Virginia county results

Exit poll

Gender

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Male 47 51 0 47
Female 54 45 0 53

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
18-29 61 36 0 19
30-44 54 45 1 27
45-64 46 53 0 41
65 or over 46 54 0 14

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
18-24 59 38 1 10
25-29 63 34 - 9
30-39 55 43 1 17
40-49 50 49 0 21
50-64 45 54 0 29
65 or over 46 54 0 14

Race

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
White 37 61 0 70
Black 93 6 1 20
Hispanic or Latino 64 33 1 5
Asian 66 32 - 3
Other - - - 2

Gender by race

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
White men 34 64 1 34
White women 40 59 0 37
Black men 91 9 - 8
Black women 95 4 1 11
Latino men - - - 2
Latino women - - - 2
All other races 63 36 0 5

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Liberal 92 7 0 24
Moderate 56 42 0 45
Conservative 11 87 1 31

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Democrat 94 6 0 39
Republican 5 94 0 32
Independent or something else 43 54 1 29

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
No high school diploma - - - 2
High school graduate 49 50 0 18
Some college or associate degree 47 51 1 25
College graduate 48 50 1 30
Postgraduate study 57 42 - 24

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
College graduate 52 46 0 54
No college degree 49 50 0 46

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
More than high school graduate 51 48 0 79
High school graduate or less 50 49 0 21

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Under $30,000 61 38 0 18
$30,000 - $49,999 60 38 1 18
$50,000 - $99,999 46 53 0 30
$100,000 - $199,999 46 52 0 23
$200,000 - $249,999 53 47 - 5
$250,000 or more 46 52 0 6

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Under $50,000 60 38 1 35
$50,000 - $99,999 46 53 0 30
$100,000 or more 47 51 0 34

2011 total family income

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Under $50,000 60 38 1 35
$50,000 or more 47 52 0 65

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Under $100,000 54 45 1 66
$100,000 or more 47 51 0 34

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
More than once a week 48 52 - 16
Once a week 50 50 - 27
A few times a month 58 41 - 13
A few times a year 53 47 0 25
Never 64 36 - 17

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Weekly or more often 49 51 - 43
Occasionally 55 45 0 38
Never 64 36 - 17

Religion

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Protestant or other Christian 45 54 - 61
Catholic 45 55 1 15
Jewish - - - 3
Something else 78 22 - 12
None 76 22 - 10

Religion among whites

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 27 72 - 43
White Catholic 35 65 0 11
White Jewish - - - 2
White something else - - - 7
White none - - - 7
Non-white 88 12 0 30

Church attendance by religion

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly 34 66 - 15
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly 36 63 - 16
Catholic and attend at least weekly - - - 7
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly - - - 8
All others 66 34 - 54

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians 17 83 - 23
All others 64 35 0 77

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Legal in all cases 85 14 0 31
Legal in most cases 56 44 - 31
Illegal in most cases 23 77 - 22
Illegal in all cases - - - 10

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Legal 70 29 0 63
Illegal 21 79 0 33

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Foreign policy - - - 4
Federal budget deficit 28 69 1 14
The economy 46 52 1 62
Health care 78 22 - 17

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Shares my values 38 60 1 27
Is a strong leader 37 61 0 18
Cares about people like me 82 17 0 22
Has a vision for the future 44 54 1 30

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
The housing market - - - 8
Unemployment 54 45 - 45
Taxes 38 61 - 16
Rising prices 51 47 1 28

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Expand it 91 7 0 32
Leave it as is 83 17 - 15
Repeal some of it 21 76 2 26
Repeal all of it 3 94 1 23

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 89 10 0 47
Repeal some or all of it 13 85 1 48

Should income tax rates:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Increase for all 55 45 - 12
Increase only on income over $250,000 76 23 0 51
Not increase for anyone 18 81 0 34

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Barack Obama 94 5 0 52
Mitt Romney 2 97 1 46

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Barack Obama 98 1 - 48
Mitt Romney 3 95 1 49

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Barack Obama 96 4 0 54
Mitt Romney 2 98 - 44

Which is closer to your view:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 83 16 - 45
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 19 78 1 51

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Excellent - - - 3
Good 92 6 0 27
Not so good 48 51 0 43
Poor 6 92 1 27

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Excellent or good 92 6 0 30
Not so good or poor 32 66 1 69

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Getting better 92 7 0 43
Getting worse 4 94 1 33
Staying about the same 36 62 1 22

Economic conditions:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Getting better 92 7 0 43
Staying the same and good - - - 2
Staying the same and not good 28 70 1 20
Getting worse 4 94 1 33

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Better today 85 13 1 28
Worse today 8 90 0 35
About the same 63 35 1 35

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Barack Obama 8 90 1 43
George W. Bush 86 12 0 51

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Enthusiastic 97 3 - 33
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic 96 4 - 19
Dissatisfied, but not angry 7 92 0 25
Angry 1 98 0 21

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Positive 96 3 - 52
Negative 5 95 0 47

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Favorable 93 6 1 51
Unfavorable 2 95 1 47

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Favorable 7 93 0 48
Unfavorable 91 5 1 49

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
The rich - - - 10
The middle class 90 9 0 46
The poor 17 82 - 34

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
The rich 91 8 0 53
The middle class 5 94 0 39
The poor - - - 2

Which best describes your vote for president today?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
I strongly favor my candidate 55 44 0 74
I like my candidate but with reservations 38 61 - 20
I dislike the other candidates - - - 6

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Just today - - - 4
In the last few days - - - 6
In October - - - 5
In September - - - 6
Before that 54 45 1 78

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Just today or in the last few days 41 56 1 11
Before that 51 47 1 89

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
In October or later 40 58 1 15
Before that 52 46 1 84

Are you currently married?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Yes 44 55 0 62
No 61 37 1 38

Gender by marital status

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Married men 41 57 0 30
Married women 46 53 0 32
Not married men 57 41 0 17
Not married women 64 35 1 22

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Yes 49 50 0 39
No 50 48 1 61

Married with children

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Married with children 42 56 0 30
All others 52 45 1 70

Parents

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Men with children 50 49 - 17
Women with children 49 50 0 22
Men without children 43 54 1 28
Women without children 55 43 1 33

Does anyone in your household work for the federal government?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Yes 54 46 - 18
No 49 49 1 81

Have you ever served in the U.S. military?

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Yes 49 49 - 15
No 50 48 1 85

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

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Timothy Kaine 93 6 0 52
George Allen 5 94 1 48

Population of area

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
Over 500,000 - - - -
50,000 - 500,000 64 35 0 22
Suburbs 49 50 0 50
10,000 - 50,000 75 24 - 6
Rural 36 62 1 22

Population of area

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
City over 50,000 64 35 0 22
Suburbs 49 50 0 50
Small city and Rural 45 54 1 28

Geographic area

Category Obama Romney Goode % Total
DC suburbs 63 36 0 18
North Virginia Exurbs 49 50 0 16
Central/West 38 61 1 22
Richmond/East 51 48 0 25
Tidewater 56 42 0 18