Illinois Democratic Voters

Ideology% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Very liberal 20 34 1 65
Somewhat liberal 28 30 3 67
Moderate 41 34 1 65
Somewhat conservative 8 42 5 52
Very conservative 2 - - -
Party identification% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Democrat 79 36 1 63
Republican 6 36 4 60
Indep. 16 22 4 72
Sex by race% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
White men 23 37 3 59
White women 34 43 1 56
Black men 9 2 - 98
Black women 15 7 1 91
Latino men 8 38 1 60
Latino women 9 58 1 42
All other 2 - - -
Race% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
White 57 41 2 57
Black 24 5 1 93
Hispanic 17 49 1 50
Asian 1 - - -
Other 1 - - -
Sex% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Male 41 29 3 67
Female 59 35 1 64
Age% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
18-24 7 33 1 65
25-29 8 26 2 72
30-39 19 28 2 70
40-49 22 28 1 70
50-64 29 33 1 65
65+ 15 48 3 48
Religion% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Protestant/Other Christian 42 29 2 69
Catholic 34 50 2 48
Jewish 2 - - -
Other 8 15 1 84
None 15 21 1 78
Education% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
College graduate 42 30 1 69
No college degree 58 36 3 61
Family income% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Less than $50,000 45 34 2 64
$50,000 or more 55 34 2 64
Family's financial situation% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Getting ahead financially 16 36 2 63
Holding steady financially 59 32 1 67
Falling behind financially 25 33 5 62
Marital status% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Yes 59 37 2 61
No 41 28 2 70
Sex by marital status% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Married men 27 33 4 63
Married women 32 41 0 59
Unmarried men 14 23 2 75
Unmarried women 28 31 1 68
Religion among whites% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Protestant/Other Christian 24 41 2 56
Catholic 19 53 1 46
Jewish 1 - - -
Other 3 - - -
None 8 23 1 75
How often attend religious services% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Weekly 41 33 1 66
Occasionally 43 37 3 60
Never 15 25 2 73
When did you finally decide for whom to vote?% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Just today 13 50 6 42
In the last three days 6 38 1 62
Sometime last week 7 42 2 56
In the last month 20 33 1 66
Before that 53 26 1 72
Population of area% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
City over 50,000 45 25 1 74
Suburbs 42 38 2 60
Small city/Rural 13 43 4 53
Union household% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Yes 38 35 3 63
No 62 32 1 67
Which ONE of these three issues is the most important facing the country?% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
The economy 50 36 2 62
The war in Iraq 27 28 1 71
Health care 19 32 3 65
Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted today?% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Can bring about needed change 62 18 1 81
Cares about people like me 12 27 4 67
Has the right experience 18 88 3 8
Has the best chance to win in November 7 34 - 65
Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Obama
Excellent 0 - - -
Good 9 34 0 65
Not good 53 32 2 65
Poor 37 33 2 65
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