The sample was 36D 28R 32I.
Then they got pushed to one party or the other.
However, this was interesting.
This Washington Post-ABC News poll was conducted by telephone September 5-7, 2008, among a random national sample of 1,133 adults and 961 registered voters, including additional interviews with randomly selected African Americans, for a total of 211 black respondents. The additional interviews (commonly referred to as an “oversample”) were completed to ensure there were enough African American respondents for separate analysis;
Someone else said it was 50D, 41R. Doesn't matter. While 36D sounds about right, 28R is too low. It should be at least 31 or 32R. This poll still has too many Democrats relative to Republicans to be a genuinely representative sample of the electorate.