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Do you consider yourself part of the conservative Christian political movement, also known as the religious right? Yes: 14% No: 83%

From: The ABC News Exit Poll

The 1996 figure was 17%.

Very good. Give me time to look these poll results over to make a determination as to their credibility and how they actually impacted the election -- and, more importantly, if it is safe for Bush to ignore Conservative voters.

But I won't be getting back to you until tomorrow, I have things I must do tonight.

Ooooo I see a flaw right off -- this is asking if they are part of the conservative Christian political movement.

I would answer "no" to that question. I am Conservative but not Christian. Furthermore, many Christians who are Conservative might not consider themselves part of that 'movement' but instead consider themselves strictly Conservatives, or independent of the movement (which is widely viewed as the Falwell Religious Right movement).

Do you have figures that prove the point that CONSERVATIVES -- not RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES -- are staying home?

From: The ABC News Exit Poll

The 1996 figure was 17%.

Thanks for the research, Poohbah.

After looking at the poll, I would estimate the MOI to be around 7%. Repeatedly there is a non-sensical 5% on polarizing questions such as (not really an example, but for demonstration of some of the responses) "Who would make the better President?" who answered one candidate and voted for the other.

And that consistent 5% of illogical answers doesn't even account for the statistical error in extrapolating results from a sample across the entire voting population.

Second column represents percentage who voted for Gore who gave that answer, third column represents those who voted for Bush.

If Al Gore wins today, what best describes your feelings about what he will do as president?
Excited	17	94	6	0	1
Optimistic, but not excited	31	82	14	0	3
Concerned, but not scared	27	22	74	0	3
Scared	23	4	94	1	1

If George W. Bush wins today, what best describes your feelings about what he will do as president?
Excited	21	4	95	0	1
Optimistic, but not excited	29	11	87	0	1
Concerned, but not scared	21	82	13	0	4
Scared	26	94	1	1	3

Regardless of how you voted today, which of these candidates do you think would do a good job handling an international crisis?
Only Gore	35	92	5	1	2
Only Bush	27	5	93	0	1
Both would	29	40	57	0	2
Neither would	7	35	48	2	12

Regardless of how you voted today, which of these candidates reflects your own personal view of the role of government in society?
Only Gore	29	95	4	0	1
Only Bush	33	4	95	0	1
Both do	17	50	48	0	2
Neither does	18
. . . This poll has a built in 4-5% error based on either votes from insane or irrational people, people selecting answers at random, or voters being intentionally dishonest.
A 4% difference between '96 and 2000 is not statistically significant.