National Likely General Election Voter Survey
November 14th, 2017 On the web
www.mclaughlinonline.com
This survey of 1,000 likely general election voters nationwide was conducted on Nov. 9th to 13th, 2017.
All interviews were conducted online; survey invitations were
distributed randomly within predetermined geographic units. These units were structured to correlate with actual voter turnout in a
nationwide general election.
This poll of 1,000 likely general election voters has an accuracy of +/- 3.1% at a 95% confidence interval. The error margin increases for
cross-tabulations.
Methodology
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East 35 58
Midwest 32 61
South 34 56
West 32 61
Cont. Obama Pols. 12 84
Change Direction 59 33
Approve – Trump 69 24
Disapprove – Trump 6 89
Approve – GOP Majority 69 25
Disapprove – GOP Majority 17 78
Favorable – Trump 70 23
Unfavorable– Trump 7 88
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 9 87
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 65 27
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 65 28
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 10 86
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 23 57
Republican 63 29
Democrat 13 83
Independent 26 62
Liberal 18 78
Moderate 24 67
Conservative 55 36
No College Degree 35 55
College Graduate 32 63
White 39 53
African- American 10 83
Hispanic 32 60
Under 55 32 60
Over 55 37 57
Married 37 57
Single 29 62
Men 37 58
Women 31 59
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Continue Obama Policies Change Direction
Generally Speaking, would you like President Donald Trump and Congress to…? Continue the policies of President Obama, OR Change direction and move away from the
polices of President Obama
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Generally Speaking, would you like President Donald Trump and Congress to…?
Continue the policies of President Obama, OR Change direction and move away from the policies of
President Obama
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East 45 41
Midwest 45 47
South 42 50
West 49 43
Cont. Obama Pols. 100 0
Change Direction 0 100
Approve – Trump 12 85
Disapprove – Trump 73 15
Approve – GOP Majority 22 74
Disapprove – GOP Majority 57 32
Favorable – Trump 11 87
Unfavorable– Trump 72 16
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 82 9
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 9 86
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 12 86
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 79 11
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 23 48
Republican 15 79
Democrat 80 14
Independent 35 48
Liberal 78 16
Moderate 49 37
Conservative 15 78
No College Degree 41 47
College Graduate 49 44
White 36 55
African- American 76 14
Hispanic 59 33
Under 55 49 42
Over 55 37 53
Married 42 51
Single 51 39
Men 43 49
Women 46 43
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Job Rating: Donald Trump - Time Series-
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Job Rating: Donald Trump
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App. Disapp.
East 40 58
Midwest 44 54
South 46 50
West 44 54
Cont. Obama Pols. 12 88
Change Direction 82 17
Approve – Trump 100 0
Disapprove – Trump 0 100
Approve – GOP Majority 84 16
Disapprove – GOP Majority 25 74
Favorable – Trump 97 3
Unfavorable– Trump 5 94
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 6 93
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 91 8
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 85 14
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 11 89
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 42 49
Republican 83 16
Democrat 12 86
Independent 42 55
Liberal 20 79
Moderate 34 64
Conservative 75 23
No College Degree 46 51
College Graduate 43 56
White 53 46
African- American 9 88
Hispanic 36 60
Under 55 41 57
Over 55 52 47
Married 50 48
Single 36 61
Men 48 51
Women 41 56
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Favorable Unfavorable
Opinion: Donald Trump - Time Series-
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Opinion: Donald Trump
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Fav. Unfav.
East 38 58
Midwest 42 54
South 44 52
West 41 57
Cont. Obama Pols. 10 88
Change Direction 79 18
Approve – Trump 92 6
Disapprove – Trump 2 96
Approve – GOP Majority 80 18
Disapprove – GOP Majority 23 74
Favorable – Trump 100 0
Unfavorable– Trump 0 100
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 5 92
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 87 11
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 83 15
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 9 89
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 37 51
Republican 81 17
Democrat 11 86
Independent 37 58
Liberal 19 79
Moderate 31 64
Conservative 71 25
No College Degree 43 53
College Graduate 41 56
White 50 47
African- American 8 82
Hispanic 33 65
Under 55 38 58
Over 55 49 49
Married 48 50
Single 34 61
Men 47 50
Women 37 58
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App. Disapp.
