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Poll Demographics

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2008 GOVERNOR RACE
FAVORABLE UNFAVORABLE NO OPINION

MATT BLUNT 42% 54% 4%
JAY NIXON 50% 37% 13%

QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of Matt Blunt as Governor; excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?
EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR NOT SURE

ALL 3% 36% 43% 15% 3%

MEN 4% 40% 41% 13% 2%
WOMEN 2% 32% 45% 17% 4%

DEMOCRATS 2% 21% 59% 17% 1%
REPUBLICANS 4% 56% 22% 12% 6%
INDEPENDENTS 2% 31% 49% 16% 2%

QUESTION: How would you rate the performance of Jay Nixon as Attorney General; excellent, pretty good, only fair, or poor?
EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR NOT SURE

ALL 9% 41% 31% 7% 12%

MEN 7% 38% 35% 9% 11%
WOMEN 11% 44% 27% 5% 13%

DEMOCRATS 14% 61% 16% 2% 7%
REPUBLICANS 3% 17% 48% 15% 17%
INDEPENDENTS 9% 46% 29% 3% 13%


QUESTION: If the 2008 election for Governor were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choice were between Jay Nixon, the Democrat, and Matt Blunt, the Republican?
NIXON BLUNT UNDECIDED
ALL 52% 39% 9%

MEN 48% 43% 9%
WOMEN 56% 35% 9%

DEMOCRATS 87% 6% 7%
REPUBLICANS 10% 80% 10%
INDEPENDENTS 60% 30% 10%

WHITE 47% 45% 8%
BLACK 82% 3% 15%
OTHER 81% 5% 14%

18-29 54% 36% 10%
30-44 49% 41% 10%
45-59 53% 40% 7%
60+ 54% 38% 8%

UNION 66% 27% 7%
NON-UNION 47% 43% 10%

ST. LOUIS CITY 66% 25% 9%
ST. LOUIS SUB 56% 32% 12%
KANSAS CITY 58% 32% 10%
NORTH/SE 42% 50% 8%
SOUTHWEST 40% 50% 10%

POLLING SAMPLE BREAKDOWN

GENDER: Men 388 -49%
Women 412 -51%

PARTY ID: Democrats 295 -37%
Republicans 288 -36%
Independents 217 -27%

RACE: White 687 -86%
Black 94 -12%
Other 19 -2%

AGE: 18-29 128 -16%
30-44 272 -34%
45-59 265 -33%
60+ 135 -17%

UNION HOUSEHOLD: Union 208 -26%
Non-union 593 -74%

REGION: St. Louis City 58 interviews
St. Louis Suburbs 255 interviews
Kansas City 158 interviews
North/Southeast 178 interviews
Southwest 151 interviews