PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V1. Were you aware that these machines were instituted state-wide?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Were you aware that these machines were instituted state-wide? Yes 67% 72% 62% 68% 67% 74% 56% 52% 64% 75% 68% 72% 78% 54% 72% 77% 76% 75% 69% 57% 72% 61% 68%
No 32% 27% 37% 31% 32% 26% 43% 46% 34% 25% 31% 28% 22% 45% 27% 22% 23% 25% 31% 42% 27% 38% 32%
DKRefused (vol.) 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 2% 1% 2% 0% 1%
1% 1% 1% 1% 1%
1% 1% 0% 1% 0%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V2. Have you yet voted on the new machines?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Have you yet voted on the new machines? Yes 57% 61% 53% 57% 57% 63% 45% 21% 44% 71% 66% 70% 79% 43% 57% 66% 76% 66% 65% 46% 64% 49% 53%
No 43% 38% 47% 43% 43% 36% 55% 79% 56% 29% 33% 30% 21% 57% 43% 34% 23% 34% 34% 54% 35% 51% 46%
DKRefused (vol.) 0% 0%

0% 0%



1%

0%

1% 0% 0%
0%
0%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V5. Whether you’ve voted in the past or not, are you more comfortable with the idea of casting your vote electronically like on the new touchscreen machines, by punch cards, by marking a paper ballot with a pen, or by some other method?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Are you more comfortable with the idea of casting your vote electronically like on the new touchscreen machines, by punch cards, by marking a paper ballot with a pen, or by some other method? Electronically 70% 69% 71% 68% 71% 73% 64% 65% 76% 73% 70% 72% 58% 63% 73% 73% 75% 79% 69% 65% 75% 72% 61%
Punch cards 8% 9% 8% 7% 9% 7% 10% 10% 3% 7% 10% 8% 13% 9% 7% 9% 7% 8% 7% 9% 7% 8% 12%
Marking paper ballots 12% 10% 14% 13% 12% 12% 13% 16% 10% 8% 14% 11% 18% 20% 9% 5% 9% 8% 15% 15% 10% 12% 16%
Other [Record response] 5% 6% 3% 7% 3% 4% 6% 5% 5% 4% 2% 7% 6% 4% 3% 8% 6% 1% 3% 7% 4% 3% 3%
DKRefused (vol.) 5% 6% 4% 5% 5% 4% 7% 5% 5% 7% 4% 2% 5% 4% 7% 5% 3% 4% 5% 4% 4% 5% 7%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V6. In your opinion, are electronic voting systems an improvement on using punch cards?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
In your opinion, are electronic voting systems an improvement on using punch cards? Yes 84% 85% 84% 84% 85% 85% 83% 81% 89% 83% 85% 85% 81% 81% 89% 83% 86% 87% 84% 85% 85% 91% 76%
No 11% 12% 10% 12% 10% 11% 10% 9% 9% 14% 10% 6% 15% 11% 8% 15% 11% 11% 12% 11% 11% 6% 19%
DKRefused (vol.) 5% 4% 6% 4% 5% 4% 7% 9% 2% 2% 5% 8% 4% 9% 3% 2% 3% 2% 4% 4% 5% 2% 5%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V7. Are electronic voting machines an improvement on paper ballots which voters mark with a pen?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Are electronic voting machines an improvement on paper ballots which voters mark with a pen? Yes 82% 83% 80% 80% 83% 84% 79% 74% 88% 82% 80% 82% 83% 76% 84% 87% 86% 88% 84% 78% 86% 85% 74%
No 13% 13% 13% 15% 11% 12% 14% 15% 8% 16% 15% 11% 11% 15% 13% 10% 12% 9% 12% 16% 10% 11% 20%
DKRefused (vol.) 5% 3% 7% 4% 6% 4% 7% 11% 4% 2% 5% 7% 6% 9% 3% 4% 3% 3% 4% 6% 5% 4% 6%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V8. In your opinion, should we be striving toward a system by which Georgians can vote from home over the Internet?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
