2012 Fox News

Exit Polls

The percentages in the first column, labeled "Total," show the proportion of the electorate that is in each subgroup -- these columns are always read down vertically.

The percentages in all remaining columns are read across horizontally (those to the right of the "Total" column). These percentages show how the particular subgroup of voters divided their vote among the candidates or vote question.

President
Governor
Senate
House
Ballot Measures

National Poll

President2008 Exit Polls

Sample: 26565 respondents

Are you:	Total	Obama	Romney
Male	47%	45%	52%
Female	53%	55%	44%
Sample: 26517 respondents

In which age group are you?	Total	Obama	Romney
18-29	19%	60%	37%
30-44	27%	52%	45%
45-64	38%	47%	51%
65 or over	16%	44%	56%
Sample: 26413 respondents

In which age group are you?	Total	Obama	Romney
18-24	11%	60%	36%
25-29	8%	60%	38%
30-39	17%	55%	42%
40-49	20%	48%	50%
50-64	28%	47%	52%
65 or over	16%	44%	56%
Sample: 26413 respondents

Are you:	Total	Obama	Romney
White	72%	39%	59%
Black	13%	93%	6%
Hispanic/Latino	10%	71%	27%
Asian	3%	73%	26%
Other	2%	58%	38%
Sample: 26200 respondents

Age by race	Total	Obama	Romney
White 18-29	11%	44%	51%
White 30-44	18%	38%	59%
White 45-64	29%	38%	61%
White 65+	14%	39%	61%
Black 18-29	3%	91%	8%
Black 30-44	4%	94%	5%
Black 45-64	4%	93%	7%
Black 65+	1%	93%	6%
Latino 18-29	4%	74%	23%
Latino 30-44	3%	71%	28%
Latino 45-64	3%	68%	31%
Latino 65+	1%	65%	35%
All other	5%	67%	31%
Sample: 26091 respondents

Sex by race	Total	Obama	Romney
White men	34%	35%	62%
White women	38%	42%	56%
Black men	5%	87%	11%
Black women	8%	96%	3%
Latino men	5%	65%	33%
Latino women	6%	76%	23%
All other races	5%	66%	31%
Sample: 26160 respondents

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:	Total	Obama	Romney
Liberal	25%	86%	11%
Moderate	41%	56%	41%
Conservative	35%	17%	82%
Sample: 24910 respondents

No matter how you voted today, do you usually think of yourself as a:	Total	Obama	Romney
Democrat	38%	92%	7%
Republican	32%	6%	93%
Independent or something else	29%	45%	50%
Sample: 25518 respondents

What was the last grade of school you completed?	Total	Obama	Romney
No high school diploma	3%	64%	35%
High school graduate	21%	51%	48%
Some college/assoc. degree	29%	49%	48%
College graduate	29%	47%	51%
Postgraduate study	18%	55%	42%
Sample: 25466 respondents

What was the last grade of school you completed?	Total	Obama	Romney
College graduate	47%	50%	48%
No college degree	53%	51%	47%
Sample: 25466 respondents

What was the last grade of school you completed?	Total	Obama	Romney
More than high school graduate	76%	50%	48%
High school graduate or less	24%	52%	46%
Sample: 25466 respondents

2011 total family income:	Total	Obama	Romney
Under $30,000	20%	63%	35%
$30,000 - $49,999	21%	57%	42%
$50,000 - $99,999	31%	46%	52%
$100,000 - $199,999	21%	44%	54%
$200,000 - $249,999	3%	47%	52%
$250,000 or more	4%	42%	55%
Sample: 24157 respondents

2011 total family income:	Total	Obama	Romney
Under $50,000	41%	60%	38%
$50,000-$99,999	31%	46%	52%
$100,000 or more	28%	44%	54%
Sample: 24157 respondents

2011 total family income:	Total	Obama	Romney
Under $50,000	41%	60%	38%
$50,000 or more	59%	45%	53%
Sample: 24157 respondents

2011 total family income:	Total	Obama	Romney
Under $100,000	72%	54%	44%
$100,000 or more	28%	44%	54%
Sample: 24157 respondents

