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First wave of Democratic exit polls….
The first wave of Democratic exit polls are in: more women are voting than men, and the highest turnout is among white women, according to exit polls conducted by Edison/Mitofsky. The earliest results were gleaned from 1,020 Ohio voters.
Of those polled so far, 75 percent are white and 20 percent are African-American. Three percent are Hispanic.
Thirteen percent are between the ages of 17 and 29; 27 percent between the ages of 30 and 44; 33 between the ages of 45 and 59 and 26 percent older than 60.
Eighty percent of voters in the Democratic primary made their decision a week ago or more.
Fifty-nine percent considered the economy the most important issue facing the country, followed by 18 percent considering Iraq most important and 19 percent considering health care their most important.
Comments
By Jessica
March 4, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this
Thanks, Caroline. It’s fixed.By Big Ed
March 4, 2008 6:42 PM | Link to this
I was surprised by the number of apparently new voters who didn’t have a clue what they what were doing in a primary election. It took at least 5 minutes for the poll workers to explain the difference between republican, democratic and issues ballots to the senile old man in front of me at the polls. He asked for a democratic ballot, obviously a clinton supporter.By Caroline
March 4, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this
DDN, correct your misspelling…it should read, “more women are voting THAN men.”