In your opinion, should we be striving toward a system by which Georgians can vote from home over the Internet? Yes 43% 45% 42% 42% 45% 38% 53% 48% 52% 48% 41% 34% 27% 46% 45% 39% 37% 39% 45% 50% 45% 41% 47%
No 49% 46% 52% 49% 49% 54% 40% 44% 45% 44% 53% 51% 61% 44% 47% 55% 59% 52% 48% 43% 49% 50% 50%
It depends (vol.) 5% 6% 5% 7% 4% 5% 5% 8% 3% 4% 4% 10% 7% 6% 5% 5% 4% 7% 5% 4% 5% 7% 3%
DKRefused (vol.) 2% 3% 2% 3% 2% 2% 2% 0% 1% 3% 2% 6% 5% 4% 3% 1%
3% 2% 2% 2% 3% 0%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V9. Thinking back to the 2002 gubernatorial and senatorial races - how confident were you that the voting system in your district produced accurate election results?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Thinking back to the 2002 gubernatorial and senatorial races - how confident were you that the voting system in your district produced accurate election results? Very confident 48% 50% 46% 49% 47% 57% 33% 29% 45% 55% 51% 54% 55% 38% 49% 58% 57% 67% 42% 43% 54% 40% 48%
Somewhat confident 32% 34% 31% 34% 31% 30% 38% 39% 35% 33% 28% 29% 31% 36% 32% 31% 28% 24% 37% 32% 32% 38% 27%
Not too confident 7% 8% 7% 7% 8% 6% 9% 9% 7% 6% 11% 6% 7% 10% 6% 6% 5% 5% 7% 10% 8% 6% 9%
Not at all confident 5% 3% 8% 3% 7% 3% 9% 5% 6% 4% 7% 6% 3% 4% 6% 5% 6% 1% 5% 7% 3% 6% 9%
DKRefused (vol.) 7% 6% 8% 8% 7% 5% 11% 19% 7% 3% 3% 5% 5% 12% 7% 1% 5% 3% 8% 9% 4% 10% 7%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V10. Whether voting with paper ballots, electronic touch screens, or some other method, do you believe all Georgians should use the same voting system, or should each county choose its own system?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Whether voting with paper ballots, electronic touch screens, or some other method, do you believe all Georgians should use the same voting system, or should each county choose its own system? Uniform system 81% 84% 78% 81% 81% 82% 79% 70% 86% 84% 81% 85% 78% 74% 84% 87% 84% 82% 83% 81% 80% 86% 78%
Counties should decide 17% 14% 19% 16% 17% 15% 19% 28% 13% 14% 17% 10% 16% 24% 14% 11% 13% 15% 15% 17% 18% 11% 20%
Not sure 2% 1% 3% 2% 2% 2% 2% 2%
1% 1% 4% 5% 2% 3% 1% 2% 2% 2% 1% 2% 2% 1%
Refused (Vol.) 1% 1%
1% 1% 1% 1%
1% 1% 1%
1% 0%
2% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0% 0%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V10a. In your opinion, how important is a uniform voting system?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
In your opinion, how important is a uniform voting system? Very important 77% 76% 79% 83% 72% 79% 75% 69% 68% 83% 81% 81% 84% 79% 79% 79% 72% 79% 78% 78% 75% 82% 78%
Somewhat important 18% 22% 15% 13% 23% 17% 20% 18% 29% 16% 16% 18% 11% 15% 16% 20% 26% 17% 20% 16% 19% 17% 16%
Not too important 2% 1% 3% 3% 2% 2% 3% 6% 2% 1% 3% 0% 1% 4% 1% 1% 1% 3% 1% 3% 3% 1% 2%
Not at all import 1% 0% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 7% 1%



1% 3%

1% 1% 3% 1%
4%
DKRefused (Vol.) 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1%

1%

1% 4% 1% 1% 0%
1% 1% 0% 1%
0%
Total Count 665 342 323 330 335 477 171 65 124 122 143 109 86 211 178 161 107 202 197 178 303 216 122

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V11a. Electronic voting systems will increase the potential for voter fraud or election tampering.