How often do you attend religious services?	Total	Obama	Romney
More than once a week	14%	36%	63%
Once a week	28%	41%	58%
A few times a month	13%	55%	44%
A few times a year	27%	56%	42%
Never	17%	62%	34%
Sample: 5131 respondents

How often do you attend religious services?	Total	Obama	Romney
Weekly	42%	39%	59%
Occasionally	40%	55%	43%
Never	17%	62%	34%
Sample: 5131 respondents

Are you:	Total	Obama	Romney
Protestant	29%	37%	62%
Catholic	25%	50%	48%
Mormon	2%	21%	78%
Other Christian	23%	50%	49%
Jewish	2%	69%	30%
Muslim	1%	-	-
Other	7%	73%	24%
None	12%	70%	26%
Sample: 9753 respondents

Religion, combined Protestant and other Christian	Total	Obama	Romney
Protestant or other Christian	53%	42%	57%
Catholic	25%	50%	48%
Jewish	2%	69%	30%
Something else	7%	74%	23%
None	12%	70%	26%
Sample: 9753 respondents

Religion among whites	Total	Obama	Romney
White Protestant/Other Christian	39%	30%	69%
White Catholic	18%	40%	59%
White Jewish	2%	71%	29%
White something else	4%	61%	35%
White none	9%	63%	31%
Non-white	28%	80%	18%
Sample: 9731 respondents

Church attendance by Religion	Total	Obama	Romney
Protestant/Attend weekly	15%	29%	70%
Protestant/Do not attend weekly	14%	44%	55%
Catholic/Attend weekly	11%	42%	57%
Catholic/Do not attend weekly	13%	56%	42%
All Others	46%	58%	39%
Sample: 5131 respondents

White evangelical or white born-again Christians	Total	Obama	Romney
White evangelical or white born-again Christian	26%	21%	78%
All others	74%	60%	37%
Sample: 5114 respondents

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:	Total	Obama	Romney
Legal in all cases	29%	76%	22%
Legal in most cases	30%	58%	40%
Illegal in most cases	23%	22%	76%
Illegal in all cases	13%	19%	79%
Sample: 5131 respondents

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:	Total	Obama	Romney
Legal	59%	67%	31%
Illegal	36%	21%	77%
Sample: 5131 respondents

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?	Total	Obama	Romney
Support	21%	11%	87%
Neutral	42%	42%	57%
Oppose	30%	89%	9%
Sample: 5131 respondents

Which ONE of these four issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE)	Total	Obama	Romney
Foreign policy	5%	56%	33%
Federal budget deficit	15%	32%	66%
The economy	59%	47%	51%
Health care	18%	75%	24%
Sample: 10798 respondents

Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted for president? (CHECK ONLY ONE)	Total	Obama	Romney
Shares my values	27%	42%	55%
Is a strong leader	18%	38%	61%
Cares about people like me	21%	81%	18%
Has a vision for the future	29%	45%	54%
Sample: 10798 respondents

Which ONE of these four is the biggest economic problem facing people like you? (CHECK ONLY ONE)	Total	Obama	Romney
The housing market	8%	63%	32%
Unemployment	38%	54%	44%
Taxes	14%	32%	66%
Rising prices	37%	49%	49%
Sample: 5359 respondents

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?	Total	Obama	Romney
Expand it	26%	92%	5%
Leave it as is	18%	80%	19%
Repeal some of it	24%	27%	72%
Repeal all of it	25%	3%	93%
Sample: 5043 respondents

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?	Total	Obama	Romney
Expand it or leave it as is	44%	87%	11%
Repeal some of it or repeal all of it	49%	15%	83%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Should income tax rates:	Total	Obama	Romney
Increase for all	13%	52%	44%
Increase only on income over $250,000	47%	70%	29%
Not increase for anyone	35%	23%	75%
Sample: 5179 respondents

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:	Total	Obama	Romney
Offered a chance to apply for legal status	65%	61%	37%
Deported to the country they came from	28%	24%	73%
Sample: 5131 respondents

