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  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 62% 6,538,196
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 38% 4,081,156

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California county results

Alameda 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 82% 454,048
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 18% 101,283

Alpine 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 64% 409
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 36% 229

Amador 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 59% 8,837
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 41% 6,205

Butte 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 51% 35,529
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 49% 33,547

Calaveras 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 58% 10,611
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 42% 7,604

Colusa 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 57% 3,180
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 43% 2,417

Contra Costa 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 69% 248,052
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 31% 109,703

Del Norte 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 53% 4,135
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 47% 3,658

El Dorado 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 59% 49,504
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 41% 34,698

Fresno 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 51% 90,107
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 49% 86,431
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Glenn 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 61% 5,487
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 39% 3,498

Humboldt 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 64% 29,126
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 36% 16,037

Imperial 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 66% 17,701
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 34% 9,174

Inyo 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 58% 3,661
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 42% 2,696

Kern 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 59% 118,295
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 41% 83,163

Kings 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 58% 17,406
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 42% 12,633

Lake 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 59% 9,435
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 41% 6,611

Lassen 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 70% 7,359
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 30% 3,138

Los Angeles 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 71% 1,765,348
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 29% 735,461

Madera 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 60% 19,016
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 40% 12,764
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Marin 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 80% 77,558
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 20% 19,751

Mariposa 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 59% 4,556
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 41% 3,132

Mendocino 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 69% 12,379
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 31% 5,441

Merced 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 53% 26,143
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 47% 22,780

Modoc 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 70% 2,761
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 30% 1,191

Mono 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 51% 2,452
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 49% 2,312

Monterey 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 69% 53,100
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 31% 24,390

Napa 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 65% 20,879
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 35% 11,006

Nevada 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 52% 15,710
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 48% 14,790

Orange 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 53% 530,836
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 47% 462,672
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Placer 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 59% 72,119
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 41% 51,024

Plumas 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 57% 5,074
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 43% 3,808

Riverside 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 51% 288,796
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 49% 277,227

Sacramento 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 60% 254,556
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 40% 170,690

San Benito 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 59% 8,706
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 41% 5,945

San Bernardino 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 53% 270,066
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 47% 237,358

San Diego 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 53% 504,950
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 47% 439,843

San Francisco 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 88% 285,654
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 12% 37,406

San Joaquin 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 56% 99,077
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 44% 78,070

San Luis Obispo 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 51% 58,649
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 49% 56,757
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San Mateo 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 76% 157,562
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 24% 48,597

Santa Barbara 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 59% 84,304
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 41% 58,191

Santa Clara 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 73% 347,770
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 27% 131,531

Santa Cruz 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 78% 61,637
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 22% 17,855

Shasta 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 64% 44,372
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 36% 25,403

Sierra 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 61% 1,078
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 39% 676

Siskiyou 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 58% 10,059
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 42% 7,260

Solano 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 65% 88,973
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 35% 46,920

Sonoma 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 73% 125,775
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 27% 45,562

Stanislaus 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 51% 71,590
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 49% 69,150
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Sutter 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 60% 12,265
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 40% 8,176

Tehama 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 63% 10,792
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 37% 6,301

Trinity 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 53% 2,627
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 47% 2,349

Tulare 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 58% 41,699
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 42% 29,811

Tuolumne 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 57% 13,378
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 43% 9,955

Ventura 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 54% 149,153
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 46% 127,630

Yolo 100% in

  1. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 67% 39,430
  2. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 33% 18,999

Yuba 100% in

  1. ✓ Elizabeth Emken 60% 8,794
  2. ✓ Dianne Feinstein 40% 5,918
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Male 57 43 50
Female 64 36 50

In which age group are you?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
18-29 74 26 26
30-44 60 40 28
45-64 54 46 33
65 or over 53 47 13

In which age group are you?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
18-24 70 30 13
25-29 79 21 13
30-39 58 42 17
40-49 60 40 20
50-64 54 46 24
65 or over 53 47 13

Race

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
White 50 50 56
Black 88 12 8
Hispanic or Latino 67 33 22
Asian 83 17 11
Other 63 37 3

Gender by race

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
White men 47 53 28
White women 54 46 27
Black men - - 3
Black women 86 14 5
Latino men 63 37 10
Latino women 72 28 12
All other races 78 22 15
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Liberal 93 7 29
Moderate 68 32 41
Conservative 20 80 30

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Democrat 95 5 44
Republican 12 88 28
Independent or something else 54 46 28

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
No high school diploma 79 21 4
High school graduate 50 50 16
Some college or associate degree 59 41 29
College graduate 61 39 32
Postgraduate study 68 32 18

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
College graduate 64 36 51
No college degree 57 43 49

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
More than high school graduate 62 38 80
High school graduate or less 55 45 20
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2011 total family income:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Under $30,000 72 28 18
$30,000 - $49,999 62 38 22
$50,000 - $99,999 60 40 28
$100,000 - $199,999 55 45 23
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 4
$250,000 or more - - 4

2011 total family income:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Under $50,000 67 33 41
$50,000 - $99,999 60 40 28
$100,000 or more 55 45 31

