Exit poll

Exit polls - Senate

New York Are you: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Male 45 67 27 5 Female 55 73 23 2 Sex by race Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady White male 32 59 34 6 White female 40 69 27 3 Non-white male 12 89 9 2 Non-white female 15 84 14 1 Are you: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady White 72 64 30 4 Black 13 92 6 1 Hispanic / Latino 9 80 19 1 Asian 4 86 10 1 Other 2 - - - AGE (60 and over) Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady 18-29 17 80 16 3 30-44 29 73 22 3 45-59 32 68 28 3 60 or over 22 64 29 5 Age 65 & over Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady 18-64 87 72 23 3 65 or over 13 61 33 6 2003 total family income: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Under $15,000 5 74 17 2 $15,000-$29,999 10 81 17 2 $30,000-$49,999 21 70 24 4 $50,000-$74,999 23 63 33 3 $75,000-$99,999 16 73 23 4 $100,000-$149,999 15 76 21 1 $150,000-$199,999 5 73 23 2 $200,000 or more 6 63 34 3 Total family income: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Less than $50,000 36 74 21 3 $50,000 or more 64 69 27 3 Total family income: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Less than $100,000 75 70 25 3 $100,000 or more 25 73 24 2 Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Yes, I do 20 76 21 2 Yes, someone else does 15 71 24 4 Yes, I do and someone else does 3 - - - No one does 62 68 27 3 UNION HOUSEHOLD Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber) 38 73 22 3 No (No union voter in household 62 68 27 3 Voter is union member: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Yes 24 74 22 3 No 76 68 27 4 What was the last grade of school you completed? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Did not complete high school 2 - - - High school graduate 18 66 28 4 Some college or associate degree 26 70 25 3 College graduate 28 69 26 5 Postgraduate study 25 76 22 2 College Education Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady No college degree 47 68 27 3 College graduate 53 72 24 3 No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Democrat 46 94 3 1 Republican 28 33 61 6 Independent or something else 25 71 24 3 On most political matters, do you consider yourself: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Liberal 27 89 7 2 Moderate 48 76 21 2 Conservative 24 39 52 7 Is this the first time you have ever voted? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Yes 10 75 19 4 No 90 70 26 3 Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian. Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Protestant / Other Christian 31 66 31 2 Catholic 42 68 26 5 Jewish 8 91 8 0 Something else 7 83 11 2 None 11 76 21 0 Religion among whites Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady White Protestant / Other Christian 21 55 42 3 White Catholic 32 64 29 6 White Jewish 7 92 6 0 White something else 3 - - - White none 8 74 24 0 Non-white 29 86 12 1 White Protestant Conservatives Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady White Protestant conservatives 6 23 76 1 All others 94 74 21 3 When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Just today 7 77 15 7 In the last three days 4 70 20 5 Sometime last week 4 68 23 2 During the last month 11 75 23 1 Before that 74 68 27 4 Time: Last three days/Earlier than that Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Today / Within the last three days 10 74 17 6 Within the last week or earlier 90 69 26 3 Time: Last week/Earlier than that Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Today through within the last three days 15 72 18 5 Within the last week or earlier 85 69 26 3 Was your vote for president mainly: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady For your candidate 64 64 31 4 Against his opponent 33 80 16 2 Do you think the condition of New York's economy is: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Excellent 2 - - - Good 38 55 40 5 Not so good 45 78 18 3 Poor 14 75 17 4 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Strongly approve 19 28 64 8 Somewhat approve 22 54 42 4 Somewhat disapprove 15 84 12 2 Strongly disapprove 42 94 3 1 Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Approve 42 42 52 6 Disapprove 57 91 5 1 Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one) Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Taxes 6 63 34 2 Education 4 - - - Iraq 23 84 14 1 Terrorism 22 47 45 8 Economy / Jobs 19 86 10 1 Moral values 12 48 45 7 Health care 6 82 12 3 Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one) Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady He cares about people like me 10 80 17 1 He has strong religious faith 5 41 51 8 He is honest and trustworthy 9 61 36 2 He is a strong leader 17 45 48 6 He is intelligent 10 92 7 1 He will bring about needed change 32 91 5 2 He has clear stands on the issues 13 46 47 7 How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Very worried 26 64 29 4 Somewhat worried 50 66 30 4 Not too worried 19 80 16 4 Not at all worried 5 69 26 5 How worried are you that there will be another major terrorist attack in the United States? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Very / Somewhat worried 75 65 29 4 Not too / Not at all worried 24 77 18 4 Compared to four years ago, is the country: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Safer from terrorism 47 54 41 5 Less safe from terrorism 50 84 12 1 Do you think Hillary Clinton would make a good president? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Yes 48 89 8 1 No 50 49 45 6 Do you think Rudy Giuliani would make a good president? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Yes 51 57 37 5 No 46 81 15 2 How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Strongly approve 17 31 59 9 Somewhat approve 25 53 43 3 Somewhat disapprove 18 84 14 1 Strongly disapprove 39 92 5 1 How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Approve 40 44 50 6 Disapprove 54 90 8 1 How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Very well 5 27 64 9 Somewhat well 29 40 53 6 Somewhat badly 24 78 19 2 Very badly 41 92 5 1 How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Very / Somewhat well 32 38 55 7 Very / Somewhat badly 62 87 10 1 Who would you trust to handle the economy? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Only John Kerry 42 94 4 1 Only George W. Bush 31 29 63 7 Both of them 7 74 23 3 Neither of them 18 72 20 6 Who would you trust to handle the economy? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Only Kerry / Both 48 91 7 1 Only Bush / Neither 47 45 47 7 Who would you trust to handle the economy? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Only Bush / Both 39 38 56 6 Only Kerry / Neither 61 88 8 2 Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Better today 27 51 45 4 Worse today 30 86 9 2 About the same 42 72 24 4 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Only John Kerry 31 96 3 0 Only George W. Bush 37 34 59 7 Both of them 13 88 10 1 Neither of them 16 78 13 6 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Only Kerry / Both 43 94 5 1 Only Bush / Neither 51 47 45 7 Who would you trust to handle terrorism? Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Only Bush / Both 48 48 46 6 Only Kerry / Neither 45 90 6 2 Population of area, five categories Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady Over 500 thousand 32 85 12 2 50 to 500 thousand 4 85 15 - Suburbs 61 62 33 5 10 to 50 thousand - - - - Rural 3 - - - Population of area, three categories Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady City over 50 thousand 36 85 12 2 Suburbs 61 62 33 5 Small city and Rural 3 - - - Geo Stratum Code Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady New York City 32 85 12 2 Long Island 18 66 28 5 Lwr Hudson Val. 13 64 31 4 Upstate Urban 21 67 28 4 Rural Upstate 15 57 38 4 In today's election for president, did you just vote for: Category % Total Schumer Mills O'Grady John Kerry 59 94 3 1 George Bush 40 35 58 7 Ralph Nader 1 - - -