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2008 Presidential Election Exit Polls by Importance of Race in Decision, USA by State, November 2008

This dataset is one section of the 2008 CNN Exit Polls for the Presidential Election. The data was retrieved from the CNN Election Center 2008 section on Exit Polls by State. The data was then formatted and joined to a shapefile of the USA states. Values of -1 represent no data available. Often, certain questions were asked of people in some states but not others so some attributes only have answers for a select number of states. All numbers represent the percentage of voters. The categories for each question are the percent of voters who ... (ex. have a high school education), that voted for Obama; for McCain; for other or did not answer; and total voters.

Attributes Range Median Mean Standard Deviation
Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? Yes: McCain -1.00 - 66.00 34.00 26.06 23.86

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? Yes who voted for McCain

Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? Yes: Other/No Answer -1.00 - 5.00 -1.00 0.08 1.53

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? Yes who voted for Other/No Answer

Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? No: Other/No Answer -1.00 - 4.00 1.00 0.86 1.51

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? No who voted for Other/No Answer

Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? No: Obama -1.00 - 73.00 44.00 32.73 26.43

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? No who voted for Obama

Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? No: Total -1.00 - 88.00 73.00 43.86 40.05

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? No: Total

Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? Yes: Obama -1.00 - 73.00 41.00 28.78 28.27

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? Yes who voted for Obama

Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? Yes: Total -1.00 - 28.00 14.00 11.12 9.61

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? Yes: Total

Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? No: McCain -1.00 - 63.00 38.00 27.20 23.76

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? No who voted for McCain

Region text column (no statistics available)

Region

Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? Yes: McCain -1.00 - 68.00 34.00 24.88 24.17

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates an Important Factor to You? Yes who voted for McCain

Race of Candidates Was an Important Factor: Other/No Answer -1.00 - 5.00 -1.00 0.02 1.58

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was an Important Factor who voted for Other/No Answer

Race of Candidates Was an Important Factor: Obama -1.00 - 69.00 37.00 29.04 28.12

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was an Important Factor who voted for Obama

Race of Candidates Was the Most Important Factor: Other/No Answer -1.00 - 5.00 -1.00 -0.22 1.43

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was the Most Important Factor who voted for Other/No Answer

Race of Candidates Was the Most Important Factor: Obama -1.00 - 63.00 -1.00 16.47 25.20

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was the Most Important Factor who voted for Obama

Race of Candidates Was the Most Important Factor: Total -1.00 - 12.00 5.00 3.90 3.65

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was the Most Important Factor: Total

Race of Candidates Was Not a Factor: Other/No Answer -1.00 - 4.00 1.00 0.84 1.51

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was Not a Factor who voted for Other/No Answer

Race of Candidates Was Not a Factor: Obama -1.00 - 74.00 43.00 32.18 26.57

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was Not a Factor who voted for Obama

Race of Candidates Was an Important Factor: Total -1.00 - 17.00 9.00 7.51 6.50

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was an Important Factor: Total

Respondents 502.00 - 3350.00 1321.00 1619.75 810.52

Number of respondents

Race of Candidates Was Not a Factor: Total -1.00 - 82.00 68.00 42.63 35.16

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was Not a Factor: Total

State Name text column (no statistics available)

State Name

Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? No: Other/No Answer -1.00 - 4.00 1.00 0.80 1.54

Voters who said that the Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? No who voted for Other/No Answer

Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? Yes: Other/No Answer -1.00 - 5.00 -1.00 0.33 1.61

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? Yes who voted for Other/No Answer

Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? Yes: Obama -1.00 - 69.00 41.00 30.78 27.90

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? Yes who voted for Obama

Race of Candidates Was the Most Important Factor: McCain -1.00 - 56.00 -1.00 16.78 22.78

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was the Most Important Factor who voted for McCain

State Name text column (no statistics available)

State Name

Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? No: Obama -1.00 - 74.00 42.00 31.08 26.77

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? No who voted for Obama

Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? No: Total -1.00 - 82.00 65.00 41.25 35.47

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? No: Total

Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? Yes: Total -1.00 - 41.00 24.00 17.75 13.76

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? Yes: Total

Race of Candidates Was a Minor Factor: McCain -1.00 - 69.00 5.00 23.92 26.10

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was a Minor Factor who voted for McCain

Race of Candidates Was Not a Factor: McCain -1.00 - 63.00 39.00 28.71 23.19

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was Not a Factor who voted for McCain

Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? No: McCain -1.00 - 63.00 39.00 27.82 23.45

Voters who answered the question Was Race of Candidates a Factor to You? No who voted for McCain

Race of Candidates Was a Minor Factor: Other/No Answer -1.00 - 6.00 -1.00 0.27 1.70

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was a Minor Factor who voted for Other/No Answer

Race of Candidates Was a Minor Factor: Obama -1.00 - 68.00 27.00 24.96 26.39

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was a Minor Factor who voted for Obama

Race of Candidates Was a Minor Factor: Total -1.00 - 16.00 7.00 5.16 5.22

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was a Minor Factor: Total

Race of Candidates Was an Important Factor: McCain -1.00 - 66.00 35.00 26.71 24.54

Voters who said that the Race of Candidates Was an Important Factor who voted for McCain