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Exit polls - President

Pennsylvania
Are you:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Male474851
Female535446

Sex by race
Category% TotalKerryBush
White male384257
White female434851
Non-white male97524
Non-white female107822

Are you:
Category% TotalKerryBush
White824554
Black138416
Hispanic / Latino37228
Asian1--
Other1--

AGE (60 and over)
Category% TotalKerryBush
18-29216039
30-44284851
45-59295050
60 or over224852

Age 65 & over
Category% TotalKerryBush
18-64865148
65 or over145248

2003 total family income:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Under $15,00096040
$15,000-$29,999166039
$30,000-$49,999264851
$50,000-$74,999224852
$75,000-$99,999125247
$100,000-$149,99995148
$150,000-$199,99933565
$200,000 or more32278

Total family income:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Less than $50,000525445
$50,000 or more484753

Total family income:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Less than $100,000855247
$100,000 or more154258

Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Yes, I do146139
Yes, someone else does146238
Yes, I do and someone else does3--
No one does704555

UNION HOUSEHOLD
Category% TotalKerryBush
Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber)306237
No (No union voter in household704555

Voter is union member:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Yes166337
No844752

What was the last grade of school you completed?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Did not complete high school45743
High school graduate314951
Some college or associate degree295446
College graduate234653
Postgraduate study145248

College Education
Category% TotalKerryBush
No college degree645248
College graduate364851

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Democrat418515
Republican391189
Independent or something else205841

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Liberal228812
Moderate485743
Conservative301386

Is this the first time you have ever voted?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Yes165941
No844951

Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian.
Category% TotalKerryBush
Protestant / Other Christian504555
Catholic355149
Jewish2--
Something else67524
None86929

Religion among whites
Category% TotalKerryBush
White Protestant / Other Christian383663
White Catholic304852
White Jewish2--
White something else37723
White none66435
Non-white207822

White Protestant Conservatives
Category% TotalKerryBush
White Protestant conservatives13793
All others875841

How often do you attend religious services?
Category% TotalKerryBush
More than once a week123862
Once a week274555
A few times a month154852
A few times a year295643
Never136831

How often do you attend religious services?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Weekly374357
Occasionally425346
Never136831

Church attendance by Religion
Category% TotalKerryBush
Protestant / Attend weekly143565
Protestant / Do not attend weekly174554
Catholic / Attend weekly154753
Catholic / Do not attend weekly185445
All Others316237

Are you currently married?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Yes614555
No395940

Married women
Category% TotalKerryBush
Married women304950
Others705247

Do you or does someone else in your household own a gun?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Yes463862
No546039

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Just today64651
In the last three days36040
Sometime last week3--
During the last month106138
Before that794950

Time: Last three days/Earlier than that
Category% TotalKerryBush
Today / Within the last three days95148
Within the last week or earlier915149

Time: Last week/Earlier than that
Category% TotalKerryBush
Today through within the last three days115246
Within the last week or earlier895149

Was your vote for president mainly:
Category% TotalKerryBush
For your candidate694357
Against his opponent267128

Do you think the condition of Pennsylvania's economy is:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Excellent2--
Good462772
Not so good396633
Poor118614

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Strongly approve30694
Somewhat approve201189
Somewhat disapprove138613
Strongly disapprove35982

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Approve50892
Disapprove48955

Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalKerryBush
Taxes75248
Education57426
Iraq197129
Terrorism201783
Economy / Jobs188218
Moral values181980
Health care68119

Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalKerryBush
He cares about people like me126336
He has strong religious faith9694
He is honest and trustworthy112674
He is a strong leader181485
He is intelligent6946
He will bring about needed change26963
He has clear stands on the issues133069

Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Only John Kerry did23793
Only George W. Bush did17964
Both candidates did425346
Neither candidate did125743

Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Only Kerry / Both did653763
Only Bush / Neither did308020

Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Only Bush / Both did606534
Only Kerry / Neither did352476

Compared to four years ago, is the country:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Safer from terrorism532079
Less safe from terrorism428712

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Strongly approve27694
Somewhat approve252574
Somewhat disapprove168119
Strongly disapprove31937

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Approve491684
Disapprove458911

How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Very well91288
Somewhat well31793
Somewhat badly246435
Very badly33936

How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Very / Somewhat well39892
Very / Somewhat badly548119

Who would you trust to handle the economy?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Only John Kerry39981
Only George W. Bush41298
Both of them73762
Neither of them105741

Who would you trust to handle the economy?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Only Kerry / Both448911
Only Bush / Neither491386

Who would you trust to handle the economy?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Only Bush / Both50792
Only Kerry / Neither509010

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Better today302179
Worse today308416
About the same394753

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Only John Kerry31973
Only George W. Bush46298
Both of them137525
Neither of them88414

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Only Kerry / Both41919
Only Bush / Neither511585

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalKerryBush
Only Bush / Both561882
Only Kerry / Neither37945

Population of area, five categories
Category% TotalKerryBush
Over 500 thousand128119
50 to 500 thousand67228
Suburbs654752
10 to 50 thousand85248
Rural92773

Population of area, three categories
Category% TotalKerryBush
City over 50 thousand187822
Suburbs654752
Small city and Rural173960

Geo Stratum Code
Category% TotalKerryBush
Philadelphia128119
Philly Suburbs215446
Northeast145149
Pitt Area&West235346
Central & NoTier303763

In today's election for U.S. senator, did you just vote for:
Category% TotalKerryBush
Joe Hoeffel42928
Arlen Specter532278
James Clymer41288


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