New York county results

Exit poll

Gender

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Male 65 33 45
Female 77 22 55

In which age group are you?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
18-29 73 23 17
30-44 70 28 25
45-64 74 25 40
65 or over 67 32 17

In which age group are you?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
18-24 72 24 10
25-29 - - 8
30-39 74 25 15
40-49 65 33 20
50-64 77 23 30
65 or over 67 32 17

Race

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
White 62 36 68
Black 94 5 16
Hispanic or Latino 90 9 13
Asian - - 2
Other - - 1

Gender by race

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
White men 56 42 31
White women 68 31 37
Black men - - 7
Black women 96 3 9
Latino men - - 5
Latino women 95 4 8
All other races - - 3

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Liberal 94 4 33
Moderate 77 22 42
Conservative 32 67 25

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Democrat 96 2 50
Republican 30 70 27
Independent or something else 65 32 23

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
No high school diploma - - 3
High school graduate 74 25 18
Some college or associate degree 75 24 27
College graduate 66 33 29
Postgraduate study 73 26 23

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
College graduate 69 30 52
No college degree 75 24 48

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
More than high school graduate 71 28 79
High school graduate or less 74 24 21

2011 total family income:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Under $30,000 86 13 19
$30,000 - $49,999 70 29 19
$50,000 - $99,999 69 29 30
$100,000 - $199,999 67 33 22
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 5
$250,000 or more - - 5

2011 total family income:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Under $50,000 78 21 38
$50,000 - $99,999 69 29 30
$100,000 or more 67 32 32

2011 total family income

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Under $50,000 78 21 38
$50,000 or more 68 31 62

2011 total family income:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Under $100,000 74 24 68
$100,000 or more 67 32 32

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
More than once a week - - 8
Once a week - - 25
A few times a month - - 18
A few times a year - - 32
Never - - 16

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Weekly or more often - - 33
Occasionally 75 25 49
Never - - 16

Religion

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Protestant or other Christian 73 26 36
Catholic 59 40 42
Jewish - - 6
Something else - - 8
None - - 9

Religion among whites

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 62 37 23
White Catholic 52 48 32
White Jewish - - 5
White something else - - 4
White none - - 5
Non-white 92 8 30

Church attendance by religion

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly - - 5
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly - - 10
Catholic and attend at least weekly - - 17
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly - - 24
All others 90 10 42

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians - - 8
All others 73 27 92

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Legal in all cases 88 12 42
Legal in most cases - - 29
Illegal in most cases - - 17
Illegal in all cases - - 4

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Legal 81 19 71
Illegal - - 22

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Support - - 16
Neutral - - 39
Oppose 93 7 39

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Foreign policy - - 5
Federal budget deficit - - 9
The economy 71 28 64
Health care 91 9 20

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
The housing market - - 6
Unemployment 74 24 41
Taxes - - 18
Rising prices - - 32

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Expand it 95 2 40
Leave it as is - - 18
Repeal some of it - - 24
Repeal all of it - - 16

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 92 5 58
Repeal some or all of it - - 40

Should income tax rates:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Increase for all - - 17
Increase only on income over $250,000 87 12 50
Not increase for anyone - - 31

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status 78 22 72
Deported to the country they came from - - 24

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Barack Obama 96 2 62
Mitt Romney - - 34

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Barack Obama 97 1 58
Mitt Romney - - 40

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Barack Obama 97 1 62
Mitt Romney - - 34

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Barack Obama 95 3 59
Mitt Romney - - 39

Which is closer to your view:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 89 9 57
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 51 49 38

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Excellent - - 2
Good - - 20
Not so good 82 17 50
Poor - - 27

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Excellent or good - - 22
Not so good or poor 64 34 77

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Getting better 99 1 42
Getting worse - - 34
Staying about the same - - 23

Economic conditions:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Getting better 99 1 42
Staying the same and good - - 3
Staying the same and not good - - 20
Getting worse - - 34

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Better today - - 28
Worse today - - 31
About the same 81 17 40

Do you think things in this country today are:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Generally going in the right direction 95 3 51
Seriously off on the wrong track 47 53 46

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Barack Obama - - 31
George W. Bush 93 5 63

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Favors the wealthy 89 9 62
Is fair to most Americans - - 35

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Yes - - 30
No 62 36 66

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Enthusiastic - - 30
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic - - 28
Dissatisfied, but not angry - - 24
Angry - - 15

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Positive 97 2 58
Negative - - 39

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Strongly approve - - 32
Somewhat approve - - 28
Somewhat disapprove - - 11
Strongly disapprove - - 28

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Approve 96 2 60
Disapprove - - 38

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Favorable 94 4 65
Unfavorable - - 35

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Favorable - - 39
Unfavorable 94 3 61

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
The rich - - 7
The middle class 95 4 50
The poor - - 32

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
The rich 94 4 65
The middle class - - 27
The poor - - 2

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Yes 93 5 65
No - - 33

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Yes - - 37
No 94 3 59

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Only Barack Obama 96 1 55
Only Mitt Romney - - 29
Both of them - - 8
Neither of them - - 3

Are you currently married?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Yes 67 32 55
No 79 20 45

Gender by marital status

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Married men 63 36 27
Married women 72 27 28
Not married men 70 29 17
Not married women 84 15 28

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

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Yes 73 27 35
No 72 27 65

Married with children

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Married with children 65 35 25
All others 75 24 75

Parents

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Men with children 68 32 15
Women with children 76 24 21
Men without children 63 35 27
Women without children 79 20 37

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Yes - - 32
No 69 30 68

Do you work full-time for pay?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Yes 72 28 66
No - - 34

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Yes 82 18 60
No - - 34

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Yes - - 7
No 70 29 93

In today's election for president, did you just vote for:

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Barack Obama 97 2 62
Mitt Romney 29 71 36

Population of area

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
Over 500,000 85 14 33
50,000 - 500,000 73 26 9
Suburbs 64 34 48
10,000 - 50,000 - - 5
Rural - - 5

Population of area

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
City over 50,000 82 16 42
Suburbs 64 34 48
Small city and Rural 62 38 10

Geographic area

Category Gillibrand Long % Total
New York City 85 14 33
Long Island 63 35 16
Hudson Valley 69 30 18
Upstate urban 66 32 19
Rural Upstate 62 37 15