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Exit polls - Senate

Washington
Are you:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Male455047
Female555940

Sex by race
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
White male385147
White female505742
Non-white male64544
Non-white female58020

Are you:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
White885444
Black27426
Hispanic / Latino55830
Asian26832
Other35442

AGE (60 and over)
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
18-29125049
30-44275640
45-59346237
60 or over274851

Age 65 & over
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
18-64805840
65 or over204553

2003 total family income:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Under $15,00096235
$15,000-$29,999116633
$30,000-$49,999195149
$50,000-$74,999234453
$75,000-$99,999155542
$100,000-$149,999136336
$150,000-$199,99957228
$200,000 or more46335

Total family income:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Less than $50,000405841
$50,000 or more605543

Total family income:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Less than $100,000785345
$100,000 or more226534

Do you or does someone in your household belong to a labor union?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Yes, I do156138
Yes, someone else does105246
Yes, I do and someone else does27520
No one does725444

UNION HOUSEHOLD
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Yes (Vote is union member, union member in household, or noth member in household and voter is memeber)285840
No (No union voter in household725444

Voter is union member:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Yes176236
No835444

What was the last grade of school you completed?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Did not complete high school36436
High school graduate165148
Some college or associate degree295145
College graduate335345
Postgraduate study196832

College Education
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
No college degree475246
College graduate535840

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Democrat36945
Republican31988
Independent or something else335741

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Liberal26918
Moderate406336
Conservative331780

Is this the first time you have ever voted?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Yes75346
No935543

Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian.
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Protestant / Other Christian594752
Catholic166138
Jewish17723
Something else86925
None167325

Religion among whites
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
White Protestant / Other Christian524554
White Catholic135940
White Jewish1--
White something else67320
White none147225
Non-white136333

White Protestant Conservatives
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
White Protestant conservatives211683
All others796632

How often do you attend religious services?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
More than once a week132966
Once a week224257
A few times a month115345
A few times a year276434
Never267028

How often do you attend religious services?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Weekly343860
Occasionally376138
Never267028

Church attendance by Religion
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Protestant / Attend weekly182869
Protestant / Do not attend weekly215544
Catholic / Attend weekly64951
Catholic / Do not attend weekly96930
All Others446433

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Just today4--
In the last three days3--
Sometime last week2--
During the last month95940
Before that825544

Time: Last three days/Earlier than that
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Today / Within the last three days75838
Within the last week or earlier935643

Time: Last week/Earlier than that
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Today through within the last three days105937
Within the last week or earlier905543

Was your vote for president mainly:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
For your candidate634752
Against his opponent307324

Do you think the condition of Washington's economy is:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Excellent1--
Good414751
Not so good456236
Poor126435

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Strongly approve261087
Somewhat approve192077
Somewhat disapprove137425
Strongly disapprove41944

Do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as president?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Approve461583
Disapprove54909

Which ONE issue mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Taxes43260
Education36924
Iraq267821
Terrorism172376
Economy / Jobs198316
Moral values202969
Health care66433

Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (Check only one)
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
He cares about people like me87525
He has strong religious faith71386
He is honest and trustworthy154257
He is a strong leader172672
He is intelligent11918
He will bring about needed change258711
He has clear stands on the issues142670

Compared to four years ago, is the country:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Safer from terrorism492871
Less safe from terrorism458513

How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Very confident524949
Somewhat confident406236
Not very confident65839
Not at all confident27624

How confident are you that votes in your state will be counted accurately?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Very / Somewhat confident905544
Not very / Not at all confident86335

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Strongly approve251187
Somewhat approve223069
Somewhat disapprove147226
Strongly disapprove38935

How do you feel about the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Approve462078
Disapprove528711

How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Very well8690
Somewhat well311881
Somewhat badly247030
Very badly35917

How do you think things are going for the U.S. in Iraq now?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Very / Somewhat well391583
Very / Somewhat badly588216

Who would you trust to handle the economy?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Only John Kerry43945
Only George W. Bush33989
Both of them95048
Neither of them135246

Who would you trust to handle the economy?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Only Kerry / Both518612
Only Bush / Neither462177

Who would you trust to handle the economy?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Only Bush / Both431880
Only Kerry / Neither578415

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Better today293266
Worse today268018
About the same445642

Which is more important to you?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Protecting the environment347919
Keeping jobs in your state594356

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Only John Kerry34954
Only George W. Bush421286
Both of them137723
Neither of them97321

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Only Kerry / Both46909
Only Bush / Neither512374

Who would you trust to handle terrorism?
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Only Bush / Both552771
Only Kerry / Neither43908

Population of area, five categories
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Over 500 thousand117622
50 to 500 thousand206137
Suburbs465246
10 to 50 thousand145048
Rural84059

Population of area, three categories
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
City over 50 thousand277127
Suburbs505149
Small city and Rural234849

Geo Stratum Code
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
King County316632
Urb Puget Sound275541
West235146
East204257

In today's election for president, did you just vote for:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
John Kerry53935
George W. Bush461286
Ralph Nader1--

In today's election for governor, did you just vote for:
Category% TotalMurrayNethercutt
Christine Gregoire49936
Dino Rossi491781


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