East 31 64
Midwest 32 63
South 35 60
West 29 65
Cont. Obama Pols. 16 79
Change Direction 52 44
Approve – Trump 61 35
Disapprove – Trump 9 86
Approve – GOP Majority 100 0
Disapprove – GOP Majority 0 100
Favorable – Trump 61 35
Unfavorable– Trump 11 85
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 9 86
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 59 37
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 63 33
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 9 87
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 20 66
Republican 61 33
Democrat 11 84
Independent 26 68
Liberal 23 74
Moderate 26 67
Conservative 45 48
No College Degree 35 58
College Graduate 28 68
White 37 58
African- American 11 80
Hispanic 32 64
Under 55 35 59
Over 55 28 69
Married 34 61
Single 30 61
Men 33 64
Women 32 61
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Generic Ballot for Congress - Time Series-
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East 37 50 13
Midwest 40 47 13
South 43 42 15
West 37 50 13
Cont. Obama Pols. 10 83 7
Change Direction 74 11 14
Approve – Trump 76 11 13
Disapprove – Trump 10 77 13
Approve – GOP Majority 78 14 9
Disapprove – GOP Majority 21 64 15
Favorable – Trump 79 10 12
Unfavorable– Trump 11 76 13
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 5 87 8
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 78 8 14
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 100 0 0
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 0 100 0
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 0 0 100
Republican 88 5 7
Democrat 4 92 4
Independent 30 37 33
Liberal 18 76 6
Moderate 25 54 21
Conservative 72 17 11
No College Degree 39 44 16
College Graduate 40 49 11
White 48 37 15
African- American 8 84 8
Hispanic 34 56 10
Under 55 40 49 12
Over 55 41 42 17
Married 46 40 14
Single 33 55 12
Men 42 47 11
Women 38 46 16 National - M&A
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ECONOMIC 47 45 45 54 46 47 42 45 48 36 60 47 60 50 37 35 60 50 46
Creating Jobs 35 33 32 37 32 32 28 28 31 19 42 31 42 34 19 19 40 31 30
Reducing Taxes 12 12 13 17 15 15 14 18 17 17 19 17 18 16 18 15 20 19 16
SECURITY 34 33 38 30 37 37 38 39 36 46 29 33 28 36 43 47 27 36 37
Nat’l Sec./Terror 20 23 19 18 24 24 24 27 25 29 23 22 20 28 27 28 23 24 27
Stop/Mideast
Refugees 7 5 14 6 6 6 7 6 6 10 2 10 5 5 9 11 2 7 6
Tear up Iran Nuke
Deal. 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 5 1 1 1 2 5 6 0 4 2
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Wall/Mexico 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 2
REPEAL/REPLACE
OBAMACARE 13 16 11 11 10 10 15 11 12 17 5 15 6 11 18 18 7 10 13
D.K./REFUSED 6 6 6 5 7 6 5 5 4 1 6 5 7 3 3 0 6 3 4
Top Priority of President Trump and the new Congress
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ECONOMIC 38 40 38 38 37 40 36 32 39 36 36 37 34 34 37 37 34
Improving the Economy 14 14 13 13 14 13 11 9 14 11 12 13 10 11 12 11 12
Jobs/Unemployment 11 12 11 12 8 9 11 7 15 10 14 13 7 8 13 11 11
Wasteful Gov’t
Spending 8 8 6 6 7 8 7 8 6 7 6 7 7 7 6 7 6
Reduce Budget/Deficit 4 5 5 5 6 6 5 6 2 7 2 3 9 6 4 6 4
Hold Line/Taxes 2 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
SOCIAL 24 29 24 25 29 27 29 23 35 30 40 27 23 23 35 27 31
Protect Medicare 11 14 12 11 13 14 16 9 20 17 22 15 12 11 20 16 16
Reform Healthcare 7 7 6 7 10 9 9 11 8 7 9 8 9 10 7 7 10
Improving Education 6 8 6 7 6 5 5 3 6 5 10 4 2 2 8 5 5
SECURITY 23 17 24 22 19 18 20 31 11 19 13 19 27 30 12 21 20
Nat’l Sec./Terror 10 9 11 11 9 8 10 15 6 9 6 10 13 14 6 10 9
