Rachel Maddow breaks down the results of post-Prop 8 polling: it wasn’t about race, it was about education and income. If you were college educated and in a higher income bracket, you were much more likely to vote against Prop 8.

More results of the Public Policy Institute of California poll, from Robert Cruikshank at the California Progress Report:

• Evangelical or born-again Christians (85%) were far more likely than others (42%) to vote yes. 

• Three in four Republicans (77%) voted yes, two in three Democrats (65%) voted no, and independents were more closely divided (52% yes, 48% no).

• Supporters of Republican presidential candidate John McCain were far more likely than those who backed President-elect Barack Obama to vote yes (85% vs. 30%).

• Latinos (61%) were more likely than whites (50%) to vote yes; and 57 percent of Latinos, Asians, and blacks combined voted yes. (Samples sizes for Asians and blacks are too small to report separately.)

• Voters without a college degree (62%) were far more likely than college graduates (43%) to vote yes.

• While most voters (65%) consider the outcome of Proposition 8 to be very important, the measure’s supporters (74%) are far more likely than those who voted no (59%) to view the outcome as very important.