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South Carolina Democratic Voters

Ideology% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Very liberal 20 31 10 - 59
Somewhat liberal 24 31 18 - 51
Moderate 42 23 24 0 52
Somewhat conservative 10 28 24 0 48
Very conservative 5 32 15 1 52
Party identification% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Democrat 73 28 14 0 57
Republican 4 20 43 - 37
Indep. 23 26 32 0 42
Sex by race% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
White male 18 28 45 - 27
White female 25 42 36 0 22
Non-white male 21 19 3 - 78
Non-white female 36 21 3 0 76
Race% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
White 43 36 40 0 24
Black 55 19 2 0 78
Hispanic 1 - - - -
Asian 0 - - - -
Other 1 - - - -
Sex% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Male 39 23 23 - 54
Female 61 30 16 0 54
Age% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
18-24 8 25 10 - 65
25-29 6 21 9 - 70
30-39 16 22 15 - 62
40-49 19 25 13 - 61
50-64 35 26 23 0 51
65+ 17 40 27 0 32
Education% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
College graduate 37 26 22 0 53
No college degree 63 28 18 0 53
Family income% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Less than $50,000 53 28 15 0 57
$50,000 or more 47 26 24 0 50
Marital status% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Yes 58 26 22 0 51
No 42 28 16 0 56
Sex by marital status% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Married men 26 22 24 - 54
Unmarried women 30 30 13 0 57
Unmarried men 13 23 22 - 55
Married women 32 30 21 0 49
How often attend religious services% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Weekly 54 27 15 0 58
Occasionally 35 28 22 0 50
Never 9 31 31 - 38
When did you finally decide for whom to vote?% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Just today 11 23 22 - 55
In the last three days 10 19 32 1 48
Sometime last week 11 18 28 0 53
In the last month 22 19 20 - 61
Before that 46 36 13 0 51
Population of area% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
City over 50,000 16 22 10 0 67
Suburbs 46 28 20 0 52
Small city/Rural 37 28 21 0 51
First-time voters% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
First primary 27 26 15 0 59
Voted 73 28 21 0 51
Which ONE of these three issues is the most important facing the country?% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
The war in Iraq 19 23 19 0 58
Health care 25 26 18 0 56
The economy 52 29 19 0 52
Issues vs. attributes% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
My candidate's leadership/personal qualities 39 32 17 0 50
My candidate's positions on the issues 59 24 20 0 56
Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted today?% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Cares about people like me 24 17 43 0 40
Has the best chance to win in November 6 36 24 1 40
Has the right experience 14 84 9 0 7
Can bring about needed change 54 15 10 - 75
Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Excellent 2 - - - -
Good 8 21 28 - 51
Not so good 47 25 20 0 54
Poor 42 31 16 0 53
What should the U.S. do in Iraq?% of
Group		 Clinton Edwards Kucinich Obama
Withdraw all troops as soon as possible 46 27 18 0 56
Keep troops in Iraq as long as needed 5 22 41 - 37
Set a timetable to withdraw troops gradually 48 28 19 0 53
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