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  South Carolina: The Exit Polls

  Posted Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:41 PM | By Chadwick Matlin

  The juicy bits from CNN's exit polls:

  • Obama's victory margin over Clinton steadily declines as the voters get older. Obama beats Clinton by 45 percentage points among 18-29 year olds, 2 percentage points among voters 60 and older. Among blacks, though, Obama's numbers hold strong across all ages. Edwards' results get better as the voters get older, as well.
  • 14 percent of all voters were nonblack 18-44 year olds; 33 percent were over the age of 45. The younger nonblack voters favored Obama. It seems Clinton continues to have problems connecting with youth, no matter their race.
  • Nearly one-fifth of Clinton supporters think Obama is the Democrat who can best beat the Republican nominee. Only 4 percent of Obama voters think Clinton is best able to beat the GOP nominee.
  • The male-female ratio in this primary is greater than any other this cycle: 61 percent of females voted, 39 percent of males. Obama led evenly across both sexes.
  • Nearly six in 10 voters thought it was important that Bill Clinton was campaigning. Those voters were more likely to support Obama than Clinton.
  • Edwards pulled down as much support among the white community as Clinton, and beat her among white males.
  Our usual disclaimer applies. These are exit polls, not actual results.
  

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

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