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exitpoll_penn.sPubDate = "4/23/2008 4:45:58 AM GMT";
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exitpoll_penn.appHeader = "Early Pennsylvania exit poll results";
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exitpoll_penn[i-1].body = "From a partial sample of 2,140 Democratic primary voters conducted in 40 precincts across Pennsylvania. ";

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exitpoll_penn[i-1].body = "After a six-week lull since the last Democratic primary, Pennsylvania voters were so eager to participate in the hotly contested battle between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama that 1 in 10 changed their party registration since the start of 2008 so they could vote Tuesday. The contest was open only to registered Democrats. About half the party-switchers had been registered Republicans, while the rest had been unaffiliated with either party. <p>Another roughly 3 percent were voting for the first time in Pennsylvania.<br>";

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exitpoll_penn[i-1].body = "As expected, Pennsylvania's Democratic voters were overwhelmingly white and --as usual in Democratic contests -- there were more women than men. About 3 in 10 were age 65 or over. Nearly half were from families that earned less than $50,000 last year. A quarter had household income of more than $100,000, and about as many reported having a postgraduate degree.<p>Three in 10 Pennsylvania Democratic voters were union members or had one in their household. And 4 in 10 had a gun owner in the household.";

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exitpoll_penn[i-1].body = "About 1 in five voters said the race of the candidates was among the top factors in their vote. About as many said that about the candidates' gender.<br>";

exitpoll_penn[i++] = new Array("","<br>But are they bitter?","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
exitpoll_penn[i-1].body = "Remember those rural Pennsylvanians who Obama called bitter? Well, rural Pennsylvanians, who are overwhelmingly white, favored Clinton over Obama by similar margins to suburban voters, while Obama won among urban Democrats. <p>But while more rural Democrats thought Clinton was in touch them than Obama, the majority still felt Obama was on their wavelength.<br>";

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exitpoll_penn[i-1].body = "Pennsylvania Democrats had a sour view of the economy -- 4 in 10 said the country is in a serious recession and at least as many called it a moderate recession. Only about 1 in 10 said the economy is not in recession.<p>As in earlier primaries, at least half of voters said the economy was the most important issue facing the country. About half as many said Iraq was the top issue. Health care trailed in importance.";

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exitpoll_penn[i-1].body = "Just over half of those voting saw Obama as the eventual winner of the nomination. Even 1 in 5 Clinton supporters felt Obama would eventually win. But more Obama supporters said they would be satisfied if Clinton won than vice versa. The animosity between the two camps led more than 1 in 7 Obama supporters to say they would vote for Republican John McCain if Clinton were the nominee. Even more Clinton supporters, 1 in 4, said they would defect.";

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