GHMC Elections - Exit Polls predict TRS win - TV9
RALEIGH- Republican businessman Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz both drew support of North Carolina voters upset about the country"s direction, while more than half of the Democrats casting ballots Tuesday in the state"s other presidential primary favored a continuation of President Barack Obama"s policies, according to preliminary exit poll results.
Democrats who wanted Obama"s policies continued were strongly behind Hillary Clinton, while those who wanted more liberal policies preferred Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, according to the early data from exit polling conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks.
About 3 in 10 North Carolina Democratic voters were black, and about 8 in 10 of them were supporting Clinton, the initial results showed. Almost 7 in 10 Republican voters were over 45 and tended to back Trump. About 6 in 10 Democrats were over 45 and they favored Clinton.
Here are more details of what exit polls found out about voters in the Tar Heel State:
CLINTON, SANDERS: WHO SUPPORTS THEM?
Clinton was being backed by a majority of women, voters age 45 and over, and those in households making more than $100,000 or under $30,000, preliminary results showed.
Sanders was being supported by white men, independents, a majority of voters under 30, and those who cared most about income inequality.
Those wanting a candidate who would bring change or who "tells it like it is" favored Trump. The billionaire businessman also was strongest among older voters, men, those without a college degree, those who said they are somewhat conservative, and those in households making less than $50,000 a year. Also supportive of Trump: those who say the most important issue facing the country is immigration.
Cruz was strongest among those who are very conservative, those in households making between $50,000 and $99,000 a year and those who want a candidate who shares their values.
Born-again Christians were dividing about evenly between Trump and Cruz.
Nine out of 10 Republicans said they were very worried or somewhat worried about the direction of the U.S. economy in the coming years. Nearly 4 in 10 Republicans said the economy was the most important issue facing the country, ahead of terrorism, government spending or immigration.
Just one out of 20 Republicans said they were satisfied or enthusiastic about how the federal government is working. Those who said they were angry about the government favored Trump.
Democrats very worried about the direction of the economy numbered only about 7 in 10.
Six in 10 Republicans said they believe foreign trade is more likely to cost U.S. jobs. Those voters favored Trump. Voters who said international trade mostly created jobs appeared more likely to support Cruz.
About four in 10 GOP voters said they"d consider voting for a third-party candidate if the presidential choice in November was between Trump and Clinton. They were most likely to favor Cruz.
Six in 10 of those who said they had previously voted in a Democratic primary were supporting Clinton, while two-thirds of new primary voters were supporting Sanders.
Democrats said they would be satisfied if either Sanders or Clinton won their party"s nomination. Two-thirds said Clinton"s positions on the liberal-conservative spectrum were about right, while just over half said the same about Sanders.
Clinton was backed by voters who said they care most about having a candidate who can win in November or who has the right experience, Sanders by those looking for a candidate who is honest.
The survey was conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research as voters left their polling places at 35 randomly selected sites in North Carolina. Preliminary results include interviews with 1,744 Democratic primary voters, including 342 absentee or early voters who were interviewed by phone before election day, and with 1,550 Republican primary voters, including 234 absentee or early voters interviewed by phone. The results have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.
AP News Survey Specialist Emily Swanson contributed to this report from Washington, D.C.
Source: http://www.fayobserver.com/news/north_carolina/here-s-what-exit-polls-show-in-north-carolina/article_7400c1d2-debe-53f4-a832-79747e661e01.html
