National results

Electoral vote

  1. Barack Obama 100.00% 332
  2. Mitt Romney 68.67% 206

270 needed to win

State results

Exit poll

Gender

Category Obama Romney % Total
Male 45 52 47
Female 55 44 53

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-29 60 37 19
30-44 52 45 27
45-64 47 51 38
65 or over 44 56 16

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-24 60 36 11
25-29 60 38 8
30-39 55 42 17
40-49 48 50 20
50-64 47 52 28
65 or over 44 56 16

Race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White 39 59 72
Black 93 6 13
Hispanic or Latino 71 27 10
Asian 73 26 3
Other 58 38 2

Age by race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White 18-29 44 51 11
White 30-44 38 59 18
White 45-64 38 61 29
White 65+ 39 61 14
Black 18-29 91 8 3
Black 30-44 94 5 4
Black 45-64 93 7 4
Black 65+ 93 6 1
Latino 18-29 74 23 4
Latino 30-44 71 28 3
Latino 45-64 68 31 3
Latino 65+ 65 35 1
All other 67 31 5

Gender by race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White men 35 62 34
White women 42 56 38
Black men 87 11 5
Black women 96 3 8
Latino men 65 33 5
Latino women 76 23 6
All other races 66 31 5

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Liberal 86 11 25
Moderate 56 41 41
Conservative 17 82 35

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Democrat 92 7 38
Republican 6 93 32
Independent or something else 45 50 29

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
No high school diploma 64 35 3
High school graduate 51 48 21
Some college or associate degree 49 48 29
College graduate 47 51 29
Postgraduate study 55 42 18

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
College graduate 50 48 47
No college degree 51 47 53

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than high school graduate 50 48 76
High school graduate or less 52 46 24

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $30,000 63 35 20
$30,000 - $49,999 57 42 21
$50,000 - $99,999 46 52 31
$100,000 - $199,999 44 54 21
$200,000 - $249,999 47 52 3
$250,000 or more 42 55 4

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 60 38 41
$50,000 - $99,999 46 52 31
$100,000 or more 44 54 28

2011 total family income

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 60 38 41
$50,000 or more 45 53 59

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $100,000 54 44 72
$100,000 or more 44 54 28

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than once a week 36 63 14
Once a week 41 58 28
A few times a month 55 44 13
A few times a year 56 42 27
Never 62 34 17

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Weekly or more often 39 59 42
Occasionally 55 43 40
Never 62 34 17

Religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant 37 62 29
Catholic 50 48 25
Mormon 21 78 2
Other Christian 50 49 23
Jewish 69 30 2
Muslim - - 1
Other 73 24 7
None 70 26 12

Religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant or other Christian 42 57 53
Catholic 50 48 25
Jewish 69 30 2
Something else 74 23 7
None 70 26 12

Religion among whites

Category Obama Romney % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 30 69 39
White Catholic 40 59 18
White Jewish 71 29 2
White something else 61 35 4
White none 63 31 9
Non-white 80 18 28

Church attendance by religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly 29 70 15
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly 44 55 14
Catholic and attend at least weekly 42 57 11
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly 56 42 13
All others 58 39 46

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Obama Romney % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians 21 78 26
All others 60 37 74

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal in all cases 76 22 29
Legal in most cases 58 40 30
Illegal in most cases 22 76 23
Illegal in all cases 19 79 13

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal 67 31 59
Illegal 21 77 36

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Support 11 87 21
Neutral 42 57 42
Oppose 89 9 30

Which ONE of these four issues is the most important facing the country?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Foreign policy 56 33 5
Federal budget deficit 32 66 15
The economy 47 51 59
Health care 75 24 18

Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted for president?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Shares my values 42 55 27
Is a strong leader 38 61 18
Cares about people like me 81 18 21
Has a vision for the future 45 54 29

Which ONE of these four is the biggest economic problem facing people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
The housing market 63 32 8
Unemployment 54 44 38
Taxes 32 66 14
Rising prices 49 49 37

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it 92 5 26
Leave it as is 80 19 18
Repeal some of it 27 72 24
Repeal all of it 3 93 25

