The Very First Exit Poll (Don't Worry It's Funny)

Joel Stein from Time.com decided to conduct the very first exit poll of 2008. It happens to be hilarious, below are the results and the link at the bottom is the story he wrote about his experience.

POLL RESULTS, IN PERCENTAGES

1) When did you decide to vote for your Presidential candidate?

WITHIN THE LAST TWO WEEKS
4 %

AFTER FIRST DEBATE
8 %

AFTER CONVENTIONS
8 %

WHEN THE CANDIDATE WRAPPED UP THE NOMINATION
40 %

DURING THE PRIMARIES
12 %

BEFORE THE PRIMARIES
20 %

ONCE SARAH PALIN WAS CHOSEN
8 %

2) Who did you vote for?

OBAMA
84 %

MCCAIN
16 %

3) Why did you vote early?

AVOID LINES
28 %

OUT OF TOWN
24 %

AFRAID OF ELECTION DAY PROBLEMS THAT WOULD DISCOUNT THEIR VOTE
16 %

WORKING ON ELECTIONS STUFF ON ELECTION DAY
12 %

WENT WITH FRIEND WHO WAS DOING IT
8 %

LESS CROWDS ALLOWED ME TO READ ALL THE PROPOSITIONS CAREFULLY
4 %

SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION TO CAMPAIGN ANYMORE
4 %

AFRAID THEY MIGHT BE BUSY ON ELECTION DAY OR JUST OVER-EXCITED
4 %

THIS BLACK TALK RADIO DJ SAID TO
4 %

4) Did you vote early to avoid all the old people?

YES
0 %

NO
100 %

5) Did you buy Christmas presents already?

YES
36 %

NO
60 %

DOES NOT CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS IN A MATERIALISTIC WAY
4 %

6) Did you do your taxes already?

YES
36 %

NO
56 %

N/A (IN COLLEGE)
8 %

7) Did you apply early admission to college? (Some did not attend college)

YES
44 %

NO
56 %

8) Do people sometimes call you anal?

YES
36 %

NO
64 %

9) What are you doing on election day with your free time?

GLUED TO RESULTS ON TV
36 %

OUT OF TOWN
20 %

WORKING TO GET OTHERS TO VOTE
20 %

GOING TO A PARTY
16 %

WORKING
4 %

SLEEPING (COLLEGE KID)
4 %

10) Would you like to vote for an American Idol winner right now too?

YES
12 %

NO
4 %

I DON'T WATCH AMERICAN IDOL
80 %

11) Who would you vote for in 2012 if we let you do that right now too?

OBAMA
60 %

JEB BUSH
4 %

SARAH PALIN
4 %

JESSE JACKSON
4 %

WOULD NOT VOTE NOW FOR NEXT-NEXT PRESIDENT
28 %

12) Did voting early just give Ohio more time to lose your vote?

YES
12 %

NO
88 %

13) If you find out some new piece of information before election day — like that Sarah Palin is unqualified to be President — that would change your vote. Would you feel bad?

YES
0 %

NOTHING WILL CHANGE MY MIND
100 %

14) Do you have stamps on you?

YES
12 %

NO
24 %

FORGOT TO ASK
48 %

15) Main issue that affected your vote?

ECONOMY
32 %

SUPREME COURT
12 %

KNOW PEOPLE WHO PERSONALLY KNOW AND LIKE CANDIDATE
12 %

HEALTH CARE
4 %

FORGOT TO ASK
56 %

Demographic Info

MEN
52 %

WOMEN
48 %

BLACK
44 %

WHITE
56 %

UNDER 50
64 %

OVER 50
32 %

SEEMED GAY
12 %

DIDN"T SEEM GAY
88 %

Joel Stein: My Own Election Exit Poll