Michigan Exit Poll

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Percent of total		GINGRICH	PAUL	ROMNEY	SANTORUM
Quality: can defeat Barack Obama	32%	8	4	61	24
Quality: has the right experience	21%	14	10	56	14
Better experience: business	57%	4	12	55	27
Religious beliefs, not much	18%	5	15	54	24
Definitely GOP in 2012	62%	8	5	50	36
Politically: somewhat conservative	31%	7	10	50	31
Decided: before December	32%	8	21	50	17
Age: 65+	25%	9	7	48	31
Top issue: federal budget deficit	24%	8	12	48	30
Income: $100K and up	33%	8	9	47	35
Party ID: Republican	60%	8	6	47	37
Tea party: somewhat support	24%	5	10	47	35
Abortion: illegal in most cases	37%	5	9	46	38
Abortion: legal in most	24%	5	21	46	24
City over 50K	13%	4	13	46	33
Religious beliefs, not at all	26%	6	21	46	22
Tea party: somewhat oppose	6%	9	9	46	28
Born again: no	58%	7	16	45	29
Top issue: economy	54%	8	14	45	29
Education: college graduate	51%	6	12	44	36
Religious beliefs, somewhat	32%	6	8	44	39
Union HH: No	77%	6	12	44	36
Married women	34%	6	8	43	40
Religion: Catholic	30%	8	9	43	37
Tea party: neutral	29%	6	18	43	30
Decided: January	15%	7	8	43	40
Yes, laid off	31%	8	12	42	35
Sex: female	48%	7	10	42	37
Union member: No	86%	6	12	42	37
Abortion: legal in all cases	12%	9	17	41	29
Age: 45-64	49%	6	8	41	42
Suburbs	62%	8	11	41	37
Work full-time: No	45%	7	11	41	38
Auto bailout: approve	44%	3	14	41	38
Yes, married	73%	8	9	41	40
Race: white	92%	7	11	41	38
Debates: one of several important	30%	7	11	41	38
Women+work full time: No	79%	8	12	41	37
Married men	39%	9	10	40	39
Auto bailout: disapprove	51%	11	11	39	38
No, not laid off	68%	7	13	39	38
Religion: Protestant or other Christrian	57%	7	10	39	41
Work full-time: Yes	55%	7	14	38	38
Non-married men	13%	3	24	38	31
Sex: male	52%	7	15	38	37
Decided: today	9%	11	12	38	31
Politically: moderate or liberal	39%	7	18	37	33
No, not married	27%	6	21	37	32
Non-married women	15%	8	20	37	33
Debates: not a factor	34%	4	14	37	41
Women+work full time: Yes	21%	5	16	37	39
Income: $50K to $99K	33%	7	15	36	39
Tea party: strongly support	28%	11	6	36	46
Education: no college degree	49%	8	13	35	39
Politically: very conservative	30%	7	6	35	50
Income: Less than $50K	35%	7	14	35	40
Debates: minor factor	27%	7	12	35	41
Age: 30-44	17%	7	17	33	39
Small city or rural	25%	7	15	33	41
Party ID: independent or other	31%	7	22	33	33
Born again: Yes	42%	7	8	32	50
Decided: this month	27%	8	5	32	54
Decided: past few days	16%	3	14	31	49
GOP in 2012 only if candidate wins	11%	3	40	28	26
Tea party: strongly oppose	12%	3	19	27	45
Union HH: Yes	23%	12	13	27	45
Probably GOP in 2012	19%	10	20	26	41
Union member: Yes	14%	12	13	26	45
Abortion: illegal in all cases	22%	10	6	25	58
Age: 18-29	10%	4	40	25	30
Religious beliefs, great deal	24%	10	5	20	62
Better experience: government	30%	12	14	19	51
Party ID: Democrat	9%	3	17	17	53
Quality: is a true conservative	17%	6	16	17	57
Quality: has strong moral character	25%	2	22	16	57
Top issue: abortion	14%	3	6	11	77

SOURCE: These are preliminary results from Republican primary poll of 2,133 voters as they exited primary voting places in Michigan on Feb. 28, 2012. A separate telephone poll of 412 absentee or realy voters was conducted Feb. 20 to 26. Both polls were conducted by Edison Media Research for the National Election Pool. Typical characteristics have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points. GRAPHIC: The Washington Post. Published Feb. 28, 2012.