- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 72% 4,212,518
- ✓ Wendy Long 27% 1,561,893
81% in
- ✓ projected winner
- Democrat
- Republican
- Third Party
- Undecided
New York county results
Albany 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 75% 91,385
- ✓ Wendy Long 23% 28,138
Allegany 100% in
- ✓ Wendy Long 50% 7,497
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 48% 7,140
Bronx 99% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 93% 275,512
- ✓ Wendy Long 6% 19,046
Brooklyn 98% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 87% 503,370
- ✓ Wendy Long 12% 69,536
Broome 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 65% 46,415
- ✓ Wendy Long 33% 23,755
Cattaraugus 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 56% 14,617
- ✓ Wendy Long 42% 11,075
Cayuga 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 62% 15,498
- ✓ Wendy Long 35% 8,803
Chautauqua 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 57% 26,781
- ✓ Wendy Long 41% 19,107
Chemung 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 62% 18,996
- ✓ Wendy Long 37% 11,244
Chenango 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 59% 9,843
- ✓ Wendy Long 38% 6,303
Clinton 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 69% 17,687
- ✓ Wendy Long 29% 7,562
Columbia 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 69% 17,663
- ✓ Wendy Long 29% 7,405
Cortland 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 61% 10,221
- ✓ Wendy Long 37% 6,209
Delaware 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 62% 10,163
- ✓ Wendy Long 37% 5,996
Dutchess 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 66% 71,838
- ✓ Wendy Long 33% 35,806
Erie 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 68% 247,432
- ✓ Wendy Long 30% 109,667
Essex 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 67% 10,071
- ✓ Wendy Long 31% 4,652
Franklin 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 67% 9,137
- ✓ Wendy Long 31% 4,272
Fulton 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 61% 10,419
- ✓ Wendy Long 38% 6,478
Genesee 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 51% 11,027
- ✓ Wendy Long 47% 10,035
Greene 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 61% 10,633
- ✓ Wendy Long 38% 6,585
Hamilton 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 50% 1,272
- ✓ Wendy Long 48% 1,221
Herkimer 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 63% 13,703
- ✓ Wendy Long 35% 7,741
Jefferson 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 65% 19,772
- ✓ Wendy Long 34% 10,436
Lewis 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 61% 5,341
- ✓ Wendy Long 37% 3,237
Livingston 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 55% 12,587
- ✓ Wendy Long 44% 10,066
Madison 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 59% 14,490
- ✓ Wendy Long 38% 9,284
Manhattan 97% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 87% 407,147
- ✓ Wendy Long 11% 53,332
Monroe 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 66% 195,203
- ✓ Wendy Long 32% 94,222
Montgomery 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 64% 10,217
- ✓ Wendy Long 34% 5,402
Nassau 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 64% 278,717
- ✓ Wendy Long 35% 155,315
Niagara 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 62% 48,073
- ✓ Wendy Long 36% 28,276
Oneida 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 62% 47,271
- ✓ Wendy Long 35% 26,852
Onondaga 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 69% 124,199
- ✓ Wendy Long 29% 52,132
Ontario 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 57% 23,737
- ✓ Wendy Long 41% 17,178
Orange 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 65% 82,691
- ✓ Wendy Long 33% 41,771
Orleans 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 50% 6,471
- ✓ Wendy Long 48% 6,126
Oswego 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 61% 23,365
- ✓ Wendy Long 37% 14,073
Otsego 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 65% 13,844
- ✓ Wendy Long 33% 7,068
Putnam 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 59% 22,448
- ✓ Wendy Long 40% 15,317
Queens 99% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 84% 401,446
- ✓ Wendy Long 15% 71,735
Rensselaer 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 69% 42,777
- ✓ Wendy Long 29% 17,975
Rockland 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 67% 72,312
- ✓ Wendy Long 32% 34,764
Saint Lawrence 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 70% 22,309
- ✓ Wendy Long 29% 9,149
Saratoga 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 65% 61,489
- ✓ Wendy Long 34% 31,956
Schenectady 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 69% 39,571
- ✓ Wendy Long 29% 16,819
Schoharie 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 59% 6,843
- ✓ Wendy Long 40% 4,598
Schuyler 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 58% 4,109
- ✓ Wendy Long 40% 2,873
Seneca 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 59% 6,795
- ✓ Wendy Long 38% 4,382
Staten Island 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 64% 83,341
- ✓ Wendy Long 35% 46,277
Steuben 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 54% 18,545
- ✓ Wendy Long 44% 15,123
Suffolk 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 63% 324,070
- ✓ Wendy Long 35% 181,308
Sullivan 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 66% 15,490
- ✓ Wendy Long 33% 7,675
Tioga 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 55% 10,455
- ✓ Wendy Long 43% 8,316
Tompkins 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 73% 25,040
- ✓ Wendy Long 24% 8,275
Ulster 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 71% 49,561
- ✓ Wendy Long 27% 19,106
Warren 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 68% 17,382
- ✓ Wendy Long 31% 7,952
Washington 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 68% 14,125
- ✓ Wendy Long 31% 6,457
Wayne 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 54% 17,414
- ✓ Wendy Long 44% 14,415
Westchester 81% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 70% 181,784
- ✓ Wendy Long 29% 73,864
Wyoming 100% in
- ✓ Wendy Long 49% 7,050
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 49% 6,968
Yates 100% in
- ✓ Kirsten Gillibrand 53% 4,296
- ✓ Wendy Long 45% 3,604
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 |
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 |