Hillary Clinton
Related: About this forumABC News Exit poll results for Indiana
Demographics: More than seven in 10 voters in preliminary exit poll results are whites, vs. an average of 61 percent in previous primaries and a better group for Sanders in most contests to date. Nearly half of voters are under age 45, also more than average this election cycle. And seven in 10 are liberals, including three in 10 strong liberals, both on pace for records in Indiana and among the most of any state to vote so far this year. These trends are beneficial to Sanders; well watch as the evening progresses and the exit poll results are updated.
Attributes: Voters focused either on honesty or on empathy voters are outpacing their average for the year in these early exit poll results. More than six in 10 Democratic voters in Indiana say the most important candidate trait is someone whos honest and trustworthy (three in 10) or who cares about people like them (also three in 10); fewer, four in 10, say its someone with the right experience or whos most electable. Generally, so far this year, the former have been better been for Sanders, the latter, much better for Clinton.
Inspiring: Results on the question of whos the more inspiring candidate are worth watching as well. In New York, Maryland and Pennsylvania, Clinton was seen as more inspiring than Sanders, while in Connecticut and Wisconsin, Sanders who prevailed on this question, and in the voting. In preliminary exit poll results in Indiana, six in 10 say Sanders is the more inspiring candidate, vs. four in 10 say its Clinton. Sanders result on this question rivals his in the five states where its been asked 59 percent in Wisconsin.
Electability: Early exit poll results indicate that Clinton is retaining her advantage on whos most likely to win the Democratic nomination, but shes doing much worse than usual in who voters say would best able to beat Trump. On the latter, its very close, while she beat Sanders by more than 2-1 in previous contests
Realism and Obama: Clintons ideas are seen as more realistic by Indiana voters nearly eight in 10 vs. more than six in 10 for Sanders but the gaps a bit smaller than usual in preliminary exit poll results. Its been 76 to 57 percent in the nine states where the questions been asked before.
Clintons also done well so far by linking herself with Barack Obama. More Indiana voters think the next president should continue Obamas policies, half, while fewer, just more than a third, prefer a more liberal direction. But, again, the gaps smaller than usual. Supporters of more liberal policies are more numerous than average in Indiana, a group thats voted heavily for Sanders in past contests.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-indiana-democratic-primary-exit-poll-analysis/story?id=38843316
RandySF
(59,614 posts)Sanders supporters are just more likely to respond or older voters are flooding the Republican primary. Those numbers do not reflect Indiana Democrats.
LiberalFighter
(51,266 posts)Everything that I have know indicates that turnout is higher among older voters.
RandySF
(59,614 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)splat
(2,294 posts)"Exit polls have had particular trouble as of late. I'm beginning to think Indiana's might be bad. Early voting was enormous."
GusBob
(7,286 posts)My understanding is that most of the early voters are GOP. 2/3rds by one estimate