- ✓ Barack Obama 58.4% 2,125,101
- ✓ Mitt Romney 40.6% 1,477,568
100% in
- ✓ projected winner
- Democrat
- Republican
- Third Party
- Undecided
New Jersey county results
Atlantic 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 58% 59,509
- ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 41,918
Bergen 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 55% 193,470
- ✓ Mitt Romney 44% 155,267
Burlington 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 59% 115,951
- ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 79,110
Camden 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 68% 137,795
- ✓ Mitt Romney 31% 63,329
Cape May 100% in
- ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 25,488
- ✓ Barack Obama 45% 21,275
Cumberland 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 61% 30,172
- ✓ Mitt Romney 38% 18,767
Essex 95% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 77% 217,950
- ✓ Mitt Romney 22% 61,595
Gloucester 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 55% 72,960
- ✓ Mitt Romney 44% 58,915
Hudson 96% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 77% 136,239
- ✓ Mitt Romney 22% 38,082
Hunterdon 100% in
- ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 36,979
- ✓ Barack Obama 40% 25,148
Mercer 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 68% 94,300
- ✓ Mitt Romney 31% 43,155
Middlesex 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 63% 179,515
- ✓ Mitt Romney 36% 102,472
Monmouth 99% in
- ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 140,376
- ✓ Barack Obama 47% 125,471
Morris 100% in
- ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 114,265
- ✓ Barack Obama 44% 90,313
Ocean 100% in
- ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 138,594
- ✓ Barack Obama 41% 96,500
Passaic 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 63% 104,057
- ✓ Mitt Romney 36% 59,181
Salem 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 50% 14,456
- ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 14,214
Somerset 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 52% 70,168
- ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 63,159
Sussex 100% in
- ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 37,215
- ✓ Barack Obama 38% 23,406
Union 100% in
- ✓ Barack Obama 66% 134,220
- ✓ Mitt Romney 33% 66,457
Warren 100% in
- ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 24,695
- ✓ Barack Obama 41% 17,869
Exit poll
Gender
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Male | 55 | 43 | 47 |
Female | 62 | 38 | 53 |
In which age group are you?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
18-29 | 63 | 36 | 16 |
30-44 | 59 | 40 | 24 |
45-64 | 60 | 39 | 45 |
65 or over | 48 | 52 | 15 |
In which age group are you?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
18-24 | - | - | 8 |
25-29 | - | - | 8 |
30-39 | - | - | 14 |
40-49 | 66 | 34 | 21 |
50-64 | 57 | 41 | 34 |
65 or over | 48 | 52 | 15 |
Race
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
White | 43 | 56 | 67 |
Black | 96 | 4 | 18 |
Hispanic or Latino | - | - | 10 |
Asian | - | - | 3 |
Other | - | - | 2 |
Gender by race
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
White men | 44 | 54 | 35 |
White women | 42 | 58 | 32 |
Black men | - | - | 6 |
Black women | 96 | 4 | 12 |
Latino men | - | - | 4 |
Latino women | - | - | 6 |
All other races | - | - | 5 |
On most political matters, do you consider yourself:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Liberal | 89 | 10 | 27 |
Moderate | 60 | 39 | 48 |
Conservative | 22 | 76 | 25 |
No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Democrat | 95 | 5 | 44 |
Republican | 11 | 88 | 26 |
Independent or something else | 48 | 49 | 30 |
What was the last grade of school you completed?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
No high school diploma | - | - | 3 |
High school graduate | 50 | 46 | 18 |
Some college or associate degree | 56 | 44 | 27 |
College graduate | 59 | 40 | 32 |
Postgraduate study | 67 | 33 | 19 |
What was the last grade of school you completed?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
College graduate | 62 | 37 | 51 |
No college degree | 55 | 43 | 49 |
What was the last grade of school you completed?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
More than high school graduate | 60 | 40 | 79 |
High school graduate or less | 55 | 42 | 21 |
2011 total family income:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Under $30,000 | - | - | 9 |
$30,000 - $49,999 | 63 | 37 | 17 |
$50,000 - $99,999 | 55 | 45 | 35 |
$100,000 - $199,999 | 60 | 38 | 27 |
$200,000 - $249,999 | - | - | 7 |
$250,000 or more | - | - | 4 |
2011 total family income:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Under $50,000 | 63 | 36 | 26 |
$50,000 - $99,999 | 55 | 45 | 35 |
$100,000 or more | 61 | 38 | 38 |
2011 total family income
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Under $50,000 | 63 | 36 | 26 |
$50,000 or more | 58 | 41 | 74 |
2011 total family income:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Under $100,000 | 58 | 41 | 62 |
