Entrance and Exit Polls

Maryland Democratic Voters

Ideology	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Very liberal	19	43	55
Somewhat liberal	33	41	57
Moderate	37	34	64
Somewhat conservative	8	32	46
Very conservative	2	-	-
Party identification	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Democrat	84	40	59
Republican	3	-	-
Indep.	13	27	62
Sex by race	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
White men	20	45	48
White women	33	56	38
Black men	15	11	86
Black women	22	17	82
Latino men	1	-	-
Latino women	3	-	-
All other	5	49	47
Race	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
White	53	52	42
Black	37	15	84
Hispanic	4	55	45
Asian	3	-	-
Other	2	-	-
Sex	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Male	38	33	62
Female	62	41	55
Age	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
17-24	5	34	64
25-29	8	33	64
30-39	17	30	65
40-49	23	35	61
50-64	33	42	55
65+	14	45	47
Religion	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Protestant/Other Christian	51	32	63
Catholic	22	48	45
Jewish	4	60	40
Other	9	37	63
None	15	37	62
Education	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
College graduate	57	40	57
No college degree	43	36	60
Family income	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Less than $50,000	23	36	60
$50,000 or more	77	39	57
Family's financial situation	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Getting ahead financially	19	40	59
Holding steady financially	60	39	57
Falling behind financially	21	34	61
Marital status	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Yes	60	39	56
No	40	36	61
Sex by marital status	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Married men	25	34	61
Married women	34	44	52
Unmarried men	12	32	66
Unmarried women	28	38	59
Religion among whites	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Protestant/Other Christian	20	56	36
Catholic	16	48	41
Jewish	4	62	38
Other	3	-	-
None	9	44	54
How often attend religious services	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Weekly	38	31	61
Occasionally	44	42	55
Never	17	42	57
When did you finally decide for whom to vote?	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Just today	11	48	41
In the last three days	9	41	57
Sometime last week	7	37	62
In the last month	26	27	68
Before that	47	41	57
Population of area	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
City over 50,000	19	34	63
Suburbs	76	39	57
Small city/Rural	5	38	57
Union household	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Yes	24	38	57
No	76	38	58
First-time voters	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Past primary voter	83	39	56
First primary ever	12	32	65
First election ever	5	30	70
Which ONE of these three issues is the most important facing the country?	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
The economy	47	36	59
The war in Iraq	30	34	62
Health care	21	47	53
Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted today?	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Can bring about needed change	56	18	80
Cares about people like me	11	33	59
Has the right experience	22	90	5
Has the best chance to win in November	9	40	55
Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is	% of Group	Clinton	Obama
Excellent	1	-	-
Good	9	31	57
Not good	56	41	55
Poor	34	33	64