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Electronic voting systems will increase the potential for voter fraud or election tampering. Completely agree 25% 22% 29% 26% 25% 23% 30% 26% 29% 32% 20% 14% 23% 28% 31% 17% 22% 20% 31% 26% 27% 22% 29%
Somewhat agree 25% 28% 23% 26% 24% 22% 29% 34% 28% 18% 20% 23% 27% 29% 22% 22% 22% 18% 24% 28% 21% 32% 23%
Somewhat disagree 18% 16% 20% 15% 21% 19% 16% 26% 17% 13% 20% 21% 14% 17% 20% 15% 25% 24% 18% 14% 19% 21% 15%
Completely disagree 26% 29% 22% 28% 23% 30% 20% 10% 23% 33% 32% 32% 27% 19% 22% 43% 28% 32% 23% 27% 29% 21% 28%
DKRefused (vol.) 6% 5% 6% 4% 7% 6% 4% 3% 3% 3% 8% 9% 8% 8% 5% 3% 4% 5% 4% 5% 4% 4% 5%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V11b. Electronic voting systems will result in less vote counting errors.


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Electronic voting systems will result in less vote counting errors. Completely agree 53% 53% 52% 55% 51% 60% 41% 48% 51% 65% 52% 56% 43% 48% 56% 60% 51% 64% 50% 45% 56% 52% 54%
Somewhat agree 32% 32% 31% 30% 34% 24% 43% 37% 37% 25% 30% 27% 33% 30% 36% 28% 33% 25% 33% 36% 29% 39% 25%
Somewhat disagree 6% 6% 6% 7% 5% 5% 7% 9% 8% 3% 8% 3% 5% 9% 3% 5% 6% 3% 6% 11% 6% 4% 11%
Completely disagree 5% 5% 6% 4% 6% 6% 4% 6% 3% 4% 7% 7% 10% 7% 4% 4% 7% 5% 7% 5% 6% 2% 9%
DKRefused (vol.) 4% 4% 4% 3% 5% 4% 3%
2% 3% 3% 7% 9% 6% 2% 4% 3% 3% 4% 4% 3% 4% 1%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V12. Because of the new system, are you more likely or less likely to vote, or does it not make any difference in whether or not you’ll vote?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Because of the new system, are you more likely or less likely to vote, or does it not make any difference in whether or not you More likely to vote 20% 21% 20% 22% 19% 17% 25% 27% 23% 13% 17% 21% 23% 24% 20% 14% 21% 16% 28% 19% 22% 14% 26%
Less likely to vote 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 4% 3% 3% 2% 5% 2% 2% 2% 4% 1% 3% 2% 3% 3%
Does not make a difference 76% 76% 77% 75% 78% 79% 71% 70% 74% 82% 79% 75% 74% 70% 79% 83% 77% 80% 71% 77% 76% 82% 71%
DKRefused (vol.) 1% 1% 0% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 0%
1% 1%
1%

1% 0%
1% 0%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154

PEACH STATE POLL -- Fall 2003
V13. Overall, does the new, electronic voting system in Georgia make for more accurate elections in this state, less accurate elections, or does it make no difference?


Total Atlanta vs. the rest of the state Respondent's Gender Race Aggregated Respondent's Age Level of Education Political Party Preference Political Ideology
Atlanta Region Rest of the state Male Female White Nonwhite 18 - 25 years old 26 - 35 years old 36 - 45 years old 46 - 55 years old 56 - 65 years old 66 and older High School Diploma or Less Some College College Degree Post Grad Work Republican Democrat Independent Conservative Moderate Liberal
Overall, does the new, electronic voting system in Georgia make for more accurate elections in this state, less accurate elections, or does it make no difference? More accurate 64% 64% 63% 67% 61% 69% 56% 54% 68% 68% 70% 66% 53% 56% 65% 71% 73% 73% 63% 58% 66% 67% 57%
Less accurate 5% 4% 5% 3% 6% 4% 6% 5% 4% 5% 3% 4% 8% 5% 5% 3% 6% 3% 7% 4% 3% 4% 9%
No difference 27% 27% 27% 25% 28% 23% 34% 37% 26% 22% 22% 28% 27% 32% 27% 21% 19% 22% 26% 31% 28% 24% 30%
DKRefused (vol.) 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 4% 5% 2% 4% 4% 3% 12% 7% 3% 4% 2% 2% 4% 7% 3% 6% 4%
Total Count 807 403 404 401 406 570 216 88 143 144 175 126 109 272 215 184 126 242 236 214 366 251 154