2012 House of Representatives Election Results

Balance of power

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Democrat
Republican
Third Party
Undecided

Balance of power

Democrat 200
Independent 0
Republican 233

NBC projection: Democrats expected to win 201 House seats; Republicans, 234 seats. Margin of error +/- 1

Key state results

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Republican
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Undecided

The races listed below are editorially selected key House races from around the country. To find results from other states, use the menu at the top of this page.

Florida District 18

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✓ Patrick Murphy 50% 166,223
✓ Allen West 50% 164,316

Illinois District 8

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✓ Tammy Duckworth 55% 121,298
✓ Joe Walsh 45% 100,360

Illinois District 11

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✓ Bill Foster 58% 139,860
✓ Judy Biggert 42% 101,010

Illinois District 12

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✓ William Enyart 52% 154,621
✓ Jason Plummer 43% 128,582

Massachusetts District 6

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✓ John Tierney 48% 179,603
✓ Richard Tisei 47% 175,953

New York District 27

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✓ Chris Collins 51% 150,446
✓ Kathy Hochul 49% 146,134

Minnesota District 6

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✓ Michele Bachmann 51% 180,131
✓ Jim Graves 49% 175,923

Iowa District 3

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✓ Tom Latham 52% 201,457
✓ Leonard Boswell 44% 167,965

Utah District 4

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✓ Jim Matheson 49% 108,275
✓ Mia Love 48% 105,629

California District 30

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✓ Brad Sherman 60% 117,374
✓ Howard Berman 40% 77,003

Exit poll

Gender

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Male	45	53	47
Female	55	44	53

In which age group are you?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
18-29	60	38	19
30-44	51	46	26
45-64	47	51	38
65 or over	44	55	17

In which age group are you?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
18-24	61	37	11
25-29	60	38	8
30-39	54	43	16
40-49	47	52	20
50-64	47	51	28
65 or over	44	55	17

Race

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
White	39	59	72
Black	91	8	13
Hispanic or Latino	68	30	10
Asian	73	25	3
Other	58	37	2

Gender by race

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
White men	36	62	35
White women	43	55	37
Black men	86	13	5
Black women	94	5	8
Latino men	61	37	5
Latino women	74	24	6
All other races	66	31	5

Age by race

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
White 18-29	46	52	11
White 30-44	38	60	18
White 45-64	38	60	29
White 65+	39	60	14
Black 18-29	90	9	3
Black 30-44	91	7	4
Black 45-64	91	8	4
Black 65+	91	9	1
Latino 18-29	71	27	4
Latino 30-44	69	30	3
Latino 45-64	65	33	3
Latino 65+	66	33	1
All other	66	31	5

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Liberal	86	12	25
Moderate	57	41	40
Conservative	16	82	35

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Democrat	94	6	39
Republican	5	94	33
Independent or something else	44	51	28

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
No high school diploma	62	35	3
High school graduate	52	46	21
Some college or associate degree	48	50	29
College graduate	46	52	29
Postgraduate study	55	43	18

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
College graduate	50	48	47
No college degree	51	48	53

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
More than high school graduate	49	49	76
High school graduate or less	54	45	24

2011 total family income:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Under $30,000	63	35	20
$30,000 - $49,999	56	42	21
$50,000 - $99,999	46	52	31
$100,000 - $199,999	43	55	20
$200,000 - $249,999	43	56	3
$250,000 or more	39	59	4

2011 total family income:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Under $50,000	59	39	40
$50,000 - $99,999	46	52	31
$100,000 or more	42	56	28

2011 total family income

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Under $50,000	59	39	40
$50,000 or more	45	54	60

2011 total family income:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Under $100,000	54	45	72
$100,000 or more	42	56	28

How often do you attend religious services?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
More than once a week	36	63	14
Once a week	42	56	28
A few times a month	51	46	13
A few times a year	55	43	27
Never	60	38	17

How often do you attend religious services?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Weekly or more often	40	58	42
Occasionally	54	44	40
Never	60	38	17

Religion

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Protestant	36	63	29
Catholic	50	49	25
Mormon	22	77	2
Other Christian	49	50	23
Jewish	69	29	2
Muslim	-	-	1
Other	71	24	7
None	71	27	12

Religion

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Protestant or other Christian	41	58	53
Catholic	50	49	25
Jewish	69	29	2
Something else	73	23	7
None	71	27	12

Religion among whites

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
White Protestant/Other Christian	29	70	39
White Catholic	39	59	18
White Jewish	70	28	2
White something else	61	33	4
White none	67	31	9
Non-white	78	20	28

Church attendance by religion

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly	31	68	15
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly	42	57	14
Catholic and attend at least weekly	42	56	12
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly	52	46	14
All others	58	40	46

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians	20	78	26
All others	59	39	74

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Legal in all cases	74	25	30
Legal in most cases	55	43	30
Illegal in most cases	25	73	23
Illegal in all cases	22	78	13

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Legal	64	34	60
Illegal	24	75	36

