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  1. ✓ Barack Obama 50.7% 2,827,709
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47.7% 2,661,439

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Ohio county results

Adams 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 62% 6,691
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 3,857

Allen 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 62% 28,802
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 16,869

Ashland 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 64% 15,225
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 34% 8,083

Ashtabula 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 55% 22,964
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 43% 17,890

Athens 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 66% 17,268
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 31% 8,118

Auglaize 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 74% 16,802
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 25% 5,643

Belmont 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 16,418
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 13,826

Brown 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 62% 11,671
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 37% 6,923

Butler 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 62% 102,226
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 59,282

Carroll 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 7,177
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 42% 5,396
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Champaign 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 11,852
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 7,826

Clark 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 31,116
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 30,022

Clermont 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 67% 62,527
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 31% 29,334

Clinton 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 67% 11,740
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 31% 5,534

Columbiana 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 24,778
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 19,351

Coshocton 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 8,312
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 6,841

Crawford 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 11,561
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 7,207

Cuyahoga 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 69% 420,953
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 30% 184,475

Darke 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 72% 17,745
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 27% 6,610

Defiance 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 9,935
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 42% 7,438
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Delaware 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 61% 58,980
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 36,131

Erie 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 55% 20,969
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 44% 16,655

Fairfield 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 40,134
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 28,831

Fayette 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 6,456
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 4,075

Franklin 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 60% 325,654
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 38% 207,941

Fulton 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 11,521
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 42% 8,790

Gallia 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 62% 5,912
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 3,418

Geauga 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 30,104
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 19,295

Greene 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 48,683
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 31,028

Guernsey 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 8,811
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 7,226
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Hamilton 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 208,508
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 188,653

Hancock 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 63% 22,077
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 35% 12,192

Hardin 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 7,337
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 37% 4,487

Harrison 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 3,936
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 2,895

Henry 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 8,111
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 5,513

Highland 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 64% 11,032
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 34% 5,772

Hocking 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 6,150
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 6,010

Holmes 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 75% 8,563
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 23% 2,568

Huron 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 12,821
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 10,673

Jackson 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 7,651
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 4,965
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Jefferson 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 16,729
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 14,960

Knox 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 61% 16,873
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 37% 10,154

Lake 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 57,150
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 55,219

Lawrence 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 14,371
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 10,454

Licking 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 43,604
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 42% 32,264

Logan 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 65% 13,323
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 33% 6,789

Lorain 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 78,112
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 58,095

Lucas 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 64% 129,229
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 34% 68,100

Madison 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 10,215
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 6,700

Mahoning 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 63% 74,298
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 35% 41,702
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Marion 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 13,938
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 11,933

Medina 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 49,464
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 37,841

Meigs 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 5,782
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 3,911

Mercer 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 77% 16,207
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 22% 4,609

Miami 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 67% 33,650
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 31% 15,731

Monroe 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 3,540
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 3,007

Montgomery 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 128,983
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 121,188

Morgan 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 3,136
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 2,772

Morrow 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 61% 9,662
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 37% 5,780

Muskingum 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 18,826
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 16,327
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Noble 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 61% 3,498
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 2,082

Ottawa 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 11,214
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 10,323

Paulding 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 5,248
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 3,435

Perry 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 7,498
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 47% 6,857

Pickaway 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 13,713
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 9,335

Pike 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 5,535
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 5,490

Portage 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 38,082
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 34,465

Preble 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 67% 13,202
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 31% 6,005

Putnam 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 75% 13,563
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 23% 4,238

Richland 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 33,057
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 21,785
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Ross 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 14,582
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 13,895

Sandusky 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 50% 14,035
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 13,491

Scioto 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 15,023
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 14,432

Seneca 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 13,025
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 10,962

Shelby 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 72% 16,700
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 26% 6,065

Stark 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 86,958
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 86,314

Summit 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 147,146
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 108,700

Trumbull 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 60% 59,446
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 38% 37,545

Tuscarawas 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 21,420
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 17,516

Union 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 64% 15,947
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 34% 8,546
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Van Wert 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 69% 9,433
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 29% 3,923

Vinton 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 2,798
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 2,382

Warren 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 69% 74,626
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 30% 31,907

Washington 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 16,921
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 11,333

Wayne 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 29,450
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 18,932

Williams 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 9,863
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 7,045

Wood 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 31,596
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 28,997

Wyandot 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 6,054
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 3,962
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Obama Romney % Total
Male 45 52 48
Female 55 44 52

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-29 63 35 17
30-44 51 46 24
45-64 47 51 41
65 or over 44 55 18

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-24 62 35 10
25-29 63 35 7
30-39 55 41 15
40-49 45 53 21
50-64 48 50 30
65 or over 44 55 18

Race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White 41 57 79
Black 96 3 15
Hispanic or Latino 54 42 3
Asian - - 1
Other - - 2

Gender by race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White men 36 62 38
White women 46 53 41
Black men 95 4 7
Black women 97 3 8
Latino men - - 2
Latino women - - 2
All other races - - 2
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Liberal 88 10 22
Moderate 57 41 42
Conservative 18 81 35

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Democrat 93 7 38
Republican 5 94 31
Independent or something else 43 53 31

