How California Voted on Proposition 209
PROPOSITION 209
The Los Angeles Times Demographic Profiles
from the California and National Exit Polls, Nov. 7, 1996.
|
% of All Voters |
Voter Type |
Yes |
No |
|
100% |
ALL VOTERS |
54% |
46% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GENDER |
|
|
|
47% |
Male |
61% |
39% |
|
53% |
Female |
48% |
52% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AGE |
|
|
|
19% |
18-29 |
50% |
50% |
|
35% |
30-44 |
51% |
49% |
|
35% |
45-64 |
58% |
42% |
|
11% |
65 and Older |
60% |
40% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RACE/ETHNICITY |
|
|
|
74% |
White |
63% |
37% |
|
7% |
Black |
26% |
74% |
|
10% |
Latino |
24% |
76% |
|
5% |
Asian |
39% |
61% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EDUCATION |
|
|
|
20% |
High School or Less |
54% |
46% |
|
29% |
Some College |
60% |
40% |
|
27% |
College Degree |
54% |
46% |
|
24% |
Postgraduate |
48% |
52% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME |
|
|
|
12% |
Less Than $20,000 |
41% |
59% |
|
24% |
$20,000 to $39,999 |
48% |
52% |
|
23% |
$40,000 to $59,999 |
56% |
44% |
|
15% |
$60,000 to $74,999 |
65% |
35% |
|
26% |
$75,000 or More |
59% |
41% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
POLITICAL IDEOLOGY |
|
|
|
21% |
Liberal |
27% |
73% |
|
47% |
Moderate |
52% |
48% |
|
32% |
Conservative |
77% |
23% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PARTY AFFILIATION |
|
|
|
45% |
Democrats |
31% |
69% |
|
14% |
Independents |
59% |
41% |
|
38% |
Republicans |
80% |
20% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RELIGION |
|
|
|
49% |
Protestant |
62% |
38% |
|
24% |
Catholic |
54% |
46% |
|
6% |
Jewish |
42% |
58% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% where some answer categories are not shown.
Source: Los Angeles Times exit poll conducted Nov. 5.
HOW THE POLL WAS CONDUCTED: The Los Angeles Times Poll interviewed 5,723 voters who cast ballots in the general election Tuesday as they exited 100 polling places across the nation. Also interviewed were 2,473 Californians as they exited an additional 40 polling places across the state. Precincts were chosen based on the pattern of turnout in past general elections. The survey was a self- administered, confidential questionnaire. The margin of sampling error for all is plus or minus 3 percentage points. For some subgroups, the error margin may be somewhat higher. |
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