Iowa Caucus Exit Poll Statistics
The results of the Iowa caucus are in: Barack Obama won the Democratic presidential nomination race and Mike Huckabee won the Republican side.
The story’s all over the Internet, but I found some interesting exit poll statistics on MSNBC on the breakdown of the Iowa Republican and Democratic caucus goers.
For instance:
| AGE |
% Total (Democratic)
|
% Total (Republican)
|
| 17-24 25-29 30-44 45-59 … |
17
6 18 29 |
9
3 15 35 |
So it is not entirely true that young people are apathetic about politics. 23% of the Democratic and 14% of the Republican caucus goers are under 30. It’s interesting how the turnout for the 25-29 is actually lower than the 17-24, though this is consistent across party lines.
| When did they decide whom to vote for? |
% Total (Democratic)
|
% Total (Republican)
|
| Just today In the last 3 days Sometime last week In the last month Before that |
11
9 7 24 49 |
17
13 10 31 28 |
27% of the Democrats and a whopping 40% of Republicans decided whom to support just in the last week before the caucus.
| Which issue is the most important? |
% Total (Democratic)
|
% Total (Republican)
|
| The economy The war in Iraq Healthcare Illegal immigration Terrorism |
35
35 27 - - |
26
17 - 33 21 |
Big difference here: the war in Iraq is a big issue for the Dems, whereas the Republicans are more concerned over illegal immigration.
Finally, two interesting observations are that:
• 60% of all Republicans who attended are born-again or evangelical Christian
• for 57% of the Democrats, this was their first caucus
Links: Democrat and Republican Exit Polls
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