$100,000 or more | 61 | 38 | 38 |
How often do you attend religious services?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
More than once a week | - | - | 12 |
Once a week | - | - | 28 |
A few times a month | - | - | 18 |
A few times a year | - | - | 28 |
Never | - | - | 14 |
How often do you attend religious services?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Weekly or more often | - | - | 39 |
Occasionally | - | - | 46 |
Never | - | - | 14 |
Religion
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Protestant or other Christian | 53 | 45 | 36 |
Catholic | 45 | 53 | 48 |
Jewish | - | - | 3 |
Something else | - | - | 5 |
None | - | - | 8 |
Religion among whites
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
White Protestant/Other Christian | - | - | 21 |
White Catholic | - | - | 40 |
White Jewish | - | - | 3 |
White something else | - | - | 2 |
White none | - | - | 6 |
Non-white | - | - | 28 |
Church attendance by religion
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Protestant and attend at least weekly | - | - | 5 |
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly | - | - | 13 |
Catholic and attend at least weekly | - | - | 20 |
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly | - | - | 24 |
All others | - | - | 37 |
White evangelical or white born-again Christians
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
White evangelical or white born-again Christians | - | - | 9 |
All others | 58 | 42 | 91 |
Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Legal in all cases | - | - | 40 |
Legal in most cases | - | - | 31 |
Illegal in most cases | - | - | 11 |
Illegal in all cases | - | - | 14 |
Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Legal | 62 | 38 | 71 |
Illegal | - | - | 25 |
How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Support | - | - | 20 |
Neutral | - | - | 37 |
Oppose | - | - | 41 |
Which ONE of these four issues is the most important facing the country?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Foreign policy | - | - | 3 |
Federal budget deficit | - | - | 10 |
The economy | 61 | 39 | 67 |
Health care | - | - | 16 |
Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted for president?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Shares my values | - | - | 24 |
Is a strong leader | - | - | 24 |
Cares about people like me | - | - | 23 |
Has a vision for the future | - | - | 27 |
Which ONE of these four is the biggest economic problem facing people like you?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
The housing market | - | - | 3 |
Unemployment | - | - | 55 |
Taxes | - | - | 18 |
Rising prices | - | - | 19 |
What should happen to the 2010 health care law?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Expand it | - | - | 41 |
Leave it as is | - | - | 19 |
Repeal some of it | - | - | 21 |
Repeal all of it | - | - | 13 |
What should happen to the 2010 health care law?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Expand it or leave it as is | - | - | 59 |
Repeal some or all of it | - | - | 35 |
Should income tax rates:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Increase for all | - | - | 7 |
Increase only on income over $250,000 | - | - | 57 |
Not increase for anyone | - | - | 33 |
Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Offered a chance to apply for legal status | 61 | 39 | 81 |
Deported to the country they came from | - | - | 16 |
Who is more in touch with people like you?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Barack Obama | - | - | 62 |
Mitt Romney | - | - | 36 |
Who would better handle the economy?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Barack Obama | - | - | 56 |
Mitt Romney | - | - | 42 |
Who would better handle Medicare?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Barack Obama | - | - | 60 |
Mitt Romney | - | - | 37 |
Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Barack Obama | - | - | 55 |
Mitt Romney | - | - | 42 |
Which is closer to your view:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Government should do more to solve problems | - | - | 63 |
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals | - | - | 32 |
Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Excellent | - | - | 1 |
Good | - | - | 20 |
Not so good | - | - | 52 |
Poor | - | - | 26 |
Do you think the condition of the nation's economy:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Excellent or good | - | - | 22 |
Not so good or poor | 47 | 51 | 78 |
Is the U.S. economy:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Getting better | - | - | 49 |
Getting worse | - | - | 27 |
Staying about the same | - | - | 24 |
Economic conditions:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Getting better | - | - | 49 |
Staying the same and good | - | - | 0 |
Staying the same and not good | - | - | 24 |
Getting worse | - | - | 27 |
Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Better today | - | - | 25 |
Worse today | - | - | 28 |
