Exit poll

Exit polls - President

Missouri Are you: Category % Total Kerry Bush Male 47 47 52 Female 53 45 54 Sex by race Category % Total Kerry Bush White male 42 44 55 White female 47 40 59 Non-white male 5 78 21 Non-white female 6 85 13 Are you: Category % Total Kerry Bush White 89 42 57 Black 8 90 10 Hispanic / Latino 1 - - Asian 0 - - Other 1 - - AGE (60 and over) Category % Total Kerry Bush 18-29 20 51 48 30-44 29 43 56 45-59 32 46 53 60 or over 19 47 52 Age 65 & over Category % Total Kerry Bush 18-64 89 46 53 65 or over 11 52 48 2003 total family income: Category % Total Kerry Bush Under $15,000 8 50 49 $15,000-$29,999 17 56 44 $30,000-$49,999 23 50 49 $50,000-$74,999 24 44 56 $75,000-$99,999 14 38 61 $100,000-$149,999 8 38 61 $150,000-$199,999 3 47 53 $200,000 or more 2 - - Total family income: Category % Total Kerry Bush Less than $50,000 48 52 47 $50,000 or more 52 41 58 Total family income: Category % Total Kerry Bush Less than $100,000 87 47 52 $100,000 or more 13 40 59 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category % Total Kerry Bush Yes, I do 12 61 38 Yes, someone else does 12 55 44 Yes, I do and someone else does 1 - - No one does 74 42 58 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category % Total Kerry Bush Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber) 26 59 40 No (No union voter in household 74 42 58 Voter is union member: Category % Total Kerry Bush Yes 14 63 36 No 86 43 56 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total Kerry Bush Did not complete high school 5 51 49 High school graduate 25 48 51 Some college or associate degree 34 48 51 College graduate 22 38 61 Postgraduate study 14 49 50 College Education Category % Total Kerry Bush No college degree 64 48 51 College graduate 36 43 57 No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a: Category % Total Kerry Bush Democrat 35 89 11 Republican 36 5 95 Independent or something else 29 46 52 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category % Total Kerry Bush Liberal 19 87 13 Moderate 45 54 46 Conservative 36 16 83 Is this the first time you have ever voted? Category % Total Kerry Bush Yes 11 58 41 No 89 44 55 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category % Total Kerry Bush Protestant / Other Christian 60 36 63 Catholic 22 49 50 Jewish 2 - - Something else 6 69 29 None 9 72 26 Religion among whites Category % Total Kerry Bush White Protestant / Other Christian 54 32 67 White Catholic 21 47 52 White Jewish 2 - - White something else 4 61 39 White none 7 67 31 Non-white 12 79 19 White Protestant Conservatives Category % Total Kerry Bush White Protestant conservatives 23 9 90 All others 77 57 42 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category % Total Kerry Bush White Evangelical / Born-again Christians 35 24 75 All others 65 58 41 Are you currently married? Category % Total Kerry Bush Yes 63 40 59 No 37 57 42 Married women Category % Total Kerry Bush Married women 32 40 59 Others 68 49 50 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category % Total Kerry Bush Just today 6 56 41 In the last three days 3 55 45 Sometime last week 2 - - During the last month 10 54 46 Before that 79 44 55 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category % Total Kerry Bush Today / Within the last three days 9 56 42 Within the last week or earlier 91 45 54 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category % Total Kerry Bush Today through within the last three days 11 55 42 Within the last week or earlier 89 45 54 Was your vote for president mainly: Category % Total Kerry Bush For your candidate 70 37 62 Against his opponent 28 69 30 Do you think the condition of Missouri's economy is: Category % Total Kerry Bush Excellent 3 17 83 Good 51 25 74 Not so good 37 69 30 Poor 8 86 14 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Kerry Bush Strongly approve 32 1 99 Somewhat approve 22 12 88 Somewhat disapprove 14 85 12 Strongly disapprove 31 98 1 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Kerry Bush Approve 54 5 94 Disapprove 46 94 5 Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one) Category % Total Kerry Bush Taxes 4 30 68 Education 4 58 40 Iraq 17 74 25 Terrorism 18 13 87 Economy / Jobs 23 78 21 Moral values 24 12 86 Health care 4 82 16 Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one) Category % Total Kerry Bush He cares about people like me 9 63 36 He has strong religious faith 10 3 96 He is honest and trustworthy 11 20 77 He is a strong leader 19 12 88 He is intelligent 7 97 3 He will bring about needed change 25 96 3 He has clear stands on the issues 14 16 83 Compared to four years ago, is the country: Category % Total Kerry Bush Safer from terrorism 57 19 80 Less safe from terrorism 39 84 15 Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for governor? (Check only one) Category % Total Kerry Bush Health care 11 63 37 Gun control 7 26 72 Same-sex marriage 8 13 87 Taxes 8 32 68 Abortion 8 12 87 Economy / Jobs 35 61 39 Education 13 54 45 How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq? Category % Total Kerry Bush Strongly approve 30 4 96 Somewhat approve 25 23 76 Somewhat disapprove 17 76 24 Strongly disapprove 27 94 5 How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq? Category % Total Kerry Bush Approve 54 13 87 Disapprove 43 87 12 How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now? Category % Total Kerry Bush Very well 10 3 97 Somewhat well 36 8 92 Somewhat badly 25 66 32 Very badly 28 95 5 How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now? Category % Total Kerry Bush Very / Somewhat well 46 7 93 Very / Somewhat badly 51 81 18 Who would you trust to handle the economy? Category % Total Kerry Bush Only John Kerry 36 99 1 Only George W. Bush 42 0 99 Both of them 10 42 58 Neither of them 11 46 47 Who would you trust to handle the economy? Category % Total Kerry Bush Only Kerry / Both 45 87 13 Only Bush / Neither 52 10 88 Who would you trust to handle the economy? Category % Total Kerry Bush Only Bush / Both 52 8 92 Only Kerry / Neither 48 87 12 Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation: Category % Total Kerry Bush Better today 34 13 86 Worse today 30 81 18 About the same 36 47 53 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Kerry Bush Only John Kerry 28 99 1 Only George W. Bush 48 2 98 Both of them 12 75 24 Neither of them 10 72 22 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Kerry Bush Only Kerry / Both 39 92 8 Only Bush / Neither 56 14 85 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Kerry Bush Only Bush / Both 58 17 83 Only Kerry / Neither 37 92 7 Population of area, five categories Category % Total Kerry Bush Over 500 thousand - - - 50 to 500 thousand 16 69 30 Suburbs 51 48 52 10 to 50 thousand 8 25 75 Rural 25 36 63 Population of area, three categories Category % Total Kerry Bush City over 50 thousand 16 69 30 Suburbs 51 48 52 Small city and Rural 33 33 66 Geo Stratum Code Category % Total Kerry Bush St. Louis City 6 84 15 St. Louis Suburb 32 51 49 Kansas City Area 20 52 48 Southwest 19 31 68 North & S.E. 24 39 60 In today's election for U.S. senator, did you just vote for: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nancy Farmer 43 88 12 Kit Bond 56 14 85 In today's election for governor, did you just vote for: Category % Total Kerry Bush Claire McCaskill 48 83 16 Matt Blunt 50 11 88