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MA Rep Primary-President
Voter News Service Exit Poll            State:   Massachusetts
For Election Occurring 03/05/96         Contest: Rep Primary-President
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Candidates (*/+ indicates VNS/CNN winner) Votes V% Del *DOLE = Robert Dole 135,523 48 37 BCHN = Patrick Buchanan 71,493 25 0 FORB = Steve Forbes 39,662 14 0 ALEX = Lamar Alexander 21,456 8 0 KEYS = Alan Keyes 5,237 2 0 LUGR = Dick Lugar 4,750 2 0 NPRF = No Preference 3,347 1 0 Back to top
Results Recorded for 1,842 Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exit Poll Question All < Vertical Pcts > < Horizontal Pcts > and Answer(s) Pct ALEX BCHN DOLE FORB ALEX BCHN DOLE FORB KEYS LUGR NPRF KEYS LUGR NPRF ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vote by Gender Men 55 41 62 50 66 6 27 43 17 0 0 0 3 2 1 Women 45 59 38 50 34 10 21 53 10 0 0 0 1 1 2 Back to top
Vote By Age 18-29 10 19 9 9 9 14 22 44 13 0 0 0 1 3 3 30-44 32 38 36 27 40 9 28 39 17 0 0 0 3 1 1 45-59 26 27 29 24 24 8 28 43 13 0 0 0 2 3 1 60 or Over 32 16 26 40 27 4 20 59 12 0 0 0 1 1 1 Vote By Age 18-64 76 86 81 69 82 9 27 43 15 0 0 0 2 2 1 Over 64 24 14 19 31 18 4 19 59 10 0 0 0 1 2 1 Back to top
Vote By Income Under $15,000 5 4 5 5 5 7 26 49 13 0 0 0 2 3 0 $15-30,000 15 10 18 15 12 5 30 47 11 0 0 0 1 2 1 $30-50,000 26 28 33 24 23 8 32 42 12 0 0 0 3 1 1 $50-75,000 26 25 29 23 29 7 28 40 15 0 0 0 3 2 1 $75-100,000 14 22 9 16 13 13 17 51 12 0 0 0 0 4 1 Over $100,000 14 11 7 17 18 6 13 57 18 0 0 0 2 1 1 Back to top
Vote By Education No H.S. Degree 3 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 High School Graduate 15 13 22 13 8 7 37 41 8 0 0 0 1 1 2 Some College 26 24 31 23 30 7 30 41 16 0 0 0 2 2 1 College Graduate 33 37 27 34 34 9 20 48 14 0 0 0 2 2 2 Post-Graduate Degree 23 24 18 25 27 8 19 49 16 0 0 0 3 3 1 Vote By Education No College Degree 44 38 56 41 39 7 32 43 12 0 0 0 2 2 1 College Graduate 56 62 44 59 61 9 20 49 15 0 0 0 2 2 1 Back to top
Vote By Religion Protestant 35 41 20 42 34 9 14 56 13 0 0 0 3 2 1 Catholic 43 36 60 37 43 7 35 40 14 0 0 0 1 1 2 Other Christian 9 9 11 7 7 9 31 38 10 0 0 0 6 2 0 Jewish 4 3 1 6 8 6 4 60 26 0 0 0 2 3 0 Other 4 7 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 None 5 4 4 5 7 6 21 44 21 0 0 0 1 3 2 Back to top
Political Ideology Very Liberal 3 9 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Somewhat Liberal 9 11 6 9 8 11 19 49 13 0 0 0 1 5 1 Moderate 35 45 28 33 42 10 20 44 17 0 0 0 2 2 3 Somewhat Conserv. 39 30 39 44 34 6 25 52 12 0 0 0 2 1 0 Very Conservative 14 4 25 11 13 2 43 36 13 0 0 0 4 1 0 Back to top
Party Identification Democrat 5 13 3 4 3 22 18 39 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 Republican 49 34 43 58 48 5 22 55 14 0 0 0 2 1 1 Independent 46 53 54 39 50 9 29 39 15 0 0 0 2 3 2 Back to top
1992 Presidential Vote Clinton 17 31 16 12 23 14 23 32 18 0 0 0 2 6 3 Bush 59 37 54 73 45 5 23 58 11 0 0 0 2 1 0 Perot 19 20 24 12 27 9 32 29 20 0 0 0 2 2 2 Other 2 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Did Not Vote 4 9 5 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Back to top
