CNN has fascinating exit polls from New Hampshire.
One example: who would have thought when the election season began that Ron Paul would most appeal to [male, no surprise for a libertarian candidate] liberal independent under-30s who aren’t religious, don’t go to church, favor civil unions, think abortion should be legal [Paul favored the “Defense of Marriage Act,” and has introduced various anti-abortion bills into Congress, including one stating that life begins at conception], and think the economy, not Iraq, is the most important issue (and who, oddly enough, want the next president to be “more conservative”)? And that despite New Hampshire’s reputation as a haven for crusty old Yankee libertarians, Paul would be eight times more popular among 18-24s than among over-65s?
Among the Democrats, it’s amazing how evenly match Clinton and Obama are along just about every margin–in particular, liberals, moderates, and conservatives all basically split their votes–except that (1) women overwhelmingly favored Clinton, men Obama; and (2) Obama crushed Clinton among 18-24s.