Times national exit poll results
Data from the Los Angeles Times exit poll show how various groups of voters in the nation cast their ballots in the election. The two columns of percentages for Bush and Kerry are read horizontally. For example, of all the men who voted for president, 53% voted for Bush and 46% for Kerry.
Presidential choice % of all voters Bush Kerry
Bush/Cheney 51% 100% --
Kerry/Edwards 48 -- 100%
Other 1 -- --
Gender % of all voters Bush Kerry
Men 49% 53% 46
Women 51 49% 50
Gender and marital status % of all voters Bush Kerry
Married men 31% 59% 40
Single men 16 40% 58
Married women 30 57% 42
Single women 19 35% 64
Age % of all voters Bush Kerry
18-29 20% 43% 55
30-44 32 52% 47
45-64 36 54% 45
65 or older 12 55% 45
Race/ethnicity % of all voters Bush Kerry
White 79% 57% 42
Black 10 14% 86
Latino 5 45% 54
Asian 3 34% 64
Education % of all voters Bush Kerry
Less than college 48% 54% 45
College degree or more 52 49% 50
Income of voter % of all voters Bush Kerry
Less than $20,000 10% 46% 51
$20,000 to $39,999 20 47% 52
$40,000 to $59,999 20 51% 48
$60,000 to $74,999 15 53% 46
$75,000 or more 35 54% 45
Political ideology % of all voters Bush Kerry
Liberal 32% 19% 79
Moderate 29 45% 54
Conservative 39 82% 18
Party affiliation % of all voters Bush Kerry
Democrat 40% 12% 88
Independent 19 48% 49
Republican 39 94% 6
Party ideology % of all voters Bush Kerry
Liberal Democrats 22% 5% 95
Other Democrats 18 19% 81
Other Independents 13 36% 60
Conservative Independents 6 77% 22
Other Republicans 13 89% 11
Conservative Republicans 27 96% 4
When decided presidential vote % of all voters Bush Kerry
Today/yesterday 8% 45% 52
Over the weekend 2 47% 46
Before the weekend 43 37% 62
Always knew 47 65% 34
Military affiliation % of all voters Bush Kerry
Household with a veteran and/or family active in military 46% 54% 45
Not in military, nor a veteran 50 48% 51
Religion % of all voters Bush Kerry
Protestant 51% 61% 38
Catholic 25 55% 44
Jewish 4 26% 74
Attendance at religious services % of all voters Bush Kerry
Weekly or more 42% 65% 34
Less than that 58 42% 57
Gun ownership % of all voters Bush Kerry
Own guns 36% 65% 34
Don't own any 64 43% 56
Voting status % of all voters Bush Kerry
First-time voter 11% 42% 57
Voted before 89 53% 46
Locality % of all voters Bush Kerry
City 36% 43% 56
Suburb 32 52% 47
Small town 20 58% 41
Rural 12 62% 37
Region % of all voters Bush Kerry
East 24% 42% 57
Midwest 24 54% 45
South 32 57% 42
West 20 49% 50
Union household % of all voters Bush Kerry
Union households 27% 43% 56
Non-union households 73 54% 45
Sexuality % of all voters Bush Kerry
Heterosexual 96% 53% 46
Gay/lesbian/ bisexual 4 17% 81
Do you think the country is on the right or wrong track? % of all voters Bush Kerry
Right track 51% 89% 11
Wrong track 49 11% 87
Do you think the situation in Iraq was worth going to war over, or not? % of all voters Bush Kerry
Worth it 50% 88% 12
Not worth it 50 14% 84
Note: numbers may not add up to 100% where some answer categories are not shown.
How the poll was conducted: The Los Angeles Times Poll interviewed 5,154 voters who cast ballots in the general election Tuesday as they exited 136 polling places across the nation, including 3,357 California voters as they exited 50 polling places across the state. Precincts were chosen based on the pattern of turnout in past primary elections. The survey was a self-administered, confidential questionnaire, in English and in Spanish. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus three percentage points for all voters, including California voters. For some subgroups, the error margin may be somewhat higher. Fieldwork provided by Schlesinger Associates of Edison, N.J. and Davis Research of Calabasas.
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Source: Times Poll
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