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
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Results Recorded for 1,842 Respondents
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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