Q - I'm interested in any demographics that anyone thinks may be pertinent. I agree that state-by-state demographics might be particularly helpful. If nothing else, they are easier to analyze.


The article I linked to above reported on New Hampshire. Because the National Election Pool is the source, I am assuming these data are based on exit polls.   

A major caveat. The pollsters used different polling questionaires for Democrats and Republican voters. The Dem. instrument contained 3 issues from which to choose. The GOP instrument contained 4. (And I missed this information in my first reading of the data.) This significantly limits the meaningfulness of cross party comparisons. It is also important to remember that NH has open primaries and a large number of unaffiliated voters.

I am going to assume the questionaires were otherwise identical, but do not know that to be the case.

So....

Choosing from 3 issues, 38% of the Dem. voters polled identified the economy as the top issue facing the country. Choosing from 4 issues, 31% of GOP voters identified the economy as the top issue.

Among the 38% of those who voted in the Dem. primary who chose the economy as most important, 14% ranked the state of the economy as good to excellent, 55% ranked it as not so good, 31% ranked it as poor.

Among the 31% of those who voted in the GOP primary who chose the economy as most important, 49% percent ranked the state of the economy as good to excellent, 40% ranked it as not so good, and 10% ranked it as poor.

Among the 38% of those who voted in the Dem. primary who chose the economy as most important, 14% rated their family financial situation as getting ahead, 57% rated it as holding steady, and 28% rated it as falling behind.

Among the 31% of those who voted in the GOP primary who chose the economy as most important, 22% rated their family financial situation as getting ahead, 60% rated it as holding steady, and 17% rated it as falling behind.