Defeat/Destroy ISIS 7 5 8 8 5 6 6 9 4 5 5 6 6 8 4 7 5
Fix Immigration 6 3 6 4 4 4 5 8 2 5 2 3 8 8 2 4 5
HONESTY/
INTEGRITY/D.C. 13 11 10 13 13 12 13 13 14 13 11 15 14 12 15 15 12
D.K./REFUSED 2 3 4 3 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 3
MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE
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NOT RECESSION 51 54 54 54 61 58 62 71 57 59 63 59 65 67 60 70 56
Getting Better 31 34 31 30 34 34 38 58 22 34 30 29 53 57 23 45 31
Getting Worse 20 19 23 24 26 24 25 13 35 25 33 31 12 10 37 25 24
RECESSION 37 35 33 34 29 30 27 23 31 26 28 27 25 25 28 22 31
Getting Better 24 22 22 19 17 17 16 18 13 16 14 15 18 21 12 14 18
Getting Worse 13 13 11 14 11 14 11 5 17 10 14 12 7 4 17 8 13
D.K./REFUSED 12 11 13 12 11 12 11 6 12 14 9 13 10 8 12 8 14
GETTING BETTER 54 57 53 50 51 50 53 76 36 50 44 44 71 78 34 59 49
GETTING WORSE 33 32 32 38 38 38 36 18 52 36 47 42 19 14 54 34 38
D.K./REFUSED 12 11 14 12 11 12 11 6 12 14 9 13 10 8 12 8 14
Net Diff. 21 25 21 12 13 13 18 58 -17 14 -4 2 51 64 -20 25 11
Current Opinion of the U.S. Economy
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Do you approve or disapprove of repealing and replacing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as “ObamaCare?”
-Time Series-
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Approve/Disapprove: Repealing/ Replacing Obamacare
App. Disapp.
East 44 50
Midwest 49 48
South 55 39
West 45 52
Cont. Obama Pols. 16 81
Change Direction 86 11
Approve – Trump 86 12
Disapprove – Trump 21 75
Approve – GOP Majority 79 17
Disapprove – GOP Majority 35 62
Favorable – Trump 87 10
Unfavorable– Trump 22 74
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 15 82
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 85 11
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 85 12
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 18 79
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 57 31
Republican 83 14
Democrat 20 77
Independent 49 43
Liberal 25 73
Moderate 44 51
Conservative 75 20
No College Degree 52 42
College Graduate 47 50
White 57 39
African- American 17 78
Hispanic 45 49
Under 55 49 46
Over 55 52 44
Married 55 40
Single 43 53
Men 52 45
Women 48 47
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Smaller Larger
Would you say you most favor a smaller government with fewer services, or a larger government with many services?-
Time Series-
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Would you say you most favor a smaller government with fewer services, or a larger
government with many services?
Smaller Larger
East 43 34
Midwest 51 33
South 51 33
West 54 30
Cont. Obama Pols. 33 49
Change Direction 67 19
Approve – Trump 65 22
Disapprove – Trump 38 42
Approve – GOP Majority 55 33
Disapprove – GOP Majority 49 33
Favorable – Trump 66 21
Unfavorable– Trump 38 42
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 31 48
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 69 20
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 68 23
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 35 46
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 52 15
Republican 64 25
Democrat 32 49
Independent 56 21
Liberal 30 56
Moderate 46 31
Conservative 69 16
No College Degree 49 32
College Graduate 52 34
White 55 29
African- American 37 42
Hispanic 42 39
Under 55 45 37
Over 55 59 25
Married 57 29
Single 44 38
Men 56 32
Women 45 33
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Do you approve or disapprove of President Trump’s plan to cut taxes?
