The conclusions of interviews with voters, who, after voting yesterday, were contacted by a survey company, Edison/Mitofksy, which performed state-by-state exit polling for the national media.
How come the only time exit polls were no good was 2004?
Residents of varying income levels supported the candidates differently - with Obama's margin of support shrinking among wealthier people. Obama edged McCain 50 percent to 45 percent among those making more than $100,000 a year. Those making between $50,000 and $100,000 went for Obama, 58 percent to 40 percent. And Obama beat McCain by more than a 3-to-1 margin among those making less than $50,000 annually.
WTF? I thought MCain was to win the REDNECK RACIST VOTE from us DUMB RUBES?!! Why the #s BACKWARDS from what the MSM said?
How the issue of race played in the Massachusetts results is not clear from the exit polling because the sample of the African-American vote was too small.
Looking at the responses from white voters, Obama ran significantly better among white women voters, getting 60 percent of their vote to McCain's 36 percent. Among white men, 50 percent of the white male voters backed the Democrat, while 48 percent voted for McCain.
WTF? He got the racist Clinton bitches, too.
US Senator John F. Kerry, seeking his fifth term, also scored heavily among young voters in defeating Republican challenger Jeff Beatty, getting 80 percent of their vote. Beatty did best among those making more than $100,000, wining 39 percent of those voters compared with Kerry's 60 percent. Kerry won 71 percent of those making less than $100,000 and got 60 percent of those making more than $100,000 a year.
According to the 737 interviews of those who voted on the Massachusetts income tax question, 70 percent of those between 18 and 29 voted to reject the proposal and 30 percent approved it. Voters in the middle-age bracket were more inclined to repeal the income tax. Among those between 30 and 44 years old, 44 percent registered approval.
Get off the weed, will you, kids?
Jeffrey Berry, a political science professor at Tufts University, said the proponents pushing the income tax cut reached too far by trying to completely eliminate the tax, losing some key constituents, including the business community. --more--"
Let's you know who is really running things around here.