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Support	10	88	21
Neutral	42	57	42
Oppose	86	12	30

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Foreign policy	54	36	5
Federal budget deficit	33	65	15
The economy	47	51	59
Health care	73	25	18

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
The housing market	63	31	8
Unemployment	55	43	38
Taxes	32	66	14
Rising prices	50	48	37

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Expand it	88	9	26
Leave it as is	78	21	18
Repeal some of it	30	69	24
Repeal all of it	7	92	25

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Expand it or leave it as is	84	14	44
Repeal some or all of it	18	80	49

Should income tax rates:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Increase for all	55	45	13
Increase only on income over $250,000	68	30	48
Not increase for anyone	24	74	35

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status	60	38	66
Deported to the country they came from	24	74	29

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Barack Obama	87	11	53
Mitt Romney	6	93	43

Who would better handle the economy?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Barack Obama	92	6	48
Mitt Romney	10	89	49

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Barack Obama	88	11	52
Mitt Romney	7	91	44

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Barack Obama	93	5	47
Mitt Romney	9	90	49

Which is closer to your view:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Government should do more to solve problems	79	18	44
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals	23	75	52

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Excellent	-	-	2
Good	89	10	21
Not so good	55	42	45
Poor	16	82	31

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Excellent or good	89	10	23
Not so good or poor	39	58	76

Is the U.S. economy:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Getting better	88	10	40
Getting worse	11	86	30
Staying about the same	41	58	28

Economic conditions:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Getting better	88	10	40
Staying the same and good	69	31	4
Staying the same and not good	36	62	25
Getting worse	11	86	30

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Better today	79	18	25
Worse today	18	79	33
About the same	57	41	41

Do you think things in this country today are:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Generally going in the right direction	87	11	46
Seriously off on the wrong track	17	81	52

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Barack Obama	7	92	39
George W. Bush	85	12	53

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Favors the wealthy	70	28	56
Is fair to most Americans	23	76	39

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Yes	74	23	32
No	38	60	63

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Enthusiastic	96	3	26
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic	83	15	24
Dissatisfied, but not angry	15	81	29
Angry	3	95	20

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Positive	90	9	50
Negative	10	87	49

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Strongly approve	93	6	30
Somewhat approve	77	20	24
Somewhat disapprove	17	80	12
Strongly disapprove	3	95	33

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Approve	86	12	54
Disapprove	7	91	45

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Favorable	88	11	53
Unfavorable	8	90	46

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Favorable	10	89	47
Unfavorable	87	11	51

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
The rich	17	82	10
The middle class	81	17	44
The poor	27	72	31

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
The rich	84	14	54
The middle class	8	91	34
The poor	-	-	2

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Yes	83	15	57
No	6	92	41

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Yes	16	83	50
No	87	12	47

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Only Barack Obama	92	6	43
Only Mitt Romney	4	95	37
Both of them	52	46	12
Neither of them	22	71	4

Are you currently married?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Yes	42	56	60
No	62	36	40

Gender by marital status

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Married men	38	60	29
Married women	46	53	31
Not married men	55	43	18
Not married women	68	31	22

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Yes	50	49	36
No	50	48	64

Married with children

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Married with children	43	55	27
All others	52	46	73

Parents

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Men with children	44	54	16
Women with children	54	44	20
Men without children	45	53	30
Women without children	54	44	34

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Yes	56	43	18
No	49	49	82

Do you work full-time for pay?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Yes	48	50	60
No	53	46	40

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Yes	70	28	49
No	27	72	46

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Yes	76	20	5
No	49	49	95

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

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Barack Obama	92	6	50
Mitt Romney	6	92	48

Population of area

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
Over 500,000	69	29	10
50,000 - 500,000	57	41	21
Suburbs	47	51	48
10,000 - 50,000	44	53	7
Rural	38	60	14

Population of area

Category	Democrat	Republican	% Total
City over 50,000	61	37	31
Suburbs	47	51	48
Small city and Rural	40	57	21

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House election results

Balance of power

Balance of power

Key state results

Florida District 18

Illinois District 8

Illinois District 11

Illinois District 12

Massachusetts District 6

New York District 27

Minnesota District 6

Iowa District 3

Utah District 4

California District 30

Exit poll

Gender

In which age group are you?

In which age group are you?

Race

Gender by race

Age by race

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

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

What was the last grade of school you completed?

What was the last grade of school you completed?

What was the last grade of school you completed?

2011 total family income:

2011 total family income:

2011 total family income

2011 total family income:

How often do you attend religious services?

How often do you attend religious services?

Religion

Religion

Religion among whites

Church attendance by religion

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

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

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

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Should income tax rates:

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Who would better handle the economy?

Who would better handle Medicare?

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Which is closer to your view:

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

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

Is the U.S. economy:

Economic conditions:

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

Do you think things in this country today are:

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

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

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

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

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

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Are you currently married?

Gender by marital status

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

Married with children

Parents

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Do you work full-time for pay?

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?