Exit-stential Thoughts

MS Dem exit polls posted by MSNBC show Barack Obama beat Hillary Clinton by 84% among blacks, while Clinton won whites by 44%.

Exit polls also show...

-- 43% of Obama voters said they would be satisfied with Clinton as the Dem Nom, while just 15% of Clinton voters said they would be satisfied with Obama as the Dem Nom.

-- White Dems favored Clinton by 47%, while white Inds only favored her by 15%.

-- John McCain has a 38% favorability among all Dem primary voters, a 37% rating among Obama voters and a 57% rating among Clinton voters.

-- Voters favored Obama by 31% when asked which Dem would be more likely to beat McCain in Nov.

-- Seven-in-ten voters thought Obama was honest and trustworthy, while nearly half said the same about Clinton.

-- 31% of voters said race was important to their WH choice, a block which Obama carried by 26%.

-- Obama won Dems by 37% (71% of voters) and Inds by 10% (17% of voters); Clinton meanwhile led the 12% of voters who identified with the GOP by a three-to-one ratio.

-- More than half of voters said change was the most important quality to their WH choice, a group Obama won by 60%; nearly one-in-five voters said experience, a group Clinton won by 70%.

-- 68% of voters are inspired by Obama about the future of the U.S., while only 45% of voters are inspired by Clinton.

-- Obama carried the 57% of voters making less than $50,000/year by 35% and the 65% of voters without a college degree by 20%.

-- Obama won voters aged 17-29 by 48% (14% of voters), those aged 30-44 by 31% (25% of voters) and those aged 45-59 by 25% (32% of voters). Clinton meanwhile won voters 60 and over by 5% (29% of voters).

-- 55% of voters thought the economy was the most important issue facing the U.S.

(Hotline's MATTHEW GOTTLIEB)