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  1. ✓ Barack Obama 59% 6,493,924
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 38% 4,202,127

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California county results

Alameda 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 79% 454,344
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 18% 106,324

Alpine 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 60% 389
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 36% 236

Amador 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 8,903
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 6,001

Butte 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 35,312
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 32,567

Calaveras 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 10,537
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 7,404

Colusa 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 3,521
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 2,248

Contra Costa 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 66% 239,198
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 32% 116,867

Del Norte 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 4,256
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 3,396

El Dorado 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 49,661
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 34,033

Fresno 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 91,143
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 85,862
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Glenn 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 61% 5,608
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 3,276

Humboldt 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 60% 27,757
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 34% 15,653

Imperial 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 64% 17,464
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 35% 9,545

Inyo 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 3,541
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 2,775

Kern 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 119,065
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 80,257

Kings 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 17,184
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 12,282

Lake 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 9,159
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 6,474

Lassen 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 68% 7,261
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 29% 3,044

Los Angeles 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 69% 1,781,383
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 29% 754,974

Madera 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 18,990
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 12,698
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Marin 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 74% 73,450
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 24% 23,347

Mariposa 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 4,434
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 3,080

Mendocino 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 66% 11,869
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 29% 5,129

Merced 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 26,128
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 23,403

Modoc 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 70% 2,779
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 28% 1,113

Mono 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 2,574
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 45% 2,202

Monterey 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 66% 51,712
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 32% 25,087

Napa 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 62% 19,964
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 36% 11,647

Nevada 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 15,696
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 14,261

Orange 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 541,592
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 457,077
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Placer 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 74,460
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 49,126

Plumas 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 5,240
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 3,670

Riverside 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 290,227
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 287,754

Sacramento 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 251,365
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 177,523

San Benito 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 58% 8,617
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 6,052

San Bernardino 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 274,203
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 245,468

San Diego 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 502,937
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 453,166

San Francisco 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 83% 281,226
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 13% 44,877

San Joaquin 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 55% 98,746
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 44% 78,794

San Luis Obispo 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 57,655
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 56,500
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San Mateo 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 71% 151,036
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 27% 56,244

Santa Barbara 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 84,279
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 59,096

Santa Clara 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 70% 343,239
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 28% 136,347

Santa Cruz 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 75% 61,106
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 21% 17,132

Shasta 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 63% 45,158
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 34% 24,199

Sierra 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 1,056
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 37% 652

Siskiyou 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 9,844
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 7,110

Solano 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 63% 87,225
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 35% 48,364

Sonoma 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 71% 124,504
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 26% 45,666

Stanislaus 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 70,609
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 69,549
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Sutter 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 12,576
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 8,004

Tehama 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 62% 10,791
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 35% 6,032

Trinity 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 2,422
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 47% 2,367

Tulare 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 42,186
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 29,191

Tuolumne 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 13,410
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 9,628

Ventura 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 148,006
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 131,782

Yolo 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 65% 38,856
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 32% 19,080

Yuba 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 8,746
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 5,817
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Obama Romney % Total
Male 54 43 50
Female 64 34 50

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-29 71 27 27
30-44 60 36 28
45-64 53 46 32
65 or over 48 52 13

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-24 69 29 14
25-29 72 26 14
30-39 59 37 18
40-49 59 39 19
50-64 52 47 23
65 or over 48 52 13

Race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White 45 53 55
Black 96 3 8
Hispanic or Latino 72 27 22
Asian 79 21 11
Other 54 37 3

Gender by race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White men 41 56 29
White women 50 49 26
Black men - - 3
Black women 94 5 5
Latino men 68 30 10
Latino women 75 24 12
All other races 73 24 15
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Liberal 94 5 30
Moderate 60 38 41
Conservative 24 75 29

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Democrat 94 5 44
Republican 8 91 27
Independent or something else 55 39 29

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
No high school diploma 80 14 4
High school graduate 56 43 17
Some college or associate degree 59 39 30
College graduate 55 42 32
Postgraduate study 64 34 18

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
College graduate 59 39 50
No college degree 60 39 50

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than high school graduate 59 39 80
High school graduate or less 60 38 20
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2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $30,000 67 30 19
$30,000 - $49,999 62 37 23
$50,000 - $99,999 59 39 26
$100,000 - $199,999 52 46 24
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 4
$250,000 or more - - 4

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 64 34 42
$50,000 - $99,999 59 39 26
$100,000 or more 52 46 31

2011 total family income

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 64 34 42
$50,000 or more 55 43 58

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $100,000 62 36 69
$100,000 or more 52 46 31

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than once a week - - 13
Once a week 50 48 23
A few times a month - - 9
A few times a year 66 31 33
Never 66 33 21
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How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Weekly or more often 50 49 36
Occasionally 64 34 42
Never 66 33 21

Religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant or other Christian 46 52 42
Catholic 62 38 30
Jewish - - 3
Something else - - 10
None 78 18 16

Religion among whites

Category Obama Romney % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 30 69 25
White Catholic 47 53 12
White Jewish - - 2
White something else - - 4
White none 68 26 9
Non-white 75 24 47

