ABC 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; we’ll 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 who’s honest and trustworthy (three in 10) or who cares about people like them (also three in 10); fewer, four in 10, say it’s someone with the right experience or who’s 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 who’s 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 it’s Clinton. Sanders result on this question rivals his in the five states where it’s been asked – 59 percent in Wisconsin.
Electability: Early exit poll results indicate that Clinton is retaining her advantage on who’s most likely to win the Democratic nomination, but she’s doing much worse than usual in who voters say would best able to beat Trump. On the latter, it’s very close, while she beat Sanders by more than 2-1 in previous contests
Realism and Obama: Clinton’s ideas are seen as more realistic by Indiana voters – nearly eight in 10 vs. more than six in 10 for Sanders – but the gap’s a bit smaller than usual in preliminary exit poll results. It’s been 76 to 57 percent in the nine states where the question’s been asked before.
Clinton’s also done well so far by linking herself with Barack Obama. More Indiana voters think the next president should continue Obama’s policies, half, while fewer, just more than a third, prefer a more liberal direction. But, again, the gap’s smaller than usual. Supporters of more liberal policies are more numerous than average in Indiana, a group that’s voted heavily for Sanders in past contests.
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