Polls

All Things Considered, November 11, 2008 · Close to 62 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots in last week's elections, says Curtis Gans, director of American University's Center for the Study of the American Electorate. The number is the highest since 1964, but short of the 67 percent turnout in 1960.

PRINCETON, NJ -- The final pre-election Gallup Poll Daily tracking survey of nearly 2,500 likely voters shows that Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election with practically total support from black Americans, and heavy backing from those with postgraduate educations, young adults (male and female alike), and non-churchgoers. At least 6 in 10 voters in all of these categories cast their votes for Obama.  read more »

Chicago, IL - On November 4, 2008, the Asian American Institute (AAI) partnered with the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC) and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) to conduct exit polling at 7 voting sites in Chinatown and Bridgeport, as well as in 14 other neighborhoods in metropolitan Chicago.  read more »