Who is more in touch with people like you?	Total	Obama	Romney
Barack Obama	53%	91%	7%
Mitt Romney	43%	1%	98%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Who would better handle the economy?	Total	Obama	Romney
Barack Obama	48%	98%	1%
Mitt Romney	49%	4%	94%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Who would better handle Medicare?	Total	Obama	Romney
Barack Obama	52%	92%	6%
Mitt Romney	44%	2%	96%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?	Total	Obama	Romney
Barack Obama	47%	98%	1%
Mitt Romney	49%	3%	95%
Sample: 5179 respondents

Which is closer to your view:	Total	Obama	Romney
Government should do more to solve problems	43%	81%	17%
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals	51%	24%	74%
Sample: 5439 respondents

Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is:	Total	Obama	Romney
Excellent	2%	-	-
Good	21%	90%	9%
Not so good	45%	55%	42%
Poor	31%	12%	85%
Sample: 5359 respondents

Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is:	Total	Obama	Romney
Excellent or good	23%	90%	9%
Not so good or poor	77%	38%	60%
Sample: 5359 respondents

Is the U.S. economy:	Total	Obama	Romney
Getting better	39%	88%	9%
Getting worse	30%	9%	90%
Staying about the same	29%	40%	57%
Sample: 5359 respondents

Economic Conditions Are...	Total	Obama	Romney
Getting better	39%	88%	9%
Good and staying the same	4%	71%	27%
Poor and staying the same	25%	35%	62%
Getting worse	30%	9%	90%
Sample: 5359 respondents

Compared to four years ago, is your family's financial situation:	Total	Obama	Romney
Better today	25%	84%	15%
Worse today	33%	18%	80%
About the same	41%	58%	40%
Sample: 5439 respondents

Do you think things in this country today are:	Total	Obama	Romney
Generally going in the right direction	46%	93%	6%
Seriously off on the wrong track	52%	13%	84%
Sample: 4869 respondents

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?	Total	Obama	Romney
Barack Obama	38%	5%	94%
George W. Bush	53%	85%	12%
Sample: 5359 respondents

Do you think the U.S. economic system generally:	Total	Obama	Romney
Favors the wealthy	55%	71%	26%
Is fair to most Americans	39%	22%	77%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?	Total	Obama	Romney
Yes	33%	73%	24%
No	63%	37%	61%
Sample: 5359 respondents

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:	Total	Obama	Romney
Enthusiastic	25%	98%	2%
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic	24%	87%	11%
Dissatisfied, but not angry	30%	9%	86%
Angry	19%	1%	97%
Sample: 5510 respondents

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:	Total	Obama	Romney
Positive	49%	93%	6%
Negative	49%	6%	91%
Sample: 5510 respondents

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?	Total	Obama	Romney
Strongly approve	29%	97%	2%
Somewhat approve	24%	80%	18%
Somewhat disapprove	13%	9%	88%
Strongly disapprove	33%	1%	96%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?	Total	Obama	Romney
Approve	54%	89%	9%
Disapprove	45%	3%	94%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:	Total	Obama	Romney
Favorable	53%	93%	6%
Unfavorable	46%	3%	94%
Sample: 4869 respondents

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:	Total	Obama	Romney
Favorable	47%	6%	93%
Unfavorable	50%	92%	5%
Sample: 4869 respondents

Do Barack Obama’s policies generally favor:	Total	Obama	Romney
The rich	10%	9%	89%
The middle class	44%	86%	12%
The poor	31%	25%	74%
Sample: 4869 respondents

Would Mitt Romney’s policies generally favor:	Total	Obama	Romney
The rich	53%	87%	10%
The middle class	34%	6%	93%
The poor	2%	-	-
Sample: 4869 respondents

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?	Total	Obama	Romney
Yes	57%	85%	13%
No	42%	2%	96%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?	Total	Obama	Romney
Yes	50%	13%	86%
No	46%	90%	7%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Do you trust _____ to handle an international crisis?	Total	Obama	Romney
Only Barack Obama	42%	97%	1%
Only Mitt Romney	36%	1%	98%
Both of them	13%	46%	51%
Neither of them	4%	13%	72%
Sample: 5043 respondents

Which best describes your vote for president today?	Total	Obama	Romney
I strongly favor my candidate	65%	54%	45%
I like my candidate but with reservations	23%	42%	57%
I dislike the other candidates	10%	41%	51%
Sample: 5273 respondents

