Missouri - Senate

Exit polls - Senate

Missouri Are you: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Male 45 46 51 Female 55 51 45 Sex by race Category % Total McCaskill Talent White male 39 40 57 White female 45 44 52 Non-white male 7 82 16 Non-white female 10 87 12 Are you: Category % Total McCaskill Talent White 83 42 55 Black 13 91 8 Hispanic / Latino 2 - - Asian 0 - - Other 1 - - AGE (60 and over) Category % Total McCaskill Talent 18-29 15 49 48 30-44 26 50 47 45-59 32 50 48 60 or over 27 48 49 Age 65 & over Category % Total McCaskill Talent 18-64 83 50 47 65 or over 17 47 50 2005 total family income Category % Total McCaskill Talent Under $15,000 8 65 30 $15,000 - $29,999 15 60 35 $30,000 - $49,999 22 50 46 $50,000 - $74,999 24 45 52 $75,000 - $99,999 14 44 54 $100,000 - $149,999 11 44 55 $150,000 - $199,999 3 53 47 $200,000 or more 3 26 74 Total family income: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Less than $50,000 44 56 40 $50,000 or more 56 44 54 Total family income: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Less than $100,000 83 51 46 $100,000 or more 17 42 57 Which best describes your family's financial situation? You feel as if you: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Are getting ahead financially 32 30 67 Have just enough money to maintain your standard of living 49 53 43 Are falling behind financially 17 72 24 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Yes, I do 12 68 29 Yes, someone else does 9 60 36 Yes, I do and someone else does 1 - - No one does 78 45 52 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category % Total McCaskill Talent Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber) 22 66 31 No (No union voter in household 78 45 52 Voter is union member: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Yes 13 70 28 No 87 46 51 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Did not complete high school 4 68 29 High school graduate 20 49 47 Some college or associate degree 33 49 48 College graduate 25 43 53 Postgraduate study 18 53 46 College Education Category % Total McCaskill Talent No college degree 57 50 46 College graduate 43 47 50 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total McCaskill Talent High school graduate or less 24 53 44 More than high school grad 76 48 49 No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Democrat 37 92 6 Republican 39 7 91 Independent or something else 25 51 43 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Liberal 20 83 13 Moderate 43 62 35 Conservative 37 15 83 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category % Total McCaskill Talent Protestant / Other Christian 63 42 55 Catholic 21 46 51 Jewish 1 - - Something else 5 75 22 None 9 78 18 Religion among whites Category % Total McCaskill Talent White Protestant / Other Christian 53 35 62 White Catholic 19 42 55 White Jewish 1 - - White something else 3 61 35 White none 7 75 20 Non-white 17 82 16 Would you describe yourself as a born-again or evangelical Christian? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Yes 41 35 63 No 59 58 38 White Evangelical/Born-again Christians Category % Total McCaskill Talent White Evangelical / Born-again Christians 31 24 74 All others 69 60 37 How often do you attend religious services? Category % Total McCaskill Talent More than once a week 20 27 71 Once a week 27 40 58 A few times a month 12 61 37 A few times a year 25 58 38 Never 13 72 23 How often do you attend religious services? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Weekly 47 34 63 Occasionally 37 59 38 Never 13 72 23 Are you currently married? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Yes 66 43 54 No 34 60 36 Do you have any children under 18 living in your household? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Yes 37 47 51 No 63 51 46 Married with children: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Married with children 27 41 58 All others 73 52 44 Married women Category % Total McCaskill Talent Married women 35 45 52 Others 65 51 46 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Strongly approve 22 7 92 Somewhat approve 23 13 83 Somewhat disapprove 14 57 38 Strongly disapprove 39 91 5 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Approve 45 10 88 Disapprove 53 83 14 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Strongly approve 21 8 90 Somewhat approve 26 19 77 Somewhat disapprove 16 61 35 Strongly disapprove 35 91 6 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Approve 48 14 83 Disapprove 51 81 16 What should the U.S. do in Iraq now? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Send more troops 20 22 76 Maintain the same number of troops 24 18 79 Withdraw some troops 24 64 32 Withdraw all troops 26 84 12 What should the U.S. do now in Iraq? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Same number or more troops 44 20 77 Withdraw some or all troops 50 75 22 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the war in Iraq? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Extremely important 36 60 38 Very important 25 48 48 Somewhat important 24 43 55 Not at all important 15 33 61 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the issue of terrorism? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Extremely important 37 40 58 Very important 28 51 46 Somewhat important 23 59 38 Not at all important 11 50 43 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the economy? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Extremely important 45 60 37 Very important 38 41 56 Somewhat important 13 40 55 Not at all important 3 25 71 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important were values issues such as same-sex marriage or abortion? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Extremely important 42 30 67 Very important 19 54 44 Somewhat important 18 63 34 Not at all important 20 69 25 Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Legal in all cases 13 77 19 Legal in most cases 31 70 26 Illegal in most cases 29 37 61 Illegal in all cases 23 19 79 Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be: Category % Total McCaskill Talent Legal 43 72 24 Illegal 52 29 69 In the 2004 election for president, did you vote for: Category % Total McCaskill Talent John Kerry (Dem) 41 93 4 George W. Bush (Rep) 52 12 85 Someone else 3 65 22 Did not vote 4 59 39 Was one reason for your vote for U.S. Senate today: Category % Total McCaskill Talent To express support for George W. Bush 19 3 95 To express opposition to George W. Bush 32 96 3 George W. Bush was not a factor 46 35 60 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the U.S. Senate election? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Just today 6 56 34 In the last three days 5 53 43 Sometime last week 5 55 41 During the last month 19 54 42 Before that 64 46 52 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the U.S. Senate election? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Today / Within the last three days 11 54 38 Within the last week or earlier 88 48 49 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the U.S. Senate election? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Today through within the last three days 16 55 39 Within the last week or earlier 83 48 50 Population of area, five categories Category % Total McCaskill Talent Over 500 thousand - - - 50 to 500 thousand 24 68 28 Suburbs 50 46 52 10 to 50 thousand 7 29 67 Rural 19 43 52 Population of area, three categories Category % Total McCaskill Talent City over 50 thousand 24 68 28 Suburbs 50 46 52 Small city and Rural 26 39 56 Geo Stratum Code Category % Total McCaskill Talent St. Louis City 6 86 12 St. Louis Suburb 35 50 48 Kansas City Area 18 62 35 Southwest 20 33 63 North & S.E. 22 43 52 How did you vote today on Amendment 2, regulating stem cell research? Category % Total McCaskill Talent Yes 51 76 21 No 49 20 76 How did you vote today on Proposition B, raising the minimum wage in Missouri Category % Total McCaskill Talent Yes 76 61 36 No 24 13 84