My Own Election Exit Poll

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POLL RESULTS, IN PERCENTAGES

1) When did you decide to vote for your Presidential candidate?

WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS
4 %

AFTER FIRST DEBATE
8 %

AFTER CONVENTIONS
8 %

WHEN THE CANDIDATE WRAPPED UP THE NOMINATION
40 %

DURING THE PRIMARIES
12 %

BEFORE THE PRIMARIES
20 %

ONCE SARAH PALIN WAS CHOSEN
8 %

2) Who did you vote for?

OBAMA
84 %

MCCAIN
16 %

3) Why did you vote early?

AVOID LINES
28 %

OUT OF TOWN
24 %

AFRAID OF ELECTION DAY PROBLEMS THAT WOULD DISCOUNT THEIR VOTE
16 %

WORKING ON ELECTIONS STUFF ON ELECTION DAY
12 %

WENT WITH FRIEND WHO WAS DOING IT
8 %

LESS CROWDS ALLOWED ME TO READ ALL THE PROPOSITIONS CAREFULLY
4 %

SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO CAMPAIGN ANYMORE
4 %

AFRAID THEY MIGHT BE BUSY ON ELECTION DAY OR JUST OVER-EXCITED
4 %

THIS BLACK TALK RADIO DJ SAID TO
4 %

4) Did you vote early to avoid all the old people?

YES
0 %

NO
100 %

5) Did you buy Christmas presents already?

YES
36 %

NO
60 %

DOES NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN A MATERIALISTIC WAY
4 %

6) Did you do your taxes already?

YES
36 %

NO
56 %

N/A (IN COLLEGE)
8 %

7) Did you apply early admission to college? (Some did not attend college)

YES
44 %

NO
56 %

8) Do people sometimes call you anal?

YES
36 %

NO
64 %

9) What are you doing on election day with your free time?

GLUED TO RESULTS ON TV
36 %

OUT OF TOWN
20 %

WORKING TO GET OTHERS TO VOTE
20 %

GOING TO A PARTY
16 %

WORKING
4 %

SLEEPING (COLLEGE KID)
4 %

10) Would you like to vote for an American Idol winner right now too?

YES
12 %

NO
4 %

I DON'T WATCH AMERICAN IDOL
80 %

11) Who would you vote for in 2012 if we let you do that right now too?

OBAMA
60 %

JEB BUSH
4 %

SARAH PALIN
4 %

JESSE JACKSON
4 %

WOULD NOT VOTE NOW FOR NEXT-NEXT PRESIDENT
28 %

12) Did voting early just give Ohio more time to lose your vote?

YES
12 %

NO
88 %

13) If you find out some new piece of information before election day — like that Sarah Palin is unqualified to be President — that would change your vote. Would you feel bad?

YES
0 %

NOTHING WILL CHANGE MY MIND
100 %

14) Do you have stamps on you?

YES
12 %

NO
24 %

FORGOT TO ASK
48 %

15) Main issue that affected your vote?

ECONOMY
32 %

SUPREME COURT
12 %

KNOW PEOPLE WHO PERSONALLY KNOW AND LIKE CANDIDATE
12 %

HEALTH CARE
4 %

FORGOT TO ASK
56 %

Demographic Info

MEN
52 %

WOMEN
48 %

BLACK
44 %

WHITE
56 %

UNDER 50
64 %

OVER 50
32 %

SEEMED GAY
12 %

DIDN"T SEEM GAY
88 %