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Midwest 54 33
South 60 34
West 54 39
Cont. Obama Pols. 31 60
Change Direction 86 9
Approve – Trump 90 6
Disapprove – Trump 28 61
Approve – GOP Majority 90 6
Disapprove – GOP Majority 39 52
Favorable – Trump 91 5
Unfavorable– Trump 30 59
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 27 64
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 90 6
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 91 5
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 28 63
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 48 28
Republican 89 6
Democrat 31 59
Independent 49 38
Liberal 35 57
Moderate 49 40
Conservative 80 13
No College Degree 58 32
College Graduate 53 39
White 62 30
African- American 39 54
Hispanic 49 40
Under 55 56 34
Over 55 56 37
Married 59 33
Single 54 35
Men 58 36
Women 54 35
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Approve 57 56
Disapprove 28 35
Is it personally more important to you that Congress pass a bill to reform taxes or to cut
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Reform Cut
East 43 41
Midwest 54 30
South 49 38
West 51 36
Cont. Obama Pols. 56 31
Change Direction 46 44
Approve – Trump 46 45
Disapprove – Trump 55 30
Approve – GOP Majority 48 42
Disapprove – GOP Majority 54 33
Favorable – Trump 46 45
Unfavorable– Trump 55 30
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 55 29
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 46 44
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 46 45
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 58 29
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 36 37
Republican 44 45
Democrat 53 31
Independent 52 33
Liberal 63 25
Moderate 45 37
Conservative 45 44
No College Degree 47 38
College Graduate 54 35
White 51 35
African- American 34 51
Hispanic 49 37
Under 55 47 38
Over 55 54 34
Married 52 34
Single 46 39
Men 55 38
Women 45 35
Which do you think is the most important goal for President Trump's tax cut plan:
Grow the economy to create millions of jobs Simplify the tax code
Provide tax relief to middle income families
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East 32 15 42
Midwest 30 16 46
South 30 18 44
West 35 20 39
Cont. Obama Pols. 26 14 49
Change Direction 39 21 37
Approve – Trump 43 19 35
Disapprove – Trump 22 17 50
Approve – GOP Majority 44 18 36
Disapprove – GOP Majority 25 19 47
Favorable – Trump 43 20 34
Unfavorable– Trump 23 16 50
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 24 15 49
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 42 19 36
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 44 19 34
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 22 16 51
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 26 16 43
Republican 40 18 38
Democrat 25 16 47
Independent 30 19 43
Liberal 28 18 41
Moderate 30 15 46
Conservative 36 19 40
No College Degree 32 17 43
College Graduate 31 18 43
White 31 19 43
African- American 29 15 46
Hispanic 34 14 40
Under 55 34 17 38
Over 55 27 18 51
Married 30 18 45
Single 33 19 37
Men 36 21 37
Women 27 15 48
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Grow Economy 30 31
Simplify Code 20 17
Tax Relief 39 43
Do you support or oppose lowering the corporate tax rate for large and small businesses in the United
States from 35% to 20%?
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East 46 42
Midwest 44 44
South 56 31
West 52 38
Cont. Obama Pols. 34 55
Change Direction 70 19
Approve – Trump 73 17
Disapprove – Trump 32 56
Approve – GOP Majority 72 17
Disapprove – GOP Majority 41 49
Favorable – Trump 75 16
Unfavorable– Trump 33 55
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 30 58
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 74 17
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 75 15
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 31 58
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 45 31
Republican 73 17
Democrat 34 53
Independent 45 41
Liberal 33 57
Moderate 43 42
Conservative 72 18
No College Degree 52 34
College Graduate 49 41
White 53 36
African- American 36 47
Hispanic 55 33
Under 55 50 37
Over 55 52 39
Married 52 37
Single 48 39
Men 55 36
Women 46 38
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Support 51 50
Oppose 34 37
Which do you think is the better way to pay for the tax cuts proposed by President Trump:
Grow the economy to provide more jobs, higher wages and more tax revenue. Eliminating tax deductions and raising taxes on upper income taxpayers and
businesses.
