Exit poll

Exit polls - President

New York Are you: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Male 45 56 42 2 Female 55 60 40 1 Sex by race Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader White male 32 46 52 2 White female 40 52 47 1 Non-white male 12 83 15 2 Non-white female 15 80 19 1 Are you: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader White 72 49 50 1 Black 13 90 9 1 Hispanic / Latino 9 75 24 1 Asian 4 72 27 - Other 2 - - - AGE (60 and over) Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader 18-29 17 72 25 2 30-44 29 61 38 2 45-59 32 52 47 1 60 or over 22 53 47 0 Age 65 & over Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader 18-64 87 60 38 1 65 or over 13 45 55 - 2003 total family income: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Under $15,000 5 69 26 4 $15,000-$29,999 10 66 33 1 $30,000-$49,999 21 60 39 1 $50,000-$74,999 23 53 46 1 $75,000-$99,999 16 58 40 2 $100,000-$149,999 15 63 37 1 $150,000-$199,999 5 61 39 - $200,000 or more 6 42 57 1 Total family income: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Less than $50,000 36 63 35 2 $50,000 or more 64 56 43 1 Total family income: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Less than $100,000 75 59 40 1 $100,000 or more 25 58 42 1 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Yes, I do 20 61 37 1 Yes, someone else does 15 62 37 1 Yes, I do and someone else does 3 - - - No one does 62 55 43 1 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber) 38 61 37 1 No (No union voter in household 62 55 43 1 Voter is union member: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Yes 23 61 38 1 No 77 57 42 1 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Did not complete high school 3 - - - High school graduate 18 50 49 1 Some college or associate degree 26 53 45 1 College graduate 29 59 40 1 Postgraduate study 24 69 30 1 College Education Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader No college degree 47 52 46 1 College graduate 53 63 35 1 No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Democrat 45 89 10 1 Republican 29 12 88 1 Independent or something else 26 57 40 3 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Liberal 27 88 11 1 Moderate 48 59 39 2 Conservative 25 24 75 1 Is this the first time you have ever voted? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Yes 10 66 33 1 No 90 58 41 1 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Protestant / Other Christian 31 54 46 1 Catholic 42 48 51 1 Jewish 8 80 18 2 Something else 7 83 15 2 None 12 78 19 2 Religion among whites Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader White Protestant / Other Christian 21 40 59 1 White Catholic 32 40 58 1 White Jewish 7 82 16 2 White something else 3 - - - White none 9 77 20 3 Non-white 29 80 19 1 White Protestant Conservatives Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader White Protestant conservatives 6 8 92 - All others 94 62 37 1 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Just today 7 64 34 2 In the last three days 4 48 49 3 Sometime last week 4 62 32 6 During the last month 11 56 42 3 Before that 74 58 41 1 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Today / Within the last three days 10 58 39 2 Within the last week or earlier 90 58 41 1 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Today through within the last three days 14 59 37 3 Within the last week or earlier 86 58 41 1 Was your vote for president mainly: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader For your candidate 64 47 52 1 Against his opponent 33 73 25 3 Do you think the condition of New York's economy is: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Excellent 2 - - - Good 38 35 65 1 Not so good 44 69 29 2 Poor 14 70 27 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 20 6 94 - Somewhat approve 23 17 81 2 Somewhat disapprove 15 83 16 1 Strongly disapprove 41 97 1 2 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Approve 42 12 87 1 Disapprove 56 93 5 2 Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one) Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Taxes 6 50 47 3 Education 4 - - - Iraq 23 82 16 2 Terrorism 23 18 82 0 Economy / Jobs 19 83 14 3 Moral values 12 33 66 1 Health care 6 78 22 - 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 10 69 29 2 He has strong religious faith 5 6 92 1 He is honest and trustworthy 9 43 56 0 He is a strong leader 18 14 86 0 He is intelligent 10 95 2 2 He will bring about needed change 32 94 4 3 He has clear stands on the issues 13 24 75 1 How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Very worried 26 54 45 1 Somewhat worried 50 51 47 2 Not too worried 19 69 28 3 Not at all worried 5 63 37 - How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Very / Somewhat worried 75 52 47 2 Not too / Not at all worried 24 68 30 2 Compared to four years ago, is the country: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Safer from terrorism 47 31 68 1 Less safe from terrorism 50 83 16 1 Do you think Hillary Clinton would make a good president? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Yes 48 87 11 2 No 50 25 73 2 Do you think Rudy Giuliani would make a good president? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Yes 52 36 63 1 No 46 77 21 2 How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Strongly approve 18 8 92 0 Somewhat approve 25 24 74 2 Somewhat disapprove 18 76 23 2 Strongly disapprove 39 94 4 2 How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Approve 41 17 82 1 Disapprove 54 88 10 2 How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Very well 5 16 84 - Somewhat well 29 11 88 1 Somewhat badly 24 64 34 2 Very badly 41 94 5 2 How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Very / Somewhat well 32 12 87 1 Very / Somewhat badly 62 83 16 2 Who would you trust to handle the economy? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Only John Kerry 42 99 1 1 Only George W. Bush 31 2 98 - Both of them 8 43 57 - Neither of them 18 54 39 7 Who would you trust to handle the economy? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Only Kerry / Both 47 90 10 1 Only Bush / Neither 47 21 77 3 Who would you trust to handle the economy? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Only Bush / Both 39 10 90 - Only Kerry / Neither 61 85 12 3 Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Better today 27 33 66 1 Worse today 30 81 17 2 About the same 42 57 41 2 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Only John Kerry 31 99 1 1 Only George W. Bush 37 4 96 1 Both of them 13 76 22 2 Neither of them 16 73 21 6 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Only Kerry / Both 42 92 7 1 Only Bush / Neither 51 24 73 2 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Only Bush / Both 49 23 77 1 Only Kerry / Neither 45 90 7 3 Population of area, five categories Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Over 500 thousand 33 74 24 1 50 to 500 thousand 3 - - - Suburbs 61 48 51 1 10 to 50 thousand - - - - Rural 3 - - - Population of area, three categories Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader City over 50 thousand 36 74 25 1 Suburbs 61 48 51 1 Small city and Rural 3 - - - Geo Stratum Code Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader New York City 33 74 24 1 Long Island 18 51 48 2 Lwr Hudson Val. 13 51 48 2 Upstate Urban 21 54 45 2 Rural Upstate 15 45 55 - In today's election for U.S. senator, did you just vote for: Category % Total Kerry Bush Nader Charles Schumer 71 79 20 1 Howard Mills 25 7 92 1 Marilyn O'Grady 3 - - -