Obama won in Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, and his home state of Illinois, all states where more than one-fifth of the voters were black. Clinton won in Arkansas, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York, and Oklahoma, states with fewer black voters, but she also won in Tennessee and New Jersey, both states where one-fourth of the voters were black.
Overall, Obama led among men and Clinton led among women, although her advantage among women appeared smaller than was seen in early primary states. An exception was New York, which Clinton represents in the Senate. There, Clinton was competitive among men and gained the support of four in 10 blacks. In Arizona, Obama was more competitive among Hispanics than he was nationally.
In the Republican races, John McCain led among men. He was tied with Mitt Romney among women.
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SuperTuesday1[i-1].body = "McCain led among Republicans who call themselves moderates, while Romney led among Republicans who call themselves conservatives. McCain and Romney tied among self-described Republicans while McCain led among independents voting in Republican primaries.
McCain won in Connecticut and New Jersey, both states where moderate and liberal Republicans made up nearly half the voters. McCain also won in Illinois, taking six in 10 moderates and one-third of conservatives, and Mike Huckabee took enough conservative support to keep Romney from pulling off a win there. McCain even had a problem with conservatives in his home state of Arizona, where he trailed Romney among the two-thirds of voters there who called themselves conservatives. But his strong support among moderates, liberals and independents there kept him in the lead."; SuperTuesday1[i++] = new Array("","KEEPING THE FAITH","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); SuperTuesday1[i-1].body = "White, born again, evangelical Christians split across the three leading Republican candidates, with one-third supporting Huckabee and the rest evenly divided between McCain and Romney. Huckabee was in a close race in Georgia, his standing bolstered by the six in 10 Republican voters there who were evangelicals. Huckabee was doing better in states with large numbers of evangelicals, including his home state of Arkansas, where two-thirds of the voters were born-again Christians."; SuperTuesday1[i++] = new Array("","DECISIONS, DECISIONS","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); SuperTuesday1[i-1].body = "About one in 10 voters in each party said they decided whom to vote for Tuesday. Slightly more said they decided in the last three days. About half of Democratic primary voters and one-third of Republicans said they made up their minds more than a month ago.
Among Democrats, Obama did better among those who decided after his win in Iowa gained him momentum, while Clinton did better among those who decided before Iowa and among those who said they made up their minds today.
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SuperTuesday1[i-1].body = "Voters in both parties most frequently picked the economy as the most important issue facing the country. Given three choices, half of Democratic primary voters picked the economy, three in 10 said the war in Iraq and the remaining two in 10 said health care. Clinton led among voters most concerned about the economy and health care, while Obama led among those voters most concerned about Iraq.
Republican primary voters had four choices for that question and four in 10 picked the economy; two in 10 picked immigration and the war in Iraq and somewhat fewer said terrorism. McCain led among those Republicans who cared most about the economy, terrorism and the war in Iraq. Romney led among those Republicans who cared most about immigration.
Republicans had a far rosier view of the economy’s condition, although few called it excellent; about four in 10 said it was good. Romney had an advantage among voters who felt the economy was in good condition, while McCain was favored by those who felt negatively about the economy.
Among Democratic primary voters, fewer than one in 10 called the economy excellent or good; half called it not so good and four in 10 labeled it poor. Obama led among those few Democrats who called the economy excellent or good, while the two candidates were tied among those who felt the economy was in poor condition.
Democratic primary voters also were asked about their family’s financial situation and six in 10 said they were holding steady. Among the rest, somewhat more said they were falling behind than getting ahead."; SuperTuesday1[i++] = new Array("","CANDIDATE QUALITIES","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""); SuperTuesday1[i-1].body = "In the Democratic races, half of voters said they favored a candidate who could bring about needed change, and they voted seven in 10 for Obama. Clinton won nearly all of those voters who favored a candidate with experience, about one-fifth of all voters, and she won among the one in 10 voters who favored a candidate who cared about people like them. The candidates were about even among those looking for a candidate who can win in November.
On the Republican side, Romney led among the nearly half of Republicans who favored a candidate who shares their values, while McCain led among voters who favored a candidate with experience and who says what he believes. McCain also won nearly two-thirds of the vote of those few Republicans who said they were mostly looking for a candidate who can win in November.
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SuperTuesday1[i-1].body = "As has been the case in earlier contests this season, turnout appeared to be considerably higher in Democratic than in Republican primaries.";
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SuperTuesday1[i-1].body = "The Democratic electorate was a bit younger than Republican primary-goers. More than one in 10 Democratic voters were under age 30 and one in five were over age 65. Among GOP primary voters fewer than one in 10 were under 30 and a quarter were over 65.
As usual, men outnumbered women in Republican primaries while the reverse was true on the Democratic side."; // END editorial data