Decided Who To Vote For... Today 18 29 13 15 24 13 18 39 19 0 0 0 4 2 1 Last Three Days 13 19 11 14 12 11 20 49 12 0 0 0 2 3 1 Last Week 18 23 22 16 18 10 30 42 14 0 0 0 1 2 1 Earlier This Year 37 26 40 38 40 5 27 48 15 0 0 0 1 1 1 Before That 13 3 14 16 5 2 27 60 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 Back to top
Satisfied with Candidates? Yes 41 17 53 44 35 3 32 51 12 0 0 0 2 1 0 No 52 75 40 50 60 11 19 44 16 0 0 0 2 3 2 Back to top
Vote in Buchanan/Dole Race Buchanan 32 24 94 2 25 6 73 3 11 0 0 0 3 1 2 Dole 63 64 4 96 62 8 2 71 14 0 0 0 1 2 1 Back to top
Member of Religious Right Yes 15 9 28 12 5 5 47 36 5 0 0 0 5 1 1 No 80 88 69 82 91 9 22 48 16 0 0 0 1 2 1 Back to top
Opinion of Religious Right Favorable 35 20 56 32 21 5 39 42 8 0 0 0 3 1 1 Unfavorable 52 71 33 54 64 11 16 49 17 0 0 0 1 3 1 Back to top
Abortion Ban in GOP Platform Favor 28 20 49 23 14 5 44 38 7 0 0 0 3 1 1 Oppose 66 76 44 70 82 9 17 50 17 0 0 0 2 2 1 Back to top
Ever Planned to Vote for Dole? Yes 52 25 29 78 33 4 14 71 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 No 43 70 69 15 64 13 40 17 20 0 0 0 3 3 2 Back to top
Effect of Dole's Age Help Him 7 9 2 11 3 11 6 75 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 Hurt Him 30 41 38 19 41 10 31 30 19 0 0 0 2 3 2 No Effect 60 47 57 67 51 6 24 53 12 0 0 0 2 1 1 Back to top
Is Buchanan Too Extreme? Yes 56 78 10 74 66 11 5 61 16 0 0 0 1 2 1 No 40 19 87 22 30 4 54 26 10 0 0 0 3 1 1 Back to top
Trade With Other Countries Creates Jobs 42 39 24 48 55 7 14 53 18 0 0 0 2 3 1 Loses Jobs 35 31 57 28 23 7 40 36 9 0 0 0 3 1 2 No Effect 15 17 14 16 18 9 23 48 16 0 0 0 1 1 1 Back to top
Which Concerns You More? Economic Problems 40 42 36 38 53 8 23 45 18 0 0 0 1 2 1 Moral Problems 55 57 60 55 41 8 27 46 10 0 0 0 3 2 1 Back to top
Americans' Standard of Living Will Rise 40 30 29 48 42 6 18 56 14 0 0 0 2 2 1 Will Fall 52 64 65 43 54 9 31 39 14 0 0 0 2 2 2 Back to top
Prefer Which Tax System? Flat Tax 48 38 52 37 82 6 27 36 24 0 0 0 3 1 1 Current System 47 54 43 58 16 9 23 57 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 Back to top
Send Message on Negative Ads Very Important 27 43 30 23 22 13 28 40 11 0 0 0 2 3 2 Somewhat Important 29 27 30 31 24 7 26 50 11 0 0 0 1 2 1 Not Too Important 19 16 16 19 24 7 21 47 18 0 0 0 3 2 0 Not Important at All 21 11 20 21 28 4 24 47 18 0 0 0 3 1 0 Back to top
Which Issues Mattered Most? Environment 4 14 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Foreign Trade 5 1 10 5 2 1 47 42 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 Taxes 19 17 11 14 54 7 15 34 40 0 0 0 1 2 1 Education 5 11 3 6 3 17 15 50 8 0 0 0 3 4 2 Economy/Jobs 28 27 38 27 21 7 33 45 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 Budget Deficit 17 11 6 27 6 5 9 76 5 0 0 0 1 1 1 Abortion 8 7 19 3 3 7 59 20 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 Back to top
Which Quality Mattered Most? Vision for Future 11 22 8 5 26 15 19 22 34 0 0 0 1 3 0 Stand Up for Beliefs 22 14 51 10 12 5 58 22 8 0 0 0 4 0 1 Can Beat Clinton 12 6 7 20 3 4 13 77 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 Conservative Values 16 9 18 17 11 5 28 52 10 0 0 0 3 2 0 Not a Politician 8 9 7 0 35 9 22 3 63 0 0 0 1 0 1 Experience in D.C. 14 0 1 28 1 0 2 97 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Not Too Extreme 9 31 2 10 6 25 5 53 9 0 0 0 0 7 1 Back to top


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