Illinois county results

Exit poll

Gender

Category Obama Romney % Total
Male 52 46 48
Female 63 35 52

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-29 68 28 17
30-44 57 41 26
45-64 54 45 39
65 or over 57 43 17

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-24 71 26 10
25-29 - - 7
30-39 57 41 17
40-49 55 44 19
50-64 54 45 29
65 or over 57 43 17

Race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White 46 52 70
Black 96 4 14
Hispanic or Latino 81 18 12
Asian - - 2
Other - - 2

Gender by race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White men 40 58 35
White women 52 46 36
Black men - - 6
Black women 93 6 8
Latino men - - 6
Latino women - - 6
All other races - - 4

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Liberal 95 3 26
Moderate 60 38 48
Conservative 14 85 26

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Democrat 95 5 44
Republican 7 92 27
Independent or something else 50 45 28

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
No high school diploma - - 2
High school graduate 67 32 18
Some college or associate degree 62 36 32
College graduate 50 48 27
Postgraduate study 54 45 21

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
College graduate 52 47 48
No college degree 64 34 52

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than high school graduate 56 42 80
High school graduate or less 67 32 20

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $30,000 72 27 17
$30,000 - $49,999 72 26 18
$50,000 - $99,999 57 41 31
$100,000 - $199,999 44 56 27
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 3
$250,000 or more - - 5

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 72 27 35
$50,000 - $99,999 57 41 31
$100,000 or more 44 55 35

2011 total family income

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 72 27 35
$50,000 or more 50 48 65

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $100,000 65 33 65
$100,000 or more 44 55 35

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than once a week - - 8
Once a week - - 39
A few times a month - - 7
A few times a year - - 29
Never - - 16

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Weekly or more often - - 48
Occasionally - - 36
Never - - 16

Religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant or other Christian 53 46 41
Catholic 48 51 38
Jewish - - 1
Something else - - 8
None - - 11

Religion among whites

Category Obama Romney % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 43 56 31
White Catholic - - 29
White Jewish - - 1
White something else - - 6
White none - - 8
Non-white 87 12 25

Church attendance by religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly - - 12
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly - - 7
Catholic and attend at least weekly - - 19
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly - - 20
All others - - 42

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Obama Romney % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians - - 20
All others 62 35 80

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal in all cases - - 32
Legal in most cases - - 32
Illegal in most cases - - 22
Illegal in all cases - - 11

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal 69 29 64
Illegal - - 33

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Support - - 19
Neutral - - 41
Oppose - - 38

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Foreign policy - - 3
Federal budget deficit - - 17
The economy 62 36 60
Health care - - 18

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Shares my values 54 45 30
Is a strong leader - - 18
Cares about people like me 83 15 26
Has a vision for the future 51 47 25

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
The housing market - - 11
Unemployment - - 44
Taxes - - 16
Rising prices - - 27

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it - - 34
Leave it as is - - 13
Repeal some of it - - 31
Repeal all of it - - 17

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it or leave it as is - - 47
Repeal some or all of it - - 49

Should income tax rates:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Increase for all - - 10
Increase only on income over $250,000 71 27 50
Not increase for anyone - - 37

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status 64 34 71
Deported to the country they came from - - 27

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 90 6 61
Mitt Romney - - 36

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 99 - 52
Mitt Romney - - 44

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 93 4 59
Mitt Romney - - 41

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 99 - 51
Mitt Romney - - 41

Which is closer to your view:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 85 13 56
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals - - 41

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent - - 1
Good - - 22
Not so good - - 44
Poor - - 31

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent or good - - 23
Not so good or poor 45 53 75

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better - - 40
Getting worse - - 28
Staying about the same - - 31

Economic conditions:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better - - 40
Staying the same and good - - 3
Staying the same and not good - - 28
Getting worse - - 28

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Better today - - 26
Worse today - - 31
About the same - - 43

Do you think things in this country today are:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Generally going in the right direction - - 44
Seriously off on the wrong track - - 55

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama - - 37
George W. Bush 91 8 57

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favors the wealthy 77 20 60
Is fair to most Americans - - 37

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes - - 26
No 45 54 72

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Enthusiastic - - 28
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic - - 24
Dissatisfied, but not angry - - 32
Angry - - 15

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Positive 96 4 52
Negative - - 47

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Strongly approve - - 32
Somewhat approve - - 30
Somewhat disapprove - - 12
Strongly disapprove - - 25

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Approve 89 9 62
Disapprove - - 38

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 97 3 55
Unfavorable - - 44

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable - - 47
Unfavorable 97 2 51

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich - - 5
The middle class 97 3 44
The poor - - 39

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 90 9 58
The middle class - - 34
The poor - - -

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 88 9 62
No - - 36

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes - - 38
No 88 10 56

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Only Barack Obama - - 51
Only Mitt Romney - - 28
Both of them - - 9
Neither of them - - 5

Which best describes your vote for president today?

Category Obama Romney % Total
I strongly favor my candidate 64 34 70
I like my candidate but with reservations - - 21
I dislike the other candidates - - 8

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Just today - - 5
In the last few days - - 5
In October - - 8
In September - - 6
Before that 71 28 75

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 - - 10
Before that 66 33 90

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
In October or later - - 19
Before that 70 29 81

Are you currently married?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 50 49 62
No 72 26 38

Gender by marital status

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married men 43 55 29
Married women 56 43 33
Not married men 69 30 18
Not married women 76 23 20

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 57 42 38
No 61 38 62

Married with children

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married with children 52 46 31
All others 63 36 69

Parents

Category Obama Romney % Total
Men with children - - 18
Women with children 64 36 20
Men without children 54 45 31
Women without children 68 31 30

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes - - 27
No 59 41 73

Do you work full-time for pay?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 55 44 63
No - - 37

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 73 25 57
No - - 40

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes - - 5
No 55 43 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 - - 11
An important factor - - 38
A minor factor - - 18
Not a factor at all - - 33

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Important 83 17 49
Not important 46 52 50

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
A factor 77 22 66
Not a factor - - 33

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Over 500,000 83 14 17
50,000 - 500,000 52 46 24
Suburbs 52 47 48
10,000 - 50,000 - - -
Rural 57 41 12

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
City over 50,000 65 33 41
Suburbs 52 47 48
Small city and Rural 57 41 12

Geographic area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Chicago 83 14 17
Cook suburbs 50 50 26
Collar counties 46 53 26
North 58 40 21
South 68 31 10