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Exit polls - Senate

Kentucky
Are you:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Male464555
Female545347

Sex by race
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
White male414060
White female495050
Non-white male5919
Non-white female57919

Are you:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
White904555
Black98811
Hispanic / Latino1--
Asian0--
Other1--

AGE (60 and over)
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
18-29195446
30-44284852
45-59325149
60 or over224554

Age 65 & over
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
18-64865050
65 or over144555

2003 total family income:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Under $15,000135444
$15,000-$29,999195841
$30,000-$49,999265149
$50,000-$74,999214851
$75,000-$99,999115148
$100,000-$149,99963862
$150,000-$199,9992--
$200,000 or more1--

Total family income:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Less than $50,000585446
$50,000 or more424653

Total family income:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Less than $100,000915247
$100,000 or more93565

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Democrat448118
Republican401684
Independent or something else165050

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Liberal157921
Moderate466237
Conservative392476

Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian.
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Protestant / Other Christian674753
Catholic215248
Jewish0--
Something else66337
None66139

Religion among whites
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
White Protestant / Other Christian594357
White Catholic194951
White Jewish0--
White something else5--
White none55743
Non-white128315

White Protestant Conservatives
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
White Protestant conservatives251981
All others755941

White Evangelical/Born-again Christians
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
White Evangelical / Born-again Christians454060
All others555643

White/Protestant/Conservative/Evangelical/Attend church at least weekly
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
White religious conservatives131684
All others875446

How often do you attend religious services?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
More than once a week213960
Once a week294951
A few times a month164258
A few times a year256040
Never86337

How often do you attend religious services?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Weekly484555
Occasionally395347
Never76337

Church attendance by Religion
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Protestant / Attend weekly194654
Protestant / Do not attend weekly154555
Catholic / Attend weekly104456
Catholic / Do not attend weekly96139
All Others435247

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Just today67228
In the last three days2--
Sometime last week2--
During the last month126831
Before that774356

Time: Last three days/Earlier than that
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Today / Within the last three days96930
Within the last week or earlier914852

Time: Last week/Earlier than that
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Today through within the last three days117128
Within the last week or earlier894753

Was your vote for president mainly:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
For your candidate714159
Against his opponent246733

Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Taxes64852
Education4--
Iraq127029
Terrorism162377
Economy / Jobs188317
Moral values261882
Health care78317

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Strongly approve391783
Somewhat approve202872
Somewhat disapprove138614
Strongly disapprove27964

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Approve592179
Disapprove40937

Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
He cares about people like me105941
He has strong religious faith131881
He is honest and trustworthy102971
He is a strong leader212179
He is intelligent4--
He will bring about needed change23954
He has clear stands on the issues143664

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Better today362773
Worse today288119
About the same365149

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Strongly approve331783
Somewhat approve264060
Somewhat disapprove167525
Strongly disapprove23927

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Approve572773
Disapprove388514

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Only John Kerry21973
Only George W. Bush541980
Both of them147921
Neither of them87623

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Only Kerry / Both359010
Only Bush / Neither612773

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Only Bush / Both673268
Only Kerry / Neither29919

Population of area, five categories
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Over 500 thousand---
50 to 500 thousand245644
Suburbs334555
10 to 50 thousand4--
Rural384950

Population of area, three categories
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
City over 50 thousand245644
Suburbs334555
Small city and Rural434951

Geo Stratum Code
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Jefferson County195940
West174951
South-Central224060
North193961
East / Frnkfrt / Lex235941

In today's election for president, did you just vote for:
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
John Kerry40946
George W. Bush591882
Ralph Nader0--

How did you vote on Amendment 1, defining marriage only as a union between a man and a woman?
Category% TotalMongiardoBunning
Yes753960
No257722


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