| 2000 Exit Poll Results | |||||
| Vote by Religion | Gore | Bush | Buchanan | Nader | |
|
Protestant Percentage of Electorate: 54 |
43% | 55% | 1% | 2% | |
- White Protestants
Percentage of Electorate: 47
|
35% | 62% | 1% | 2% | |
- Black Protestants
Percentage of Electorate: 9
|
90% | 8% | 1% | 1% | |
|
Catholic Percentage of Electorate: 27 |
50% | 46% | 1% | 2% | |
| Jewish Percentage of Electorate: 4 |
81% | 17% | 0% | 1% | |
|
Other Percentage of Electorate: 5 |
54% | 33% | 1% | 9% | |
| None Percentage of Electorate: 9 |
61% | 28% | 1% | 9% | |
| Part of the Religious Right? | Gore | Bush | Buchanan | Nader | |
|
Yes Percentage of Electorate: 14 |
19% | 79% | 1% | 1% | |
|
No Percentage of Electorate: 83 |
55% | 41% | 1% | 3% | |
| Attend Religious Services | Gore | Bush | Buchanan | Nader | |
| More Than Once a Week Percentage of Electorate: 14 |
36% | 62% | 1% | 1% | |
| Once a Week Percentage of Electorate: 28 |
41% | 56% | 1% | 2% | |
| A Few Times a Month Percentage of Electorate: 14 |
51% | 45% | 1% | 2% | |
| A Few Times a Year Percentage of Electorate: 28 |
55% | 41% | 0% | 3% | |
| Never Percentage of Electorate: 14 |
62% | 29% | 1% | 6% | |
| Abortion Should Be ... | Gore | Bush | Buchanan | Nader | |
|
Legal in All Cases Percentage of Electorate: 24 |
71% | 24% | 0% | 5% | |
|
Legal in Most Cases Percentage of Electorate: 33 |
59% | 37% | 0% | 3% | |
|
Illegal in Most Cases Percentage of Electorate: 27 |
29% | 68% | 1% | 1% | |
|
Illegal in All Cases Percentage of Electorate: 13 |
23% | 73% | 2% | 1% | |
| Lieberman's Religion Makes Him... | Gore | Bush | Buchanan | Nader | |
|
A Better V.P. Percentage of Electorate: 17 |
61% | 36% | 1% | 1% | |
|
A Worse V.P. Percentage of Electorate: 8 |
22% | 71% | 1% | 5% | |
|
No Effect Percentage of Electorate: 72 |
50% | 46% | 1% | 3% | |
| Moral Condition of the Country | Gore | Bush | Buchanan | Nader | |
|
Right Direction Percentage of Electorate: 39 |
70% | 27% | 0% | 2% | |
|
Wrong Track Percentage of Electorate: 57 |
33% | 62% | 1% | 3% | |
| Source: Voter News Service | |||||
| Voter Turnout in 2000 | |||||
| Religious Affiliation | Percent that Voted | ||||
| Jews | 72 | ||||
| White Protestants (church attending) |
65 | ||||
| Other Non-Christians (Buddhists, Hindus, Pagans, etc.) |
65 | ||||
| Latter-Day Saints | 63 | ||||
| White Catholics (church attending) |
61 | ||||
| "Religious Right" | 56 | ||||
| White "Other Christians" (church attending) |
55 | ||||
| Black Protestants | 50 | ||||
| Seculars | 49 | ||||
| White Protestants (less church attending) |
45 | ||||
| Muslims | 40 | ||||
| White Catholics (less church attending) |
40 | ||||
| White "Other Christians" (less church attending) |
40 | ||||
| Latino Protestants | 35 | ||||
| Latino Catholics | 26 | ||||
| ENTIRE ELECTORATE | 51 | ||||
| Source: estimated from Thrid National Survey of Religion and Politics | |||||
| 1996 Exit Poll Results | |||||
| Religious Affiliation | Clinton | Dole | Perot | Other | |
|
White Protestant Religious Right Percentage of Electorate: 13 |
21% | 70% | 8% | 1% | |
|
White Protestant Non-Religious Right Percentage of Electorate: 34 |
42% | 46% | 10% | 2% | |
| Black Protestants Percentage of Electorate: 9 |
84% | 12% | 4% | -- | |
|
White Catholics Percentage of Electorate: 24 |
48% | 41% | 10% | 1% | |
| Non-White Catholics Percentage of Electorate: 4 |
78% | 17% | 3% | 2% | |
| Jews Percentage of Electorate: 3 |
78% | 16% | 3% | 2% | |
| All Other Religious Groups Percentage of Electorate: 6 |
51% | 31% | 13% | 5% | |
| Secular Percentage of Electorate: 7 |
57% | 25% | 13% | 5% | |
| Source: Bliss Institute for Applied Politics, University of Akron | |||||
- White Protestants