000-$149,999 14 34 64 1 $150,000-$199,999 3 - - - $200,000 or more 3 - - - Total family income: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Less than $50,000 37 39 58 1 $50,000 or more 63 33 64 2 Total family income: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Less than $100,000 80 36 61 1 $100,000 or more 20 32 65 1 No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Democrat 19 84 14 1 Republican 41 5 94 0 Independent or something else 40 41 53 3 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Liberal 18 79 16 3 Moderate 45 39 57 2 Conservative 38 9 90 1 Have you ever served in the U.S. military? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Yes 25 20 75 2 No 75 39 58 1 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Protestant / Other Christian 52 24 74 1 Catholic 17 31 67 1 Jewish 1 - - - Something else 11 56 36 2 None 19 52 45 2 Religion among whites Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader White Protestant / Other Christian 42 21 77 1 White Catholic 12 31 66 2 White Jewish 1 - - - White something else 8 58 34 2 White none 16 52 46 2 Non-white 20 44 52 2 White Protestant Conservatives Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader White Protestant conservatives 18 5 91 1 All others 82 42 55 2 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Just today 5 47 42 3 In the last three days 4 - - - Sometime last week 3 - - - During the last month 9 45 47 3 Before that 79 33 65 1 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Today / Within the last three days 9 42 48 5 Within the last week or earlier 91 34 63 1 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Today through within the last three days 12 40 52 4 Within the last week or earlier 88 34 63 1 Was your vote for president mainly: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader For your candidate 66 24 73 1 Against his opponent 31 56 40 3 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Strongly approve 41 2 98 - Somewhat approve 21 8 88 2 Somewhat disapprove 11 72 24 3 Strongly disapprove 26 92 2 3 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Approve 62 4 94 1 Disapprove 37 86 8 3 Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one) Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Taxes 3 - - - Education 4 - - - Iraq 20 71 26 2 Terrorism 22 9 89 1 Economy / Jobs 12 46 47 2 Moral values 29 19 78 1 Health care 3 - - - Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one) Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader He cares about people like me 5 47 50 - He has strong religious faith 10 5 91 4 He is honest and trustworthy 13 22 74 2 He is a strong leader 24 9 91 - He is intelligent 7 95 2 3 He will bring about needed change 20 86 9 2 He has clear stands on the issues 16 9 87 0 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Frank Murkowski is handling his job as governor? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Approve 34 9 89 1 Disapprove 61 49 48 2 Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Better today 42 16 81 1 Worse today 19 60 35 2 About the same 37 41 56 2 How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Strongly approve 37 2 98 - Somewhat approve 24 16 80 2 Somewhat disapprove 11 60 37 3 Strongly disapprove 27 85 9 3 How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Approve 60 8 90 1 Disapprove 37 78 17 3 Do you think Lisa Murkowski's appointment to the U.S. Senate by her father, Gov. Frank Murkowski, was: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Appropriate 34 10 89 0 Inappropriate 63 48 48 2 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Only John Kerry 21 96 3 1 Only George W. Bush 55 2 97 0 Both of them 11 50 45 4 Neither of them 12 57 26 6 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Only Kerry / Both 31 80 18 2 Only Bush / Neither 65 12 84 1 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Only Bush / Both 64 10 88 1 Only Kerry / Neither 32 82 11 3 Population of area, five categories Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Over 500 thousand - - - - 50 to 500 thousand - - - - Suburbs 43 35 62 1 10 to 50 thousand - - - - Rural 57 35 62 2 Population of area, three categories Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader City over 50 thousand - - - - Suburbs 43 35 62 1 Small city and Rural 57 35 62 2 Geo Stratum Code Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader JuneauFrbksRural 36 38 58 2 Anchorage 47 35 62 2 Anch-FrbksCorr 17 29 68 1 In today's election for U.S. senator, did you just vote for: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Tony Knowles 43 75 24 2 Lisa Murkowski 51 5 94 0 In today's election for U.S. House of Representatives, did you just vote for: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Thomas Higgins 22 90 8 2 Don Young 72 15 84 1 How did you vote on Ballot Measure 2, to legalize marijuana? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Yes 42 50 44 3 No 58 23 76 1