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MD Rep Primary-President
Voter News Service Exit Poll            State:   Maryland
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 132,665 54 32 BCHN = Patrick Buchanan 52,445 21 0 FORB = Steve Forbes 31,412 13 0 ALEX = Lamar Alexander 13,445 5 0 KEYS = Alan Keyes 13,196 5 0 LUGR = Dick Lugar 2,758 1 0 Back to top
Results Recorded for 2,023 Respondents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exit Poll Question All < Vertical Pcts > < Horizontal Pcts > and Answer(s) Pct ALEX BCHN DOLE FORB ALEX BCHN DOLE FORB KEYS LUGR KEYS LUGR ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vote by Gender Men 52 63 55 50 54 7 22 51 13 57 0 5 1 Women 48 37 45 50 46 4 20 57 13 43 0 4 1 Back to top
Vote By Age 18-29 11 16 13 10 10 8 26 48 12 8 0 4 1 30-44 34 43 40 28 33 7 25 45 13 52 0 7 2 45-59 30 28 30 30 30 5 22 55 13 27 0 4 1 60 or Over 26 13 17 32 27 3 14 66 13 13 0 2 1 Vote By Age 18-64 82 90 89 77 84 6 23 50 13 93 0 5 1 Over 64 18 10 11 23 16 3 13 69 11 7 0 2 1 Back to top
Vote By Income Under $15,000 6 2 6 7 3 2 22 65 6 3 0 3 2 $15-30,000 12 8 16 11 13 4 30 47 13 16 0 6 0 $30-50,000 26 23 30 25 22 5 26 51 10 31 0 6 1 $50-75,000 28 38 25 27 31 8 19 52 14 27 0 5 2 $75-100,000 16 12 14 17 17 4 20 57 13 11 0 3 1 Over $100,000 13 18 9 13 15 8 15 55 15 12 0 5 2 Back to top
Vote By Education No H.S. Degree 3 3 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 High School Graduate 19 16 24 20 14 5 28 54 9 12 0 3 0 Some College 26 12 27 27 29 3 22 55 14 24 0 4 1 College Graduate 28 27 29 28 28 5 22 53 13 28 0 5 1 Post-Graduate Degree 24 42 15 23 28 10 14 51 15 34 0 7 3 Vote By Education No College Degree 49 31 56 50 44 4 25 55 11 38 0 4 1 College Graduate 51 69 44 50 56 7 19 52 14 62 0 6 2 Back to top
Vote By Religion Protestant 51 56 45 54 48 6 19 57 12 50 0 5 2 Catholic 27 26 27 28 28 5 21 55 13 19 0 3 1 Other Christian 14 9 23 9 14 4 37 37 13 22 0 8 0 Jewish 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Other 3 0 3 3 5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 None 4 6 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Back to top
Political Ideology Very Liberal 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Somewhat Liberal 8 11 7 8 9 8 19 52 15 2 0 1 2 Moderate 30 44 17 35 32 8 12 61 13 19 0 3 2 Somewhat Conserv. 38 38 37 38 39 6 21 54 13 39 0 5 1 Very Conservative 22 6 37 18 18 2 37 43 10 37 0 8 1 Back to top
Party Identification Democrat 2 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Republican 83 75 84 87 76 5 22 56 12 73 0 4 1 Independent 15 21 14 12 23 7 20 41 19 24 0 7 4 Back to top
1992 Presidential Vote Clinton 11 27 9 9 12 13 18 45 13 8 0 3 4 Bush 72 54 74 78 57 4 22 58 10 71 0 5 1 Perot 12 17 12 8 24 8 21 37 25 15 0 6 2 Other 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Did Not Vote 4 3 4 4 4 3 21 54 13 5 0 5 1 Back to top
