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Exit polls - Senate

Maryland
Are you:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Male466137
Female546831

Sex by race
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
White male345345
White female375841
Non-white male128416
Non-white female178911

Are you:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
White715643
Black23937
Hispanic / Latino2--
Asian1--
Other2--

AGE (60 and over)
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
18-29146732
30-44306138
45-59356732
60 or over216732

Age 65 & over
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
18-64886534
65 or over126832

2003 total family income:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Under $15,0003--
$15,000-$29,99986827
$30,000-$49,999166534
$50,000-$74,999226436
$75,000-$99,999156929
$100,000-$149,999206238
$150,000-$199,99976139
$200,000 or more96534

Total family income:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Less than $50,000276830
$50,000 or more736435

Total family income:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Less than $100,000646732
$100,000 or more366237

Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Yes, I do107227
Yes, someone else does95840
Yes, I do and someone else does1--
No one does796534

UNION HOUSEHOLD
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber)216633
No (No union voter in household796534

Voter is union member:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Yes127128
No886435

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Democrat48946
Republican302078
Independent or something else226434

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Liberal24918
Moderate487227
Conservative283069

Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian.
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Protestant / Other Christian546138
Catholic235743
Jewish88713
Something else77822
None88020

Religion among whites
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
White Protestant / Other Christian334652
White Catholic185050
White Jewish88812
White something else4--
White none58019
Non-white318713

White Protestant Conservatives
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
White Protestant conservatives121485
All others887327

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Just today4--
In the last three days4--
Sometime last week2--
During the last month86829
Before that816435

Time: Last three days/Earlier than that
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Today / Within the last three days87621
Within the last week or earlier926435

Time: Last week/Earlier than that
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Today through within the last three days117523
Within the last week or earlier896435

Was your vote for president mainly:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
For your candidate665743
Against his opponent308414

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Strongly approve282080
Somewhat approve164159
Somewhat disapprove108313
Strongly disapprove46972

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Approve432872
Disapprove56944

Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Taxes4--
Education4--
Iraq23909
Terrorism223366
Economy / Jobs17918
Moral values184456
Health care4--

Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
He cares about people like me77423
He has strong religious faith62278
He is honest and trustworthy104456
He is a strong leader173466
He is intelligent11973
He will bring about needed change31963
He has clear stands on the issues133960

How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Very worried236534
Somewhat worried516038
Not too worried207822
Not at all worried5--

How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Very / Somewhat worried716237
Not too / Not at all worried247426

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Better today364159
Worse today248613
About the same397424

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Strongly approve232476
Somewhat approve213861
Somewhat disapprove148019
Strongly disapprove42963

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Approve423169
Disapprove54927

How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Very confident455545
Somewhat confident457325
Not very confident87822
Not at all confident2--

How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Very / Somewhat confident866435
Not very / Not at all confident107822

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Only John Kerry36971
Only George W. Bush382178
Both of them148513
Neither of them118713

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Only Kerry / Both48945
Only Bush / Neither473664

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Only Bush / Both503960
Only Kerry / Neither45954

Population of area, five categories
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Over 500 thousand98712
50 to 500 thousand106733
Suburbs716435
10 to 50 thousand53862
Rural56236

Population of area, three categories
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
City over 50 thousand197623
Suburbs716435
Small city and Rural105049

Geo Stratum Code
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
Baltimore City98712
Suburban Balt365940
Suburban DC307921
Rest of State245048

In today's election for president, did you just vote for:
Category% TotalMikulskiPipkin
John F. Kerry56972
George W. Bush432575
Ralph Nader0--


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