NEWS SIDEBAR: People of faith: How they voted

c. 1996 Religion News Service (UNDATED) Here’s a rundown of exit polls and other post-election surveys of how Americans voted by religion in the 1996 presidential election. RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES CLINTON: 26 percent DOLE: 65 percent PEROT: 8 percent Source: Voter News Service Sample: 16,338 voters, 16 percent of whom identified themselves as”religious conservatives.” Margin of […]

c. 1996 Religion News Service

(UNDATED) Here’s a rundown of exit polls and other post-election surveys of how Americans voted by religion in the 1996 presidential election.


RELIGIOUS CONSERVATIVES

CLINTON: 26 percent

DOLE: 65 percent

PEROT: 8 percent

Source: Voter News Service

Sample: 16,338 voters, 16 percent of whom identified themselves as”religious conservatives.” Margin of error: Plus or minus 3 percent

CATHOLICS

CLINTON: 54 percent

DOLE: 36 percent

PEROT: 8 percent

Source: Voter News Service

Sample: 16,338 voters

Margin of error: Plus or minus 3 percent.

JEWS

CLINTON: 83 percent

DOLE: 13 percent

PEROT: 4 percent

Source: American Jewish Congress

Sample: An unscientific survey of 2,112 voters in 90 key precincts in 10 states and the District of Columbia, with large Jewish populations

Margin of error: N/A

MUSLIMS

CLINTON: 48 percent

DOLE: 38 percent

PEROT: 10 percent

Source: Minaret Magazine and Muslim Public Affairs Council

Sample: An unscientific survey of 400 individuals randomly selected from a database of 40,000 Muslims nationwide

Margin of error: N/A

KC END RNS

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