Nov 5 Exit Poll (Severna Park, Crofton, Annapolis, Severn, Glen Burnie, Pasadena, Gambrills  N=236)
PARTY REGISTRATION			Overall	Townsend	Ehrlich	O-B		PARTY REGISTRATION			Overall	Owens	Bissett	O-B
Democrat			40	79	18	61		Democrat			40	62	15	47
Republican			46	7	68	-61		Republican			46	23	71	-48
Independent			10	11	10	1		Independent			10	12	9	3
Other			3	3	4	-1		Other			3	2	3	-1
PARTY Identity
Strong Dem			23	60	2	58		County Executive Vote			Overall	Townsend	Ehrlich	O-B
Weak Dem			19	19	9	10		Owens			53	90	32	58
Neutral			15	15	23	-8		Bissett			45	10	65	-55
Weak Rep			5	5	11	-6		Didn't vote			2	0	3	-3
Strong Rep			1	1	56	-55
								County Exec Issues			Overall	Owens	Bissett	O-B
Issues								Seniors			24	30	15	15
Gun Control			58	72	51	21		Environment			23	32	14	18
Abortion			42	51	37	14		Crime			25	22	30	-8
Education			68	80	61	19		Taxes			25	23	28	-5
Deficit			61	55	64	-9		Education			45	54	36	18
Seniors			40	58	31	27		Govt efficient			30	25	36	-11
Taxes			31	14	40	-26		Transportation			9	8	9	-1
Affirm Action			18	30	12	18		Economy			20	19	23	-4
Environment			36	61	23	38		Works well with people			14	15	12	3
Experience			49	51	47	4		Managing growth			17	16	18	-2
Factors Affecting Vote - Gov								Factors Affecting Vote - County Exec
Candidate not extreme			38	33	40	-7		Candidate not extreme			24	32	17	15
Lesser of evils			32	34	31	3		Lesser of evils			17	10	25	-15
Integrity and honesty			52	52	53	-1		Integrity and honesty			34	41	27	14
Agree with issues			55	57	53	4		Agree with issues			24	25	26	-1
Right experience			44	48	42	6		Right experience			24	31	17	14
Respects other people			45	48	42	6		Respects other people			20	29	12	17
I am well informed			51	47	53	-6		I am well informed			24	29	20	9
My political party			43	59	34	25		My political party			24	28	21	7
								County Executive Voting Influences
								Came to door			6	3	8	-5
								Newspaper endorsed			6	9	4	5
Neall-Greenip in 33A				(N=48)				Person/group endorsed			21	18	26	-8
								Newspaper story			21	23	19	4
PARTY REGISTRATION			Overall	Neall	Greenip	O-B		TV ads			12	12	11	1
Democrat			28	51	13	38		Newspaper ads			6	6	7	-1
Republican			62	37	80	-43		Direct mail			18	15	21	-6
Independent			10	12	7	5		Internet info			6	2	8	-6
Other			0	0	0	0		Candidate signs			6	6	6	0
								Candidate spoke at forum			18	15	22	-7
PARTY Identity								Conversations			26	22	32	-10
Strong Dem			20	41	7	34		Personally knew candidate			5	7	4	3
Weak Dem			11	18	3	15
Neutral			10	8	11	-3
Weak Rep			15	8	18	-10
Strong Rep			46	25	62	-37
Gender
Female			62	48	73	-25
Male			38	52	27	25
					Nov 5, 2002 Exit Poll Demographics
Demographics			Overall	Townsend	Ehrlich	O-B		Demographics			Overall	Owens	Bissett	O-B
Gender								Gender
Female			55	66	48	18		Female			55	57	51	6
Male			45	34	52	-18		Male			45	43	49	-6
Age								Age
18-29			10	7	11	-4		18-29			10	8	13	-5
30-44			27	25	27	-2		30-44			27	20	34	-14
45-59			37	36	38	-2		45-59			37	40	34	6
60+			26	32	23	9		60+			26	32	20	12
Race								Race
African-Am			11	26	2	24		African-Am			11	18	1	17
Caucasian			86	70	96	-26		Caucasian			86	80	94	-14
Hispanic/Asian			2	2	2	0		Hispanic/Asian			2	1	5	-4
Other			0	1	0	1		Other			0	1	0	1
Ideology								Ideology
Conservative			40	15	53	-38		Conservative			40	27	54	-27
Liberal			18	42	4	38		Liberal			18	28	5	23
Moderate			39	41	38	3		Moderate			39	41	38	3
Other			4	3	5	-2		Other			4	4	0	4
Education								Education
HS degree or less			16	20	14	6		HS degree or less			16	16	16	0
Some college			31	23	35	-12		Some college			31	24	37	-13
Bachelor's degree			22	27	20	7		Bachelor's degree			22	18	27	-9
Postgraduate work			31	30	31	-1		Postgraduate work			31	41	19	22
Income								Income
Under $40k			20	23	19	4		Under $40k			20	20	20	0
40-60			16	20	14	6		40-60			16	15	18	-3
60-85			17	24	13	11		60-85			17	20	14	6
85+			46	33	54	-21		85+			46	44	48	-4