About the same | - | - | 46 |
Do you think things in this country today are:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Generally going in the right direction | - | - | 54 |
Seriously off on the wrong track | - | - | 46 |
Who is more to blame for current economic problems?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Barack Obama | - | - | 33 |
George W. Bush | - | - | 60 |
Do you think the U.S. economic system generally:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Favors the wealthy | 64 | 36 | 70 |
Is fair to most Americans | - | - | 27 |
Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | - | - | 36 |
No | - | - | 64 |
Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Enthusiastic | - | - | 32 |
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic | - | - | 25 |
Dissatisfied, but not angry | - | - | 29 |
Angry | - | - | 14 |
Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Positive | - | - | 57 |
Negative | - | - | 43 |
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Strongly approve | - | - | 39 |
Somewhat approve | - | - | 26 |
Somewhat disapprove | - | - | 13 |
Strongly disapprove | - | - | 21 |
Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Approve | 86 | 14 | 65 |
Disapprove | - | - | 33 |
Is your opinion of Barack Obama:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Favorable | - | - | 59 |
Unfavorable | - | - | 39 |
Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Favorable | - | - | 39 |
Unfavorable | - | - | 54 |
Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
The rich | - | - | 4 |
The middle class | - | - | 55 |
The poor | - | - | 30 |
Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
The rich | - | - | 61 |
The middle class | - | - | 32 |
The poor | - | - | 1 |
Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | 82 | 18 | 64 |
No | - | - | 35 |
Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | - | - | 42 |
No | - | - | 55 |
Trust to handle an international crisis:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Only Barack Obama | - | - | 53 |
Only Mitt Romney | - | - | 32 |
Both of them | - | - | 10 |
Neither of them | - | - | 2 |
Which best describes your vote for president today?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
I strongly favor my candidate | 62 | 38 | 74 |
I like my candidate but with reservations | - | - | 20 |
I dislike the other candidates | - | - | 5 |
When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Just today | - | - | 4 |
In the last few days | - | - | 10 |
In October | - | - | 11 |
In September | - | - | 6 |
Before that | 70 | 30 | 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 | - | - | 14 |
Before that | 71 | 29 | 86 |
When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
In October or later | - | - | 25 |
Before that | 70 | 30 | 75 |
Gender by marital status
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Married men | 55 | 42 | 30 |
Married women | 55 | 45 | 31 |
Not married men | - | - | 16 |
Not married women | 68 | 31 | 22 |
Do you have any children under 18 living in your home?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | 66 | 34 | 34 |
No | 58 | 40 | 66 |
Married with children
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Married with children | 64 | 35 | 26 |
All others | 59 | 40 | 74 |
Parents
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Men with children | - | - | 18 |
Women with children | - | - | 16 |
Men without children | 56 | 41 | 29 |
Women without children | 60 | 39 | 37 |
Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | - | - | 38 |
No | - | - | 62 |
Do you work full-time for pay?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | - | - | 61 |
No | - | - | 39 |
Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | - | - | 59 |
No | - | - | 39 |
Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Yes | - | - | 2 |
No | 57 | 41 | 98 |
In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
The most important factor | - | - | 18 |
An important factor | - | - | 36 |
A minor factor | - | - | 26 |
Not a factor at all | - | - | 18 |
In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Important | - | - | 53 |
Not important | - | - | 44 |
In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
A factor | 77 | 23 | 79 |
Not a factor | - | - | 18 |
In today's election for U.S. Senate, did you just vote for:
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Bob Menendez | 93 | 6 | 59 |
Joe Kyrillos | 7 | 92 | 39 |
Population of area
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Over 500,000 | - | - | - |
50,000 - 500,000 | - | - | - |
Suburbs | 58 | 41 | 100 |
10,000 - 50,000 | - | - | - |
Rural | - | - | - |
Population of area
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
City over 50,000 | - | - | - |
Suburbs | 58 | 41 | 100 |
Small city and Rural | - | - | - |
Geographic area
Category | Obama | Romney | % Total |
---|---|---|---|
Urban North | 75 | 25 | 20 |
Suburban North | - | - | 15 |
Northwest | 44 | 54 | 15 |
Central | 57 | 41 | 21 |
South | 55 | 44 | 30 |