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East 60 32
Midwest 52 38
South 58 33
West 58 35
Cont. Obama Pols. 48 45
Change Direction 69 25
Approve – Trump 72 22
Disapprove – Trump 45 46
Approve – GOP Majority 70 23
Disapprove – GOP Majority 51 42
Favorable – Trump 71 23
Unfavorable– Trump 46 45
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 46 46
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 73 22
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 73 21
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 43 50
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 58 23
Republican 70 23
Democrat 46 45
Independent 56 35
Liberal 47 49
Moderate 53 36
Conservative 68 22
No College Degree 58 31
College Graduate 56 39
White 58 33
African- American 53 36
Hispanic 56 38
Under 55 57 36
Over 55 57 33
Married 59 33
Single 54 39
Men 60 35
Women 54 34
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Grow the Economy 57 57
Raise Taxes 35 35
Do you approve or disapprove of eliminating all federal income tax deductions for state and local taxes
that taxpayers pay on property and income taxes?
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Midwest 30 50
South 42 39
West 33 49
Cont. Obama Pols. 28 56
Change Direction 47 33
Approve – Trump 50 33
Disapprove – Trump 26 57
Approve – GOP Majority 57 25
Disapprove – GOP Majority 26 57
Favorable – Trump 51 32
Unfavorable– Trump 26 56
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 23 58
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 50 33
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 50 32
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 24 58
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 37 38
Republican 51 33
Democrat 26 54
Independent 32 47
Liberal 30 57
Moderate 35 42
Conservative 42 39
No College Degree 37 40
College Graduate 35 50
White 37 45
African- American 31 49
Hispanic 44 33
Under 55 42 37
Over 55 26 59
Married 36 47
Single 40 37
Men 39 49
Women 34 41
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10/14/17 11/14/17
Approve 39 36
Disapprove 37 45
Do you approve or disapprove of KEEPING the federal income tax deductions for state and local taxes for property and income taxes for households who earn less than $400,000 a year, BUT ELIMINATING the deduction for those
who have ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOMES ABOVE $400,000?
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Midwest 63 22
South 52 30
West 66 20
Cont. Obama Pols. 56 31
Change Direction 64 21
Approve – Trump 65 21
Disapprove – Trump 56 30
Approve – GOP Majority 63 22
Disapprove – GOP Majority 58 28
Favorable – Trump 65 20
Unfavorable– Trump 56 30
Vote Pres. 2016 – Clinton 54 32
Vote Pres. 2016 – Trump 65 21
Vote Cong. 2018 – GOP 64 22
Vote Cong. 2018 – DEM 57 30
Vote Cong. 2018 - UND 51 22
Republican 61 23
Democrat 52 34
Independent 65 19
Liberal 61 30
Moderate 55 28
Conservative 62 21
No College Degree 55 26
College Graduate 63 26
White 62 23
African- American 39 38
Hispanic 56 27
Under 55 55 29
Over 55 66 20
Married 62 25
Single 54 26
Men 65 24
Women 54 27
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Approve 40 59
Disapprove 27 26
Party Total Age Total Race Total
Republican 33% 18-29 19% White 71%
Democrat 36% 30-40 19% African American 12%
Independent 31% 41-55 27% Hispanic 11%
Ideology % 56-65 20% Asian 4%
Liberal 26% Over 65 16% Gender %
Moderate 39% Male 47%
Conservative 35% Female 53%
Voter Profile