Decided Who To Vote For... Today 14 23 11 13 15 9 16 51 14 17 0 6 2 Last Three Days 14 19 14 12 17 7 21 47 15 25 0 8 0 Last Week 22 26 22 21 28 7 22 51 16 15 0 3 0 Earlier This Year 35 28 39 34 33 4 24 53 12 28 0 4 2 Before That 15 3 12 19 6 1 18 69 5 15 0 5 0 Back to top
Satisfied with Candidates? Yes 47 28 53 52 35 3 24 59 9 35 0 4 1 No 47 69 40 43 59 8 18 49 16 58 0 6 2 Back to top
Vote in Buchanan/Dole Race Buchanan 28 16 93 3 25 3 72 6 11 35 0 6 1 Dole 69 78 6 96 64 6 2 75 12 56 0 4 1 Back to top
Member of Religious Right Yes 28 9 53 22 15 2 41 42 7 45 0 8 0 No 68 88 44 73 82 7 14 58 15 49 0 3 2 Back to top
Opinion of Religious Right Favorable 50 23 77 45 37 3 33 48 9 71 0 7 1 Unfavorable 40 69 16 43 54 10 9 58 17 22 0 3 2 Back to top
Abortion Ban in GOP Platform Favor 34 12 60 28 22 2 37 44 8 55 0 8 0 Oppose 61 85 37 67 71 8 13 59 15 35 0 3 2 Back to top
Ever Planned to Vote for Dole? Yes 63 31 43 85 38 3 15 72 8 40 0 3 0 No 32 63 53 10 60 11 35 17 24 58 0 9 3 Back to top
Effect of Dole's Age Help Him 10 6 8 12 4 3 17 69 6 7 0 4 0 Hurt Him 23 36 31 16 35 8 29 36 19 24 0 5 2 No Effect 65 55 58 71 60 5 19 58 12 65 0 5 1 Back to top
Is Buchanan Too Extreme? Yes 55 87 11 69 60 9 4 67 14 35 0 3 2 No 42 12 87 27 37 2 45 34 11 59 0 7 0 Back to top
Trade With Other Countries Creates Jobs 38 57 16 43 44 8 9 60 15 36 0 5 2 Loses Jobs 34 13 60 28 28 2 38 44 10 39 0 5 0 No Effect 19 23 18 20 19 6 20 55 12 18 0 4 1 Back to top
Which Concerns You More? Economic Problems 39 53 25 42 53 7 14 57 17 19 0 2 2 Moral Problems 57 44 74 53 42 4 28 50 9 76 0 6 1 Back to top
Americans' Standard of Living Will Rise 48 40 36 55 45 5 16 62 12 35 0 4 1 Will Fall 47 54 58 40 49 6 27 46 13 56 0 6 2 Back to top
Prefer Which Tax System? Flat Tax 47 34 51 39 78 4 24 45 21 49 0 5 1 Current System 50 63 46 57 21 7 20 61 5 42 0 4 2 Back to top
Send Message on Negative Ads Very Important 27 26 27 27 25 5 22 54 12 23 0 4 2 Somewhat Important 26 37 30 24 22 8 25 49 11 27 0 5 2 Not Too Important 20 20 19 22 17 5 20 58 11 17 0 4 1 Not Important at All 23 14 21 23 32 3 20 52 17 30 0 6 1 Back to top
Which Issues Mattered Most? Environment 2 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 Foreign Trade 5 1 10 4 3 1 40 45 8 3 0 3 2 Taxes 18 14 11 14 50 4 14 43 36 8 0 2 0 Education 6 13 4 6 4 12 15 48 9 15 0 12 3 Economy/Jobs 23 28 22 24 20 7 20 57 11 9 0 2 1 Budget Deficit 22 8 10 32 9 2 10 80 5 8 0 2 1 Abortion 13 13 33 5 3 5 56 22 3 34 0 13 0 Back to top
Which Quality Mattered Most? Vision for Future 10 18 9 5 26 10 18 27 34 15 0 7 2 Stand Up for Beliefs 22 13 44 13 15 3 43 32 9 46 0 10 2 Can Beat Clinton 14 15 4 22 3 6 7 84 3 1 0 0 0 Conservative Values 18 7 33 15 9 2 39 45 6 26 0 7 0 Not a Politician 6 7 4 0 34 6 15 4 72 3 0 3 0 Experience in D.C. 17 2 1 30 0 1 2 97 0 0 0 0 1 Not Too Extreme 7 34 2 7 7 25 6 50 12 2 0 2 5 Back to top


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