For a fascinating statistical portrait of American politics in November 2012, see CNN's exit polls data (
here), gathered from 26,565 respondents. The data not only describes who voted for whom but also the views of the respondents on a variety of current political topics. For example, 26% of the respondents agreed that they are white born again Christians, 74% disagreed. Some 21% agreed that they support the tea party movement while 30% disagreed. The same data is available for each state. In New York, thus, only 8% of the respondents agreed that they are white born again Christians, and only 16% agreed that they support the tea party while 39% disagreed. The data reveals the relative balance between liberal, moderates, and conservatives, income distributions, and so forth through a truck load of categories. It's worth a look.
