NEW YORK—Preliminary exit polls showed Barack Obama easily winning among women voters as well as African-Americans and Hispanics. John McCain led slightly in terms of whites, a demographic that George W. Bush had carried easily and overwhelmingly in the 2004 elections.
Obama is drawing the votes of more than one-half of women, two-thirds of Hispanics and a vast majority of blacks.
Among the coveted younger voters, Obama easily lead by a 2-1 margin among the under-30 crowd. First-time voters were also voting heavily in favor of Obama, with a 3-1 margin.
Obama is 47 years old, and his campaign has been run with an energy and almost celebrity enthusiasm that seems to have captured the imagination of the younger generation of American voters.
In contrast, white voters backed McCain, but his lead was just over half. The group had decisively backed President George W. Bush in his 2004 campaign, giving him a 17-point lead during that election.
White, working-class workers backed McCain more heavily. More than half of the senior voters, known for their diligence in going to the polls, backed McCain.
Nine out of ten Republican voters said that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin’s pick played an important factor in their voting for John McCain.
Out of the voters polled, six out of 10 picked the economy as the most important issue facing the United States. Four other issues listed by pollsters - Iraq, energy, terrorism, healthcare - were picked by one or less per 10 people.
More than half disapproved of Bush’s handling of the Presidential position, and most of them had voted for Obama.
Two-thirds of voters worried about paying for healthcare. Almost every voter said that the economy was in either “poor” or “not good” shape.
Obama is drawing the votes of more than one-half of women, two-thirds of Hispanics and a vast majority of blacks.
Among the coveted younger voters, Obama easily lead by a 2-1 margin among the under-30 crowd. First-time voters were also voting heavily in favor of Obama, with a 3-1 margin.
Obama is 47 years old, and his campaign has been run with an energy and almost celebrity enthusiasm that seems to have captured the imagination of the younger generation of American voters.
In contrast, white voters backed McCain, but his lead was just over half. The group had decisively backed President George W. Bush in his 2004 campaign, giving him a 17-point lead during that election.
White, working-class workers backed McCain more heavily. More than half of the senior voters, known for their diligence in going to the polls, backed McCain.
Nine out of ten Republican voters said that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin’s pick played an important factor in their voting for John McCain.
Election Most Important Issue
Out of the voters polled, six out of 10 picked the economy as the most important issue facing the United States. Four other issues listed by pollsters - Iraq, energy, terrorism, healthcare - were picked by one or less per 10 people.
More than half disapproved of Bush’s handling of the Presidential position, and most of them had voted for Obama.
Two-thirds of voters worried about paying for healthcare. Almost every voter said that the economy was in either “poor” or “not good” shape.
