National Exit Polls Table

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
100% of the electorate	Total vote	Democrat	36	50	41	40	45	43	49	48	48	53
		Republican	61	48	51	59	53	38	41	48	51	46
		Independent	-	-	7	-	-	19	8	2	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
47% of the electorate	Men	Democrat	36	50	36	37	41	41	43	42	44	49
		Republican	62	48	55	62	57	38	44	53	55	48
		Independent	-	-	7	-	-	21	10	3	-	-
53	Women	Democrat	37	50	45	44	49	45	54	54	51	56
		Republican	61	48	47	56	50	37	38	43	48	43
		Independent	-	-	7	-	-	17	7	2	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
74% of the electorate	White	Democrat	31	47	36	35	40	39	43	42	41	43
		Republican	67	52	56	64	59	40	46	54	58	55
		Independent	-	-	7	-	-	20	9	3	-	-
13	Black	Democrat	82	83	85	90	86	83	84	90	88	95
		Republican	18	16	11	9	12	10	12	8	11	4
		Independent	-	-	3	-	-	7	4	1	-	-
9	Hispanic	Democrat	63	-	56	62	69	61	72	62	53	67
		Republican	35	-	35	37	30	25	21	35	44	31
		Independent	-	-	8	-	-	14	6	2	-	-
2	Asian	Democrat	-	-	-	-	-	31	43	54	56	62
		Republican	-	-	-	-	-	55	48	41	44	35
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	15	8	4	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
18% of the electorate	18-29 years old	Democrat	46	51	44	40	47	43	53	48	54	66
		Republican	52	47	43	59	52	34	34	46	45	32
		Independent	-	-	11	-	-	22	10	5	-	-
29	30-44 years old	Democrat	33	49	36	42	45	41	48	48	46	52
		Republican	64	49	55	57	54	38	41	49	53	46
		Independent	-	-	8	-	-	21	9	2	-	-
30	45-59 years old	Democrat	33	47	39	40	42	41	48	48	48	49
		Republican	64	52	55	60	57	40	41	49	51	49
		Independent	-	-	5	-	-	19	9	2	-	-
23	60 and older	Democrat	31	47	41	39	49	50	48	51	46	47
		Republican	68	52	54	60	50	38	44	47	54	51
		Independent	-	-	4	-	-	12	7	2	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
22% of the electorate	Liberals	Democrat	-	71	60	70	81	68	78	80	85	89
		Republican	-	26	25	28	18	14	11	13	13	10
		Independent	-	-	11	-	-	18	7	6	-	-
44	Moderates	Democrat	-	51	42	47	50	47	57	52	54	60
		Republican	-	48	49	53	49	31	33	44	45	39
		Independent	-	-	8	-	-	21	9	2	-	-
34	Conservatives	Democrat	-	29	23	17	19	18	20	17	15	20
		Republican	-	70	73	82	80	64	71	81	84	78
		Independent	-	-	4	-	-	18	8	1	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
21% of the electorate	Northeast	Democrat	39	51	42	47	49	47	55	56	55	59
		Republican	59	47	47	53	50	35	34	39	43	40
		Independent	-	-	9	-	-	18	9	3	-	-
24	Midwest	Democrat	39	48	41	41	47	42	48	48	48	54
		Republican	59	50	51	58	52	37	41	49	51	44
		Independent	-	-	7	-	-	21	10	2	-	-
32	South	Democrat	29	54	44	36	41	41	46	43	42	45
		Republican	70	45	52	64	58	43	46	55	58	54
		Independent	-	-	3	-	-	16	7	1	-	-
23	West	Democrat	40	46	34	38	46	43	48	48	50	57
		Republican	57	51	53	61	52	34	40	46	49	40
		Independent	-	-	10	-	-	23	8	4	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
4% of the electorate	Not a high school graduate	Democrat	-	-	51	50	56	54	59	59	50	63
		Republican	-	-	46	50	43	28	28	39	49	35
		Independent	-	-	2	-	-	18	11	1	-	-
20	High school graduate	Democrat	-	-	43	39	49	43	51	48	47	52
		Republican	-	-	51	60	50	36	35	49	52	46
