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Exit polls - President

Arkansas
Are you:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Male4440591
Female5649500

Sex by race
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
White male3832671
White female4640600
Non-white male687130
Non-white female119010-

Are you:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
White8336631
Black159460
Hispanic / Latino1---
Asian0---
Other1---

AGE (60 and over)
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
18-291651471
30-442939601
45-592942570
60 or over2652480

Age 65 & over
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
18-648444551
65 or over1654460

2003 total family income:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Under $15,0001074231
$15,000-$29,9992255441
$30,000-$49,9992741590
$50,000-$74,9992237630
$75,000-$99,999103664-
$100,000-$149,999518793
$150,000-$199,9992---
$200,000 or more2---

Total family income:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Less than $50,0005952471
$50,000 or more4133661

Total family income:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Less than $100,0009146531
$100,000 or more921772

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Democrat4182180
Republican313970
Independent or something else2938602

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Liberal1379191
Moderate4558401
Conservative4218820

Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian.
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Protestant / Other Christian8142581
Catholic642571
Jewish0---
Something else666341
None763341

Religion among whites
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
White Protestant / Other Christian6833661
White Catholic537621
White Jewish0---
White something else3---
White none553422
Non-white1987130

White Protestant Conservatives
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
White Protestant conservatives3112880
All others6960391

White Evangelical/Born-again Christians
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
White Evangelical / Born-again Christians5329710
All others4763351

Are you currently married?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Yes7138610
No2961381

Married women
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Married women3741590
Others6348511

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Just today759363
In the last three days45248-
Sometime last week2---
During the last month1259401
Before that7541580

Time: Last three days/Earlier than that
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Today / Within the last three days1157402
Within the last week or earlier8944560

Time: Last week/Earlier than that
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Today through within the last three days1353442
Within the last week or earlier8744560

Was your vote for president mainly:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
For your candidate6638610
Against his opponent2958411

Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Taxes56535-
Education467303
Iraq137426-
Terrorism121783-
Economy / Jobs2086130
Moral values338921
Health care58117-

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Strongly approve33397-
Somewhat approve2213861
Somewhat disapprove1177200
Strongly disapprove339811

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Approve557930
Disapprove449261

Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
He cares about people like me107027-
He has strong religious faith164960
He is honest and trustworthy925741
He is a strong leader171486-
He is intelligent4955-
He will bring about needed change239721
He has clear stands on the issues1319800

Compared to four years ago, is the country:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Safer from terrorism5515850
Less safe from terrorism4183151

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Better today291287-
Worse today3281181
About the same3938601

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Strongly approve305950
Somewhat approve2518820
Somewhat disapprove1477211
Strongly disapprove299361

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Approve5311890
Disapprove4288111

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Only John Kerry26982-
Only George W. Bush493970
Both of them116832-
Neither of them1375204

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Only Kerry / Both358911-
Only Bush / Neither6019801

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Only Bush / Both5715850
Only Kerry / Neither389181

Population of area, five categories
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Over 500 thousand----
50 to 500 thousand2052471
Suburbs738611
10 to 50 thousand2637621
Rural4748520

Population of area, three categories
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
City over 50 thousand2052471
Suburbs738611
Small city and Rural7344550

Geo Stratum Code
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
EAST2150491
L. ROCK2747520
NWEST3238611
SOUTH2049511

In today's election for U.S. senator, did you just vote for:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Blanche Lincoln5677221
Jim Holt445940

How did you vote on Amendment 3, defining marriage only as a union between a man and a woman?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Yes7435640
No2672252


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