Texas - Governor

Exit polls - Governor

Texas Are you: Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Male 49 29 41 13 16 Female 51 31 38 11 19 Sex by race Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn White male 37 22 46 15 16 White female 38 26 42 11 20 Non-white male 13 47 24 9 18 Non-white female 13 48 26 9 15 Are you: Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn White 75 24 44 13 18 Black 8 63 16 4 15 Hispanic / Latino 15 41 31 9 18 Asian 1 - - - - Other 1 - - - - AGE (60 and over) Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn 18-29 12 31 34 18 16 30-44 24 30 37 14 19 45-59 35 29 39 14 18 60 or over 29 30 45 6 18 Age 65 & over Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn 18-64 82 30 38 14 17 65 or over 18 29 44 5 21 2005 total family income Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Under $15,000 8 39 28 10 22 $15,000 - $29,999 10 39 32 11 17 $30,000 - $49,999 19 26 38 14 22 $50,000 - $74,999 23 32 36 13 18 $75,000 - $99,999 15 32 39 13 16 $100,000 - $149,999 14 27 45 12 15 $150,000 - $199,999 5 30 51 9 9 $200,000 or more 6 25 40 13 22 Total family income: Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Less than $50,000 36 32 34 12 20 $50,000 or more 64 30 41 12 16 Total family income: Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Less than $100,000 74 32 36 12 19 $100,000 or more 26 27 45 12 15 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Did not complete high school 3 - - - - High school graduate 16 31 41 11 15 Some college or associate degree 33 27 39 15 18 College graduate 30 25 45 11 19 Postgraduate study 18 36 34 11 18 College Education Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn No college degree 53 29 40 14 17 College graduate 47 29 41 11 18 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn High school graduate or less 19 32 40 11 15 More than high school grad 81 28 40 13 18 No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a: Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Democrat 31 67 8 8 15 Republican 40 5 73 8 14 Independent or something else 29 25 25 22 26 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Liberal 16 54 17 14 13 Moderate 42 38 25 14 23 Conservative 42 12 64 9 15 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Strongly approve 28 6 73 9 13 Somewhat approve 24 13 55 11 19 Somewhat disapprove 15 37 18 18 27 Strongly disapprove 32 63 5 13 18 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Approve 52 9 65 10 16 Disapprove 47 55 9 15 21 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Strongly approve 26 8 72 8 11 Somewhat approve 27 14 53 12 19 Somewhat disapprove 14 38 19 19 23 Strongly disapprove 31 59 9 12 19 How do you feel about the U.S. war in Iraq? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Approve 53 11 62 10 15 Disapprove 45 53 12 14 20 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the war in Iraq? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Extremely important 39 34 40 11 14 Very important 29 25 45 12 18 Somewhat important 20 32 29 16 23 Not at all important 10 31 39 11 19 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the issue of terrorism? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Extremely important 45 25 48 12 14 Very important 31 30 38 11 21 Somewhat important 16 39 22 15 22 Not at all important 6 49 27 12 11 In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the economy? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Extremely important 46 33 36 13 18 Very important 37 28 43 10 18 Somewhat important 14 31 38 16 15 Not at all important 1 - - - - In your vote for U.S. senator, how important was the issue of illegal immigration? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Extremely important 34 26 48 10 15 Very important 33 28 41 10 19 Somewhat important 25 37 27 17 19 Not at all important 6 46 27 10 15 Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be: Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Offered a chance to apply for legal status 59 36 34 12 17 Deported to the country they came from 34 22 44 13 20 Do you think a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border would reduce illegal immigration: Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn A great deal 17 14 59 8 17 Some 34 23 53 9 16 Not much 22 37 25 15 21 Not at all 25 47 18 16 18 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Rick Perry is handling his job as governor? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Strongly approve 17 5 91 1 3 Somewhat approve 30 13 65 8 13 Somewhat disapprove 22 42 11 20 27 Strongly disapprove 29 55 3 17 25 Do you approve or disapprove of the way Rick Perry is handling his job as governor? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Approve 47 10 74 5 9 Disapprove 51 49 6 18 26 If these were the only two candidates for governor on the ballot today, for whom would you have voted? Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Chris Bell (Dem) 42 70 2 10 18 Rick Perry (Rep) 47 1 79 8 11 Would not have voted for governor 10 6 5 38 48 Population of area, five categories Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Over 500 thousand 26 43 29 11 16 50 to 500 thousand 12 29 38 12 19 Suburbs 40 25 44 13 17 10 to 50 thousand 10 24 44 12 20 Rural 12 24 45 12 19 Population of area, three categories Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn City over 50 thousand 38 39 32 11 17 Suburbs 40 25 44 13 17 Small city and Rural 23 24 44 12 19 Geo Stratum Code Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn East 23 26 42 12 19 Dallas / Ft Worth 15 33 40 10 16 Houston 14 33 40 12 15 South-Central 18 33 34 14 19 West 12 20 46 13 20 Hispanic / South 17 35 35 11 17 In today's election for U.S. senator, did you just vote for: Category % Total Bell Perry Friedman Strayhorn Barbara Ann Radnofsky 37 68 5 12 15 Kay Bailey Hutchison 61 8 63 11 18