1996 United States presidential election
Voter demographics
Source: Voter News Service exit poll, reported in The New York Times, November 10, 1996, 28.

1996 United States presidential election

Section Title: Voter demographics
Table Section Text: Source: Voter News Service exit poll, reported in The New York Times, November 10, 1996, 28.

The Presidential vote in social groups (percentages)

Social group	Clinton	Dole	Perot	% of total vote

Total vote	49	41	8	100

Party and ideology

Conservative Republicans	6	88	5	21

Moderate Republicans	20	72	7	13

Liberal Republicans	44	48	9	2

Conservative independents	19	60	19	7

Moderate independents	50	30	17	15

Liberal independents	58	15	18	4

Conservative Democrats	69	23	7	6

Moderate Democrats	84	10	5	20

Liberal Democrats	89	5	4	13

Gender and marital status

Married men	40	48	10	33

Married women	63	28	7	33

Unmarried men	49	35	12	15

Unmarried women	62	28	7	20

Race

White	43	46	9	83

Black	84	12	4	10

Hispanic	72	21	6	5

Asian	43	48	8	1

Religion

Protestant	41	50	8	38

Catholic	53	37	9	29

Other Christian	45	41	12	16

Jewish	78	16	3	3

Other	60	23	11	6

None	59	23	13	7

White Religious Right?

White Religious Right	26	65	8	17

Everyone else	54	35	9	83

Age

18–29 years old	53	34	10	17

30–44 years old	48	41	9	33

45–59 years old	48	41	9	26

60 and older	48	44	7	24

First time voter?

First time voter	54	34	11	9

Everyone else	48	42	8	91

Sexual orientation

Gay, lesbian, or bisexual	66	23	7	5

Heterosexual	47	43	8	95

Education

Not a high school graduate	59	28	11	6

High school graduate	51	35	13	24

Some college education	48	40	10	27

College graduate	44	46	8	26

Postgraduate education	52	40	5	17

Family income

Under $15,000	59	28	11	11

$15,000–30,000	53	36	9	23

$30,000–50,000	48	40	10	27

$50,000–75,000	47	45	7	21

$75,000–100,000	44	48	7	9

Over $100,000	38	54	6	9

Region

East	55	34	9	23

Midwest	48	41	10	26

South	46.0	45.9	7.3	30

West	48	40	8	20

Community size

Population over 500,000	68	25	6	10

Population 50,000 to 500,000	50	39	8	21

Suburbs	47	42	8	39

Rural areas, towns	45	44	10	30

Sentence(s)

In 1996 United States presidential election, Clinton defeated Dole, and Perot.

final_sentence: In 1996 United States presidential election, Clinton defeated Dole, and Perot.