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Exit polls - President

Minnesota
Are you:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Male4851481
Female5252461

Sex by race
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
White male4449501
White female4951490
Non-white male46928-
Non-white female383125

Are you:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
White9350491
Black387121
Hispanic / Latino1---
Asian1---
Other1---

AGE (60 and over)
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
18-292057411
30-442951481
45-593150491
60 or over194950-

Age 65 & over
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
18-648852471
65 or over124951-

2003 total family income:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Under $15,000764331
$15,000-$29,9991355441
$30,000-$49,9992053451
$50,000-$74,9992253470
$75,000-$99,9991647520
$100,000-$149,9991247530
$150,000-$199,99955149-
$200,000 or more439572

Total family income:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Less than $50,0004056421
$50,000 or more6049500

Total family income:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Less than $100,0007953451
$100,000 or more2146531

Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Yes, I do1463371
Yes, someone else does1359391
Yes, I do and someone else does2---
No one does7047521

UNION HOUSEHOLD
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber)3061381
No (No union voter in household7047521

Voter is union member:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Yes1762371
No8349501

What was the last grade of school you completed?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Did not complete high school359391
High school graduate1949501
Some college or associate degree3145541
College graduate3050491
Postgraduate study1764350

College Education
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
No college degree5347521
College graduate4755441

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Democrat389270
Republican356940
Independent or something else2755422

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Liberal249171
Moderate4557421
Conservative3112870

Is this the first time you have ever voted?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Yes961372
No9150491

Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian.
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Protestant / Other Christian5343561
Catholic2850491
Jewish2---
Something else675223
None1279200

Religion among whites
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
White Protestant / Other Christian5042581
White Catholic2648501
White Jewish2---
White something else472261
White none1078210
Non-white876212

White Protestant Conservatives
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
White Protestant conservatives199910
All others8162371

How often do you attend religious services?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
More than once a week102574-
Once a week3041580
A few times a month1651481
A few times a year2959401
Never1579191

How often do you attend religious services?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Weekly3837620
Occasionally4456431
Never1479191

Church attendance by Religion
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Protestant / Attend weekly173565-
Protestant / Do not attend weekly1754461
Catholic / Attend weekly1244541
Catholic / Do not attend weekly1455441
All Others3660381

Are you currently married?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Yes6447521
No3661381

Married women
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Married women3248501
Others6853461

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Just today548491
In the last three days457373
Sometime last week349463
During the last month1054442
Before that7751490

Time: Last three days/Earlier than that
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Today / Within the last three days952442
Within the last week or earlier9151481

Time: Last week/Earlier than that
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Today through within the last three days1351453
Within the last week or earlier8751480

Was your vote for president mainly:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
For your candidate6841580
Against his opponent2975231

Do you think the condition of Minnesota's economy is:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Excellent61288-
Good5634651
Not so good3181181
Poor69244

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Strongly approve26298-
Somewhat approve2213870
Somewhat disapprove1286122
Strongly disapprove399711

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Approve497930
Disapprove519441

Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Taxes53861-
Education57822-
Iraq2080190
Terrorism181387-
Economy / Jobs1884151
Moral values2421771
Health care58991

Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
He cares about people like me872270
He has strong religious faith94951
He is honest and trustworthy1223752
He is a strong leader191783-
He is intelligent89540
He will bring about needed change299541
He has clear stands on the issues1113851

Compared to four years ago, is the country:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Safer from terrorism5222770
Less safe from terrorism4584141

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Strongly approve235950
Somewhat approve2421791
Somewhat disapprove1972271
Strongly disapprove339531

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Approve4613870
Disapprove5186121

How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Very well8595-
Somewhat well327920
Somewhat badly2563361
Very badly359441

How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Very / Somewhat well397930
Very / Somewhat badly5881171

Who would you trust to handle the economy?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Only John Kerry389820
Only George W. Bush361990
Both of them1242571
Neither of them1355365

Who would you trust to handle the economy?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Only Kerry / Both4985150
Only Bush / Neither4715831

Who would you trust to handle the economy?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Only Bush / Both4811890
Only Kerry / Neither5288101

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Better today3020790
Worse today3281171
About the same3751471

How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Very worried1556431
Somewhat worried5650491
Not too worried2448510
Not at all worried454395

How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Very / Somewhat worried6951481
Not too / Not at all worried2749491

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Only John Kerry339820
Only George W. Bush433970
Both of them1468302
Neither of them978115

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Only Kerry / Both4589101
Only Bush / Neither5116821

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Only Bush / Both5519810
Only Kerry / Neither419441

Population of area, five categories
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Over 500 thousand----
50 to 500 thousand3463350
Suburbs4145541
10 to 50 thousand2---
Rural2346521

Population of area, three categories
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
City over 50 thousand3463350
Suburbs4145541
Small city and Rural2545531

Geo Stratum Code
Category% TotalKerryBushNader
Mpls / StPaul Area3360391
TwinCitiesCollar2545541
West2141571
East2055441


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