Church attendance by religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly - - 6
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly - - 12
Catholic and attend at least weekly - - 13
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly - - 15
All others 64 34 53

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Obama Romney % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians - - 16
All others 66 32 84
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Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal in all cases 71 27 36
Legal in most cases 67 32 33
Illegal in most cases 28 70 18
Illegal in all cases - - 8

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal 69 29 69
Illegal 29 70 26

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Support 20 78 21
Neutral 47 50 34
Oppose 93 6 34

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Foreign policy - - 4
Federal budget deficit 37 61 16
The economy 54 44 58
Health care 89 8 19

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Shares my values 48 48 30
Is a strong leader 47 53 15
Cares about people like me 82 17 20
Has a vision for the future 57 42 31
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Which ONE of these four is the biggest economic problem facing people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
The housing market - - 10
Unemployment 63 34 38
Taxes - - 13
Rising prices 51 46 36

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it 97 2 34
Leave it as is - - 21
Repeal some of it 38 60 19
Repeal all of it 8 87 19

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 88 11 54
Repeal some or all of it 23 74 39

Should income tax rates:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Increase for all - - 10
Increase only on income over $250,000 80 18 53
Not increase for anyone 33 64 35

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status 65 33 68
Deported to the country they came from 26 73 19
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Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 91 8 66
Mitt Romney 1 98 30

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 99 0 59
Mitt Romney 3 96 37

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 94 6 63
Mitt Romney 2 94 34

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 99 0 57
Mitt Romney 4 95 36

Which is closer to your view:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 83 15 55
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 28 69 40
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Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent - - 1
Good 96 4 19
Not so good 59 40 51
Poor 21 74 28

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent or good 95 5 20
Not so good or poor 45 52 79

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 89 10 37
Getting worse 22 76 18
Staying about the same 41 56 45

Economic conditions:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 89 10 37
Staying the same and good - - 7
Staying the same and not good 32 64 38
Getting worse 22 76 18

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Better today 88 11 30
Worse today 27 71 31
About the same 66 31 38
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Do you think things in this country today are:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Generally going in the right direction 96 4 51
Seriously off on the wrong track 21 76 46

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 8 88 31
George W. Bush 87 11 55

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favors the wealthy 80 17 53
Is fair to most Americans 40 58 43

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 76 23 41
No 39 58 55

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Enthusiastic 99 1 24
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic 93 6 27
Dissatisfied, but not angry 12 82 33
Angry - - 13
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Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Positive 96 3 51
Negative 9 87 46

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Strongly approve 100 0 27
Somewhat approve 82 17 40
Somewhat disapprove - - 9
Strongly disapprove 1 93 23

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Approve 89 10 67
Disapprove 3 91 32

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 94 5 63
Unfavorable 4 93 36

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 10 89 39
Unfavorable 95 3 57
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Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich - - 8
The middle class 91 8 50
The poor 28 70 27

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 89 10 60
The middle class 6 93 29
The poor - - 1

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 85 14 68
No 3 93 28

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 25 75 45
No 96 3 48

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Only Barack Obama 98 1 47
Only Mitt Romney 2 98 25
Both of them - - 20
Neither of them - - 1
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Which best describes your vote for president today?

Category Obama Romney % Total
I strongly favor my candidate 62 37 64
I like my candidate but with reservations 55 44 24
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 - - 3
In the last few days - - 5
In October - - 14
In September - - 15
Before that 63 35 61

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 - - 8
Before that 61 37 91

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
In October or later 60 36 23
Before that 61 37 76

Are you currently married?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 51 48 53
No 67 30 47
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Gender by marital status

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married men 46 53 26
Married women 57 42 27
Not married men 62 35 23
Not married women 72 25 23

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 62 37 37
No 59 39 63

Married with children

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married with children 57 42 29
All others 61 36 71

Parents

Category Obama Romney % Total
Men with children 56 43 16
Women with children 67 32 21
Men without children 58 41 32
Women without children 59 38 31

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 67 31 27
No 57 42 73
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Do you work full-time for pay?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 62 37 55
No 59 40 45

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 78 21 56
No 31 68 37

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes - - 6
No 60 39 94

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?

Category Obama Romney % Total
The most important factor - - 16
An important factor 77 23 29
A minor factor - - 19
Not a factor at all 36 60 33

In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Important 75 24 45
Not important 44 52 52
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In your vote for president, how would you rate the importance of Obama's hurricane response?

Category Obama Romney % Total
A factor 70 29 64
Not a factor 36 60 33

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Dianne Feinstein 90 9 61
Elizabeth Emken 12 85 39

How did you vote in Proposition 30 which temporary increases income tax and sales tax to fund education?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 80 18 54
No 35 62 46

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Over 500,000 75 23 14
50,000 - 500,000 60 38 26
Suburbs 56 42 52
10,000 - 50,000 67 29 5
Rural - - 4

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
City over 50,000 65 33 39
Suburbs 56 42 52
Small city and Rural 50 47 9
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Geographic area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Coastal 57 42 13
Inland/Valley 49 49 22
Bay Area 73 26 19
Los Angeles County 71 26 21
Southern 49 49 25
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