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 87 11 44
Repeal some or all of it 15 83 49

Should income tax rates:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Increase for all 52 44 13
Increase only on income over $250,000 70 29 47
Not increase for anyone 23 75 35

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status 61 37 65
Deported to the country they came from 24 73 28

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 91 7 53
Mitt Romney 1 98 43

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 98 1 48
Mitt Romney 4 94 49

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 92 6 52
Mitt Romney 2 96 44

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 98 1 47
Mitt Romney 3 95 49

Which is closer to your view:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 81 17 43
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 24 74 51

Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent - - 2
Good 90 9 21
Not so good 55 42 45
Poor 12 85 31

Do you think the condition of the nation's economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent or good 90 9 23
Not so good or poor 38 60 77

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 88 9 39
Getting worse 9 90 30
Staying about the same 40 57 29

Economic conditions:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 88 9 39
Staying the same and good 71 27 4
Staying the same and not good 35 62 25
Getting worse 9 90 30

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Better today 84 15 25
Worse today 18 80 33
About the same 58 40 41

Do you think things in this country today are:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Generally going in the right direction 93 6 46
Seriously off on the wrong track 13 84 52

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 5 94 38
George W. Bush 85 12 53

Do you think the U.S. economic system generally:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favors the wealthy 71 26 55
Is fair to most Americans 22 77 39

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 73 24 33
No 37 61 63

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Enthusiastic 98 2 25
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic 87 11 24
Dissatisfied, but not angry 9 86 30
Angry 1 97 19

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Positive 93 6 49
Negative 6 91 49

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Strongly approve 97 2 29
Somewhat approve 80 18 24
Somewhat disapprove 9 88 13
Strongly disapprove 1 96 33

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Approve 89 9 54
Disapprove 3 94 45

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 93 6 53
Unfavorable 3 94 46

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 6 93 47
Unfavorable 92 5 50

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 9 89 10
The middle class 86 12 44
The poor 25 74 31

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 87 10 53
The middle class 6 93 34
The poor - - 2

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 85 13 57
No 2 96 42

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 13 86 50
No 90 7 46

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Only Barack Obama 97 1 42
Only Mitt Romney 1 98 36
Both of them 46 51 13
Neither of them 13 72 4

Which best describes your vote for president today?

Category Obama Romney % Total
I strongly favor my candidate 54 45 65
I like my candidate but with reservations 42 57 23
I dislike the other candidates 41 51 10

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Just today 51 44 3
In the last few days 50 45 6
In October 49 48 11
In September 45 53 9
Before that 53 46 69

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Just today or in the last few days 50 44 9
Before that 51 47 89

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?

Category Obama Romney % Total
In October or later 50 46 21
Before that 52 47 78

Are you currently married?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 42 56 60
No 62 35 40

Gender by marital status

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married men 38 60 29
Married women 46 53 31
Not married men 56 40 18
Not married women 67 31 23

Do you have any children under 18 living in your home?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 51 47 36
No 50 47 64

Married with children

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married with children 45 54 27
All others 53 45 73

Parents

Category Obama Romney % Total
Men with children 45 53 16
Women with children 56 43 20
Men without children 47 50 30
Women without children 54 45 34

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 58 40 18
No 49 48 82

Do you work full-time for pay?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 49 49 60
No 53 45 40

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 73 25 49
No 25 74 46

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 76 22 5
No 49 49 95

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?

Category Obama Romney % Total
The most important factor 73 26 15
An important factor 65 33 27
A minor factor 51 46 22
Not a factor at all 28 70 31

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Important 68 31 42
Not important 37 60 54

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?

Category Obama Romney % Total
A factor 62 36 64
Not a factor 28 70 31

In today's election for U.S. House of Representatives, did you just vote for:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The Democratic Candidate 93 6 50
The Republican Candidate 7 92 48

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Over 500,000 69 29 11
50,000 - 500,000 58 40 21
Suburbs 48 50 47
10,000 - 50,000 42 56 8
Rural 37 61 14

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
City over 50,000 62 36 32
Suburbs 48 50 47
Small city and Rural 39 59 21