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Working class turn out for Clinton
Exit polls indicate that Sen. Hillary Clinton’s appeal to working class voters worked Tuesday, March 4, with middle-class voters and voters without college degrees supporting her at higher levels than they supported Sen. Barack Obama.
Among voters whose household income was less than $50,000 in 2007, 56 percent supported Clinton, while Obama only garnered 42 percent of their support. Voters whose household income was $50,000 or more also were more likely to back Clinton, giving her 52 percent support compared to Obama’s 47 percent. Voters whose household income was $100,000 or higher split evenly between the two.
Voters who received only a high school diploma were also more likely to back Clinton, supporting her 65 percent to Obama’s 33 percent. Voters who received some college or an associate degree also were more likely to back Clinton, giving her 52 percent support to Obama’s 47 percent. College graduates, meanwhile, split 50-50 on the two, while postgraduates backed Obama 53 percent to Clinton’s 42 percent.
Of the 1,162 Democratic voters polled by Edison/Mitofsky, 34 percent came from a household that included a union member and 66 percent did not. Of those in union households, 18 percent of voters polled were union members and 15 percent had another family member in their household.
Republicans of all incomes supported Sen. John McCain overwhelmingly, meanwhile, with households earning between $50,000 and $74,999 supporting him the most - he received 62 percent of their support. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who conceded Tuesday night, did slightly better among voters who lived in households earning less than $50,000. Voters earning $100,000 or more backed McCain 64 percent to Huckabee’s 30 percent.
The Republican poll surveyed 777 voters in the state.
McCain also did well with voters from all educational backgrounds, winning among high school graduates and postgraduates alike.
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