THE TIMES POLL : Profile of the New Hampshire Electorate

This exit poll by The Times profiles various groups of voters in New Hampshire. It is based on 3,195 interviews with New Hampshire Democratic primary voters and 2,700 Republican primary voters at 60 polling places across the state. The margin of sampling error for the total sample is plus or minus 4 percentage points. The error margin for subgroups may be somewhat higher.

DEMOCRATS

Each column shows the percentage of voters in each group who voted for:

% of all Democrat voters who are: Tsongas Clinton Kerrey Harkin SEX: 48 Male 31 24 11 12 52 Female 34 26 12 11 AGE: 9 18 to 24 25 28 10 13 9 25 to 29 34 22 9 16 29 30 to 39 35 24 13 10 29 40 to 49 33 23 13 11 16 50 to 64 34 29 12 9 8 65 and over 25 30 8 14 EDUCATION: 5 Less than high school 16 29 13 27 21 High school graduate 23 32 14 13 21 Some college 27 26 15 10 29 College graduate 40 22 11 9 24 Post-graduate 41 20 8 10 INCOME: 17 Less than $20,000 21 27 14 13 33 $20,000 to $39,999 31 27 12 10 28 $40,000 to $60,000 33 23 14 12 22 More than $60,000 44 22 8 9 FINANCES VS. 4 YEARS AGO 11 Better 42 20 8 9 57 Worse 30 25 13 12 32 Same 36 26 10 11 OCCUPATION: 20 Blue-collar 21 30 17 15 22 White-collar 43 20 10 11 27 Professional 36 23 12 10 6 Manager 34 29 11 9 12 Self-employed 36 19 9 6 4 Unemployed 20 34 9 14 9 Retired 24 30 10 16 14 Union member 29 22 13 17 11 Union household 34 23 13 12 75 Non-union household 33 26 11 10 IDEOLOGY: 32 Liberal 29 20 11 15 58 Middle-of-the-road 36 27 13 9 10 Conservative 29 28 11 10 PARTY IDENTIFICATION: 56 Democrat 31 27 12 13 39 Independent/other 35 22 12 9 5 Republican 35 20 13 7 RELIGION: 32 Protestant 32 28 12 9 44 Catholic 34 26 13 12 16 No religion 31 20 9 14 Dem. THINGS IN THE NATION ARE: 5 Going in the right direction 36 26 14 8 95 On the wrong track 33 25 12 11 THINGS IMPORTANT TO YOUR VOTE: 77 Jobs/The economy 36 25 11 12 34 Health care 30 23 18 12 25 Education 31 33 9 10 12 Taxes 28 29 12 8 24 Candidate cares about me 24 27 11 18 24 Candidate stands up for his convictions 43 14 9 12

% of all Democrat voters who are: 48 52 9 9 29 29 16 8 5 21 21 29 24 17 33 28 22 11 57 32 20 22 27 6 12 4 9 14 11 75 32 58 10 56 39 5 32 44 16 Dem. 5 95 77 34 25 12 24 24

DEMOCRATS

Each column shows the percentage of voters in each group who voted for:

% of all Democrat voters who are: Harkin Brown Cuomo Nader SEX: 48 Male 12 9 4 2 52 Female 11 8 2 2 AGE: 9 18 to 24 13 14 2 2 9 25 to 29 16 10 2 -- 29 30 to 39 10 9 2 2 29 40 to 49 11 8 3 3 16 50 to 64 9 5 3 2 8 65 and over 14 7 5 3 EDUCATION: 5 Less than high school 27 5 2 2 21 High school graduate 13 7 2 2 21 Some college 10 9 3 2 29 College graduate 9 9 3 1 24 Post-graduate 10 9 4 3 INCOME: 17 Less than $20,000 13 10 4 4 33 $20,000 to $39,999 10 10 2 2 28 $40,000 to $60,000 12 7 4 1 22 More than $60,000 9 6 3 2 FINANCES VS. 4 YEARS AGO 11 Better 9 7 4 3 57 Worse 12 9 3 2 32 Same 11 7 3 2 OCCUPATION: 20 Blue-collar 15 7 2 1 22 White-collar 11 7 3 2 27 Professional 10 8 4 2 6 Manager 9 7 2 2 12 Self-employed 6 14 2 4 4 Unemployed 14 9 2 4 9 Retired 16 6 4 4 14 Union member 17 8 4 2 11 Union household 12 7 4 -- 75 Non-union household 10 9 3 2 IDEOLOGY: 32 Liberal 15 12 5 3 58 Middle-of-the-road 9 6 2 1 10 Conservative 10 8 2 2 PARTY IDENTIFICATION: 56 Democrat 13 8 4 1 39 Independent/other 9 9 2 3 5 Republican 7 7 -- 4 RELIGION: 32 Protestant 9 8 3 3 44 Catholic 12 5 3 1 16 No religion 14 14 3 3 Dem. THINGS IN THE NATION ARE: 5 Going in the right direction 8 3 3 1 95 On the wrong track 11 8 3 2 THINGS IMPORTANT TO YOUR VOTE: 77 Jobs/The economy 12 6 3 2 34 Health care 12 7 3 2 25 Education 10 6 3 1 12 Taxes 8 11 3 2 24 Candidate cares about me 18 6 2 3 24 Candidate stands up for his convictions 12 11 2 3

% of all Democrat voters who are: 48 52 9 9 29 29 16 8 5 21 21 29 24 17 33 28 22 11 57 32 20 22 27 6 12 4 9 14 11 75 32 58 10 56 39 5 32 44 16 Dem. 5 95 77 34 25 12 24 24

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% because results for some candidates and voter groups are not displayed.

* na means results are not available.

GOP

Each column shows the percentage of voters in each group who voted for:

% of all GOP voters who are: Bush Buchanan SEX: 58 Male 50 46 42 Female 66 29 AGE: 4 18 to 24 62 34 7 25 to 29 51 47 25 30 to 39 54 40 27 40 to 49 52 43 23 50 to 64 60 34 14 65 and over 63 33 EDUCATION: 3 Less than high school 60 37 23 High school graduate 59 37 22 Some college 51 45 33 College graduate 59 36 19 Post-graduate 53 39 INCOME: 12 Less than $20,000 49 44 33 $20,000 to $39,999 55 42 30 $40,000 to $60,000 56 39 25 More than $60,000 61 33 FINANCES VS. 4 YEARS AGO 18 Better 71 25 39 Worse 36 58 43 Same 68 28 OCCUPATION: 17 Blue-collar 55 42 20 White-collar 56 39 21 Professional 57 36 7 Manager 60 37 18 Self-employed 53 41 3 Unemployed na na 14 Retired 61 35 10 Union member 51 44 8 Union household 55 40 82 Non-union household 57 38 IDEOLOGY: 5 Liberal 46 41 46 Middle-of-the-road 60 33 49 Conservative 54 43 PARTY IDENTIFICATION: 2 Democrat na na 25 Independent/other 44 48 73 Republican 62 35 RELIGION: 54 Protestant 59 36 33 Catholic 53 43 8 No religion 50 41 GOP THINGS IN THE NATION ARE: 32 Going in the right direction 91 8 68 On the wrong track 38 55 THINGS IMPORTANT TO YOUR VOTE: 72 Jobs/The economy 52 43 18 Health care 58 34 17 Education 70 25 25 Taxes 45 52 10 Candidate cares about me 42 49 23 Candidate stands up for his convictions 27 66

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% because results for some candidates and voter groups are not displayed.

* na means results are not available.

Source: Los Angeles Times Poll