Pennsylvania Exit Polls: Primary Results

The first glance at exit polls comes from Marc Ambinder:

The exit polls show a smaller percentage of late deciders -- 23% -- than in previous states. The economy mattered most to 54% of voters. (TV news reports say that Clinton won these folks.)

The change versus experience question has been settled: 49% said change was their top vote-generating quality, versus 26 percent who said experience was.

About 15% of the electorate was made up of new voters. 37% are gun owners.

Still petulant: more than 60% of Clinton voters say they wouldn't be happy if Obama were the nominee; about half of Obama voters say the same. 25% of Clinton supporters say they'd vote for McCain in the general election; 17% of Obama supporters say they'd vote for McCain in the general election. Still, 57% of Pennsylvanians believed that Sen. Clinton "attacked" unfairly compared to 49% who thought Obama did.

Read HuffPost's full coverage of the Pennsylvania primary.

Check out the results of the latests PA Polls.

Comments

[Stolentime]

The headline reads that Clinton supporters would be ok with Obama... yet the article states" Still petulant: more than 60% of Clinton voters say they wouldn't be happy if Obama were the nominee. Got proofreader?

[garrett12101984]

Regardless of the spread Hillary needs to get out of this race. She is KILLING our party. She goes negative and then whenever Obama responds to her negativity she blames him for being negative. I think Hillay is some what BI POLAR. She is a Soft Republican and Obama is the Democrat.

http://obamavsmccain.typepad.com/

[Julie02]

Huffington P.....please correct this article to signify if the polls say if Clinton supporters would or would not vote for Obama. Thanks

[LAShores]

Shrug.
I don't get the passion of the Hillary voters. Someone explain to me what's their to like?

[Aleka4]

I think they are holding their votes for ransom in order to influence the supers. Since Obama people tend more often to put party over personal preference, they have been correctly assessed as being the more flexible group. So the Clinton people are trying to strongarm her nomination by rallying the tantrum vote.

[Stolentime]

Any Democrat who states they would vote for McCain obviously doesn't think it through. Although the Democratic race has become contentious if not outright nasty, stating that one would vote for McCain shows a complete lack of understanding of both the gravity and an understanding of the issues at stake in this election. In terms of policy and substance there is little difference between Clinton and Obama. The biggest issue is in terms of leadership style and the ability to form a coalition so as to break the deadlock that exists in Washington. So, to those who make such reckless comments... please, please think it through and don't let your emotions make you bitter to the point of cutting off your nose to spite your face.

[goodog]

Wow! I was first!

[goodog]

The headli e says Clinton voters WOULD support Obama if he is the nominee, but the article says they wouldn't. Wuddup widdat?

[djohn78]

Huffpo, you made a mistake: more than 60% of Clinton voters say they wouldn't be happy if Obama were the nominee

"Wouldnt be happy" not "would be"

[recruitgal]

tick, tock, tick, tock... why does time slow down when waiting for the polls to close?