2011 total family income

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Under $50,000 67 33 41
$50,000 or more 58 42 59

2011 total family income:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Under $100,000 64 36 69
$100,000 or more 55 45 31

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
More than once a week - - 12
Once a week 44 56 23
A few times a month - - 10
A few times a year 66 34 32
Never 69 31 21
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How often do you attend religious services?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Weekly or more often 46 54 35
Occasionally 64 36 42
Never 69 31 21

Religion

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Protestant or other Christian 45 55 43
Catholic 54 46 30
Jewish - - 2
Something else - - 10
None 79 21 15

Religion among whites

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 32 68 26
White Catholic 44 56 13
White Jewish - - 2
White something else - - 4
White none 72 28 10
Non-white 69 31 45

Church attendance by religion

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly - - 6
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly - - 13
Catholic and attend at least weekly - - 14
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly - - 16
All others 65 35 51

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians - - 17
All others 65 35 83
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Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Legal in all cases 69 31 38
Legal in most cases 68 32 33
Illegal in most cases 28 72 18
Illegal in all cases - - 8

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Legal 68 32 72
Illegal 28 72 26

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Support 18 82 22
Neutral 53 47 34
Oppose 90 10 34

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Foreign policy - - 5
Federal budget deficit 49 51 14
The economy 58 42 59
Health care 84 16 20

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
The housing market - - 11
Unemployment 64 36 43
Taxes - - 11
Rising prices 68 32 32
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What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Expand it 92 8 33
Leave it as is - - 18
Repeal some of it 42 58 20
Repeal all of it 18 82 20

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 90 10 51
Repeal some or all of it 30 70 41

Should income tax rates:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Increase for all - - 11
Increase only on income over $250,000 87 13 52
Not increase for anyone 24 76 35

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status 64 36 68
Deported to the country they came from 27 73 20

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Barack Obama 90 10 63
Mitt Romney 15 85 33
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Who would better handle the economy?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Barack Obama 94 6 56
Mitt Romney 21 79 40

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Barack Obama 94 6 61
Mitt Romney 12 88 36

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Barack Obama 94 6 55
Mitt Romney 18 82 38

Which is closer to your view:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 86 14 56
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 30 70 40

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Excellent - - 1
Good 94 6 21
Not so good 75 25 48
Poor 20 80 30
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Do you think the condition of the nation's economy:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Excellent or good 93 7 22
Not so good or poor 54 46 77

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Getting better 89 11 41
Getting worse 24 76 20
Staying about the same 56 44 39

Economic conditions:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Getting better 89 11 41
Staying the same and good - - 7
Staying the same and not good 46 54 32
Getting worse 24 76 20

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Better today 77 23 32
Worse today 41 59 31
About the same 68 32 38

Do you think things in this country today are:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Generally going in the right direction 89 11 48
Seriously off on the wrong track 19 81 49
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Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Barack Obama 16 84 30
George W. Bush 89 11 59

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Favors the wealthy 83 17 53
Is fair to most Americans 42 58 42

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes 85 15 41
No 44 56 55

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Enthusiastic 97 3 27
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic 92 8 29
Dissatisfied, but not angry 24 76 28
Angry - - 14

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Positive 95 5 56
Negative 18 82 42
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Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Strongly approve 91 9 26
Somewhat approve 94 6 39
Somewhat disapprove - - 9
Strongly disapprove 3 97 25

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Approve 93 7 65
Disapprove 8 92 34

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Favorable 85 15 60
Unfavorable 8 92 39

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Favorable 15 85 43
Unfavorable 84 16 55

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
The rich - - 9
The middle class 83 17 47
The poor 28 72 29
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Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
The rich 79 21 60
The middle class 11 89 32
The poor - - 1

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes 89 11 69
No 5 95 30

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes 36 64 46
No 91 9 49

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Only Barack Obama 93 7 47
Only Mitt Romney 4 96 26
Both of them - - 20
Neither of them - - 2

Are you currently married?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes 54 46 54
No 66 34 46
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Gender by marital status

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Married men 51 49 26
Married women 57 43 28
Not married men 62 38 23
Not married women 71 29 23

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes 57 43 38
No 60 40 62

Married with children

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Married with children 53 47 30
All others 61 39 70

Parents

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Men with children 54 46 17
Women with children 59 41 20
Men without children 58 42 30
Women without children 61 39 32

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes 66 34 29
No 50 50 71
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Do you work full-time for pay?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes 54 46 60
No 56 44 40

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes 76 24 55
No 33 67 37

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes - - 6
No 59 41 94

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Barack Obama 92 8 59
Mitt Romney 14 86 39

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

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Yes 84 16 54
No 35 65 46
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Population of area

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Over 500,000 80 20 14
50,000 - 500,000 59 41 26
Suburbs 58 42 50
10,000 - 50,000 67 33 5
Rural - - 4

Population of area

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
City over 50,000 67 33 41
Suburbs 58 42 50
Small city and Rural 50 50 9

Geographic area

Category Feinstein Emken % Total
Coastal 63 37 12
Inland/Valley 49 51 22
Bay Area 76 24 19
Los Angeles County 70 30 22
Southern 51 49 25
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