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
No high school diploma 67 31 4
High school graduate 52 47 24
Some college or associate degree 51 46 32
College graduate 45 53 27
Postgraduate study 50 48 13

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
College graduate 47 51 40
No college degree 53 46 60

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than high school graduate 49 49 72
High school graduate or less 54 45 28
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2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $30,000 63 35 23
$30,000 - $49,999 55 43 22
$50,000 - $99,999 47 52 34
$100,000 - $199,999 39 60 16
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 2
$250,000 or more 44 56 3

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 59 39 45
$50,000 - $99,999 47 52 34
$100,000 or more 40 59 21

2011 total family income

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 59 39 45
$50,000 or more 44 54 55

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $100,000 54 44 79
$100,000 or more 40 59 21

Religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant or other Christian 48 51 54
Catholic 44 55 26
Jewish - - 1
Something else - - 7
None 70 23 12
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Religion among whites

Category Obama Romney % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 38 61 43
White Catholic 43 56 22
White Jewish - - 1
White something else - - 4
White none 62 28 9
Non-white 82 17 22

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Obama Romney % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians 30 69 31
All others 60 38 69

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal in all cases 80 18 25
Legal in most cases 63 37 31
Illegal in most cases 23 74 27
Illegal in all cases 18 81 12

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal 71 28 55
Illegal 22 76 39

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Foreign policy - - 4
Federal budget deficit 27 71 14
The economy 48 50 59
Health care 73 25 20
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Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted for president?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Shares my values 35 62 28
Is a strong leader 41 58 18
Cares about people like me 84 15 22
Has a vision for the future 44 53 28

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
The housing market - - 6
Unemployment 51 46 32
Taxes 33 66 18
Rising prices 55 44 41

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it 91 7 26
Leave it as is 79 20 15
Repeal some of it 33 66 28
Repeal all of it 7 89 25

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 86 12 41
Repeal some or all of it 21 77 53

Should income tax rates:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Increase for all 47 51 12
Increase only on income over $250,000 78 21 44
Not increase for anyone 17 81 39
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Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 95 4 50
Mitt Romney 1 98 46

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 99 1 46
Mitt Romney 2 96 50

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 95 3 49
Mitt Romney 1 98 46

Which is closer to your view:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 82 16 39
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 27 71 56

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent - - 2
Good 93 6 23
Not so good 51 46 42
Poor 11 88 31
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Do you think the condition of the nation's economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent or good 93 6 25
Not so good or poor 34 64 73

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 95 4 36
Getting worse 6 91 34
Staying about the same 44 55 29

Economic conditions:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 95 4 36
Staying the same and good - - 5
Staying the same and not good 38 61 24
Getting worse 6 91 34

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Better today 83 15 25
Worse today 14 83 31
About the same 58 41 43

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 7 91 40
George W. Bush 87 11 51
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Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Enthusiastic 99 1 24
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic 90 9 24
Dissatisfied, but not angry 8 89 28
Angry 1 97 22

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Positive 94 5 48
Negative 5 93 50

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 91 7 55
Unfavorable 3 94 43

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 8 92 45
Unfavorable 92 4 50

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 8 87 10
The middle class 89 11 43
The poor 23 75 36
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Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 87 12 56
The middle class 2 96 35
The poor - - 1

Which best describes your vote for president today?

Category Obama Romney % Total
I strongly favor my candidate 56 44 67
I like my candidate but with reservations 41 57 23
I dislike the other candidates - - 9

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 49 49 12
In September - - 8
Before that 51 47 68

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 42 53 10
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 46 51 22
Before that 52 47 77
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Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Only Barack Obama 6 93 15
Only Mitt Romney 96 4 21
Both of them 45 52 41
Neither of them 46 50 17

Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama did 34 63 56
Barack Obama did not 73 25 38

Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Mitt Romney did 62 36 62
Mitt Romney did not 27 71 33

Are you currently married?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 42 56 58
No 62 36 42

Gender by marital status

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married men 37 61 29
Married women 47 52 29
Not married men 58 39 19
Not married women 66 33 23
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Do you have any children under 18 living in your home?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 55 44 33
No 52 46 67

Married with children

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married with children 45 54 21
All others 55 43 79

Parents

Category Obama Romney % Total
Men with children 54 45 16
Women with children 56 43 17
Men without children 49 48 34
Women without children 54 44 33

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 60 37 22
No 48 50 78

Does anyone in your household work in the auto industry?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes - - 9
No 48 50 90
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How do you feel about the federal government's aid to U.S. automakers?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Approve 74 25 60
Disapprove 10 88 36

Has anyone in your household lost a job or been laid off in the last four years?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 48 49 37
No 51 48 62

In today's election for U.S. Senate, did you just vote for:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Sherrod Brown 90 8 52
Josh Mandel 6 93 46

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Over 500,000 60 38 8
50,000 - 500,000 70 28 17
Suburbs 47 51 55
10,000 - 50,000 42 57 5
Rural 37 60 14

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
City over 50,000 66 31 25
Suburbs 47 51 55
Small city and Rural 38 60 19
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Geographic area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Cleveland area 60 38 19
East 51 48 21
Northwest/Toledo 44 54 15
Columbus area 52 46 18
South/Cincinnati 46 52 27
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