		Independent	-	-	4	-	-	21	13	1	-	-
31	Some college education	Democrat	-	-	35	38	42	41	48	45	46	51
		Republican	-	-	55	61	57	37	40	51	54	47
		Independent	-	-	8	-	-	21	10	3	-	-
28	College graduate	Democrat	-	-	-	-	37	39	44	45	46	50
		Republican	-	-	-	-	62	41	46	51	52	48
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	20	8	3	-	-
17	Post graduate education	Democrat	-	-	-	-	48	50	52	52	55	58
		Republican	-	-	-	-	50	36	40	44	44	40
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	14	5	3	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
42% of the electorate	White Protestants	Democrat	22	41	31	27	33	33	36	34	32	34
		Republican	76	58	63	72	66	47	53	63	67	65
		Independent	-	-	6	-	-	21	10	2	-	-
19	White Catholics	Democrat	42	52	40	42	43	42	48	45	43	47
		Republican	57	46	51	57	56	37	41	52	56	52
		Independent	-	-	7	-	-	22	10	2	-	-
2	Jewish	Democrat	64	64	45	67	64	80	78	79	74	78
		Republican	34	34	39	31	35	11	16	19	25	21
		Independent	-	-	15	-	-	9	3	1	-	-
38	Born-again or evangelical Christians	Democrat	-	-	40	30	24	31	-	-	34	41
		Republican	-	-	56	69	74	56	-	-	65	57
		Independent	-	-	3	-	-	14	-	-	-	-
40	Attend religious services at least once a week	Democrat	-	-	-	-	-	36	-	39	38	43
		Republican	-	-	-	-	-	48	-	59	60	55
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	2	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
6% of the electorate	Under $15,000	Democrat	-	-	49	-	-	58	59	57	63	73
		Republican	-	-	43	-	-	23	28	37	36	25
		Independent	-	-	7	-	-	19	11	4	-	-
12	$15,000-$29,999	Democrat	-	-	-	-	-	45	53	54	57	60
		Republican	-	-	-	-	-	35	36	41	42	37
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	20	9	3	-	-
19	$30,000-$49,999	Democrat	-	-	-	-	-	41	48	49	50	55
		Republican	-	-	-	-	-	38	40	48	49	43
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	21	10	2	-	-
21	$50,000-$74,999	Democrat	-	-	-	-	-	40	47	46	43	48
		Republican	-	-	-	-	-	41	45	51	56	49
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	18	7	2	-	-
15	$75,000-$99,999	Democrat	-	-	-	-	-	-	44	45	45	51
		Republican	-	-	-	-	-	-	48	52	55	48
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	-
6	$200,000 and over	Democrat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	52
		Republican	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63	46
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
26	$100,000 and over	Democrat	-	-	-	-	32	-	38	43	41	49
		Republican	-	-	-	-	65	-	54	54	58	49
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
24% of the electorate	Better today	Democrat	-	30	-	-	-	24	66	61	19	37
		Republican	-	70	-	-	-	61	26	36	80	60
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	14	6	2	-	-
34	Same today	Democrat	-	51	-	-	-	41	46	35	50	45
		Republican	-	49	-	-	-	42	45	60	49	53
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	17	8	3	-	-
42	Worse today	Democrat	-	77	-	-	-	60	27	33	79	71
		Republican	-	23	-	-	-	14	57	63	20	28
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	25	13	4	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
11% of the electorate	Population over 500,000	Democrat	56	-	-	63	62	58	68	71	60	70
		Republican	43	-	-	35	37	28	25	26	39	28
