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  Exit Polls Greatest Hits: Republicans

  Sure, exit polls are notoriously unreliable and they don’t matter, but they’re all the data we have for a while. So, let’s delve into the juicy stats from the surprisingly close GOP race in Virginia:

  • At least one poll leading up to today's event showed McCain making strides among Evangelicals, but it looks like those numbers were very exaggerated. Half of the state’s voters were born-again Christians or evangelicals, and they favored Huckabee over McCain by 40 points.
  • Sixty-one percent of voters said McCain was most qualified to be commander in chief, but 30 percent of that bloc still voted for Mike Huckabee anyway.
  • Sixty-six percent of voters consider themselves conservatives (rather than moderates). Conservatives favored Huckabee over McCain by 23 points.
  • Ninety-three percent of the Republican electorate was white. Sixty-one percent of Democratic voters were white.
  • Sixty percent of Republicans said they listen to conservative talk radio. Huckabee led among those voters by 12 points.
  • Pro-life Republicans are still favoring Huckabee over McCain (56 percent to 35 percent), while pro-choicers continue to ally themselves with McCain (64 percent to 24 percent).

  We offer our usual disclaimer that these numbers can change. All stats taken from CNN’s stats.

  Published Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:40 PM by Chadwick Matlin
  Email Chadwick.Matlin+TH@gmail.com

  Filed under: Polls, election, mccain, huckabee

About Chadwick Matlin

• Chadwick Matlin is the staff reporter for Slate's The Big Money, a new business site launching in the fall. He can be reached at Chadwick.Matlin+TH@gmail.com