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?	Total	Obama	Romney
Just today	3%	51%	44%
In the last few days	6%	50%	45%
In October	11%	49%	48%
In September	9%	45%	53%
Before that	69%	53%	46%
Sample: 5439 respondents

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?	Total	Obama	Romney
Just today or in the last few days	9%	50%	44%
In October or in September or before that	89%	51%	47%
Sample: 5439 respondents

When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?	Total	Obama	Romney
Just today or in the last few days or in October	21%	50%	46%
Before that	78%	52%	47%
Sample: 5439 respondents

Are you currently married?	Total	Obama	Romney
Yes	60%	42%	56%
No	40%	62%	35%
Sample: 20714 respondents

Gender by marital status	Total	Obama	Romney
Married men	29%	38%	60%
Married women	31%	46%	53%
Non-married men	18%	56%	40%
Non-married women	23%	67%	31%
Sample: 20681 respondents

Do you have any children under 18 living in your home?	Total	Obama	Romney
Yes	36%	51%	47%
No	64%	50%	47%
Sample: 15079 respondents

Married with children:	Total	Obama	Romney
Married with children	27%	45%	54%
All others	73%	53%	45%
Sample: 15106 respondents

Parents	Total	Obama	Romney
Men with children	16%	45%	53%
Women with children	20%	56%	43%
Men without children	30%	47%	50%
Women without children	34%	54%	45%
Sample: 15053 respondents

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?	Total	Obama	Romney
Yes	18%	58%	40%
No	82%	49%	48%
Sample: 4798 respondents

Do you work full-time for pay?	Total	Obama	Romney
Yes	60%	49%	49%
No	40%	53%	45%
Sample: 4923 respondents

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?	Total	Obama	Romney
Yes	49%	73%	25%
No	46%	25%	74%
Sample: 5273 respondents

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?	Total	Obama	Romney
Yes	5%	76%	22%
No	95%	49%	49%
Sample: 9319 respondents

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?	Total	Obama	Romney
The most important factor	15%	73%	26%
An important factor	27%	65%	33%
A minor factor	22%	51%	46%
Not a factor at all	31%	28%	70%
Sample: 4745 respondents

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?	Total	Obama	Romney
Important	42%	68%	31%
Not important	54%	37%	60%
Sample: 4745 respondents

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?	Total	Obama	Romney
Factor	64%	62%	36%
Not a factor	31%	28%	70%
Sample: 4745 respondents

Population of area, five categories	Total	Obama	Romney
Over 500,000	11%	69%	29%
50,000 - 500,000	21%	58%	40%
Suburbs	47%	48%	50%
10,000 - 50,000	8%	42%	56%
Rural	14%	37%	61%
Sample: 26565 respondents

Population of area, three categories	Total	Obama	Romney
City over 50,000	32%	62%	36%
Suburbs	47%	48%	50%
Small city and Rural	21%	39%	59%
Sample: 26565 respondents

2012 Fox News Exit Polls

Exit polls are interviews of voters as they leave polling places on Election Day. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. Interviewing starts when polls open and ends about an hour before they close.

Exit Polls

President

Governor

Senate

House

Ballot Measures

National Poll

President2008 Exit Polls

Are you:

Male

Female

In which age group are you?

18-29

30-44

45-64

65 or over

In which age group are you?

18-24

25-29

30-39

40-49

50-64

65 or over

Are you:

White

Black

Hispanic/Latino

Asian

Other

Age by race

White 18-29

White 30-44

White 45-64

White 65+

Black 18-29

Black 30-44

Black 45-64

Black 65+

Latino 18-29

Latino 30-44

Latino 45-64

Latino 65+

All other

Sex by race

White men

White women

Black men

Black women

Latino men

Latino women

All other races

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Liberal

Moderate

Conservative

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

Democrat

Republican

Independent or something else

What was the last grade of school you completed?

No high school diploma

High school graduate

Some college/assoc. degree

College graduate

Postgraduate study

What was the last grade of school you completed?

College graduate

No college degree

What was the last grade of school you completed?

More than high school graduate

High school graduate or less

2011 total family income:

Under $30,000

$30,000 - $49,999

$50,000 - $99,999

$100,000 - $199,999

$200,000 - $249,999

$250,000 or more