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	13	6	3	-	-
19	Population 50,000 to 500,000	Democrat	40	-	-	46	52	50	50	57	49	59
		Republican	58	-	-	53	47	33	39	40	49	39
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	16	8	2	-	-
49	Suburbs	Democrat	33	-	35	38	42	41	47	47	47	50
		Republican	65	-	55	61	57	39	42	49	52	48
		Independent	-	-	9	-	-	21	8	3	-	-
7	Population 10,000 to 50,000	Democrat	40	-	-	-	38	39	48	38	48	45
		Republican	57	-	-	-	61	42	41	59	50	53
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	20	9	2	-	-
14	Rural areas	Democrat	30	-	39	-	44	39	44	37	39	45
		Republican	68	-	55	-	55	40	46	59	59	53
		Independent	-	-	5	-	-	20	10	2	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
11% of the electorate	First time voters	Democrat	-	-	-	38	47	46	54	52	53	69
		Republican	-	-	-	61	51	32	34	43	45	30
		Independent	-	-	-	-	-	22	11	4	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
37% of the electorate	For the Democratic candidate	Democrat	78	73	63	82	92	83	85	82	90	89
		Republican	21	26	29	18	7	5	9	15	10	9
		Independent	-	-	6	-	-	12	4	2	-	-
46	For the Republican candidate	Democrat	9	18	11	11	19	21	13	7	9	17
		Republican	90	79	83	88	80	59	82	91	90	82
		Independent	-	-	6	-	-	20	4	1	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
11% of the electorate	Whites, 18-29 years old	Democrat	41	48	38	31	39	38	45	39	44	54
		Republican	57	50	48	68	60	38	41	55	55	44
		Independent	-	-	12	-	-	24	11	5	-	-
20	Whites, 30-44 years old	Democrat	26	45	31	36	39	36	41	41	37	41
		Republican	71	53	59	63	60	41	47	56	62	57
		Independent	-	-	8	-	-	23	10	2	-	-
23	Whites, 45-59 years old	Democrat	29	44	34	34	36	37	43	42	42	42
		Republican	69	55	59	65	63	42	46	54	57	56
		Independent	-	-	5	-	-	21	9	2	-	-
19	Whites, 60 and older	Democrat	26	45	39	37	45	47	45	46	42	41
		Republican	72	54	56	63	54	40	47	52	58	57
		Independent	-	-	4	-	-	13	7	2	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
36% of the electorate	White men	Democrat	31	47	32	32	36	37	38	36	37	41
		Republican	66	51	59	67	63	40	49	60	62	57
		Independent	-	-	7	-	-	22	11	3	-	-
39	White women	Democrat	31	46	39	38	43	41	48	48	44	46
		Republican	68	52	52	62	56	41	43	49	55	53
		Independent	-	-	8	-	-	19	8	2	-	-
5	Black men	Democrat	77	80	82	85	81	78	78	85	86	95
		Republican	23	19	14	12	15	13	15	12	13	5
		Independent	-	-	3	-	-	9	5	1	-	-
7	Black women	Democrat	86	86	88	93	90	87	89	94	90	96
		Republican	14	14	9	7	9	8	8	6	10	3
		Independent	-	-	3	-	-	5	2	-	-	-

			1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008
16% of the electorate	Whites in the Northeast	Democrat	34	49	38	42	45	44	51	52	50	52
		Republican	65	50	52	57	54	36	37	44	49	46
		Independent	-	-	10	-	-	19	10	4	-	-
20	Whites in the Midwest	Democrat	32	46	37	35	42	40	45	44	43	47
		Republican	65	52	55	64	57	39	43	53	56	51
		Independent	-	-	7	-	-	22	10	2	-	-
22	Whites in the South	Democrat	23	47	35	28	32	34	36	31	29	30
		Republican	76	52	61	71	67	49	56	66	70	68
		Independent	-	-	3	-	-	18	8	1	-	-
16	Whites in the West	Democrat	36	44	32	33	41	39	43	43	45	49
		Republican	60	54	55	66	58	37	44	51	54	48
		Independent	-	-	10	-	-	24	9	4	-	-