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  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 1,238,490
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 1,125,391

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Colorado county results

Adams 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 90,843
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 66,531

Alamosa 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 3,782
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 2,693

Arapahoe 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 135,433
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 45% 114,232

Archuleta 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 3,831
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 2,637

Baca 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 74% 1,554
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 22% 462

Bent 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 1,053
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 778

Boulder 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 70% 120,485
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 28% 48,526

Broomfield 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 16,653
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 14,765

Chaffee 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 4,967
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 4,949

Cheyenne 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 82% 858
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 16% 162
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Clear Creek 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 54% 3,041
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 2,381

Conejos 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 54% 2,180
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 45% 1,794

Costilla 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 73% 1,317
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 24% 440

Crowley 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 62% 924
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 535

Custer 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 66% 1,776
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 32% 862

Delta 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 69% 10,762
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 29% 4,542

Denver 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 73% 209,759
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 24% 69,755

Dolores 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 69% 838
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 27% 329

Douglas 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 63% 93,930
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 54,093

Eagle 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 12,598
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 9,317
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El Paso 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 163,819
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 104,989

Elbert 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 73% 10,148
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 25% 3,542

Fremont 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 65% 13,087
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 33% 6,644

Garfield 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 12,159
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 10,989

Gilpin 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 1,854
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 1,320

Grand 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 4,149
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 3,575

Gunnison 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 58% 4,563
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 39% 3,106

Hinsdale 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 352
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 228

Huerfano 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 1,897
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 45% 1,615

Jackson 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 71% 600
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 25% 216
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Jefferson 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 153,069
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 139,960

Kiowa 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 82% 677
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 14% 118

Kit Carson 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 76% 2,664
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 22% 789

La Plata 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 15,063
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 44% 12,554

Lake 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 60% 1,807
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 36% 1,087

Larimer 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 83,103
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 74,603

Las Animas 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 50% 3,282
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 3,105

Lincoln 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 74% 1,663
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 24% 537

Logan 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 68% 6,124
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 30% 2,675

Mesa 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 65% 45,087
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 33% 22,448
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Mineral 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 344
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 291

Moffat 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 76% 4,616
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 21% 1,291

Montezuma 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 7,372
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 37% 4,486

Montrose 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 67% 12,789
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 31% 5,852

Morgan 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 62% 6,461
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 3,761

Otero 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 4,315
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 3,566

Ouray 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 1,640
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 1,470

Park 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 5,085
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 3,721

Phillips 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 72% 1,637
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 26% 588

Pitkin 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 68% 6,648
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 30% 2,941
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Prowers 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 67% 3,200
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 31% 1,498

Pueblo 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 55% 40,624
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 31,023

Rio Blanco 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 81% 2,677
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 17% 561

Rio Grande 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 2,892
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 2,428

Routt 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 7,389
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 5,361

Saguache 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 63% 1,762
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 34% 937

San Juan 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 266
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 212

San Miguel 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 70% 2,961
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 27% 1,144

Sedgwick 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 66% 881
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 31% 419

Summit 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 61% 9,169
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 37% 5,495
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Teller 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 65% 7,909
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 32% 3,894

Washington 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 80% 2,059
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 18% 461

Weld 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 62,350
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 42% 47,418

Yuma 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 77% 3,433
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 21% 950
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Obama Romney % Total
Male 51 46 49
Female 51 48 51

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-29 - - 20
30-44 50 48 27
45-64 51 47 37
65 or over 42 57 16

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-24 - - 12
25-29 - - 8
30-39 51 47 18
40-49 49 50 19
50-64 52 47 27
65 or over 42 57 16

Race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White 44 54 78
Black - - 3
Hispanic or Latino 75 23 14
Asian - - 3
Other - - 3

Gender by race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White men 41 55 35
White women 46 53 42
Black men - - 3
Black women - - 1
Latino men - - 8
Latino women - - 5
All other races - - 6
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Liberal 91 8 28
Moderate 51 44 39
Conservative 15 83 33

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Democrat 96 3 34
Republican 5 94 29
Independent or something else 45 49 37

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
No high school diploma - - 4
High school graduate 48 49 17
Some college or associate degree 55 43 31
College graduate 43 55 35
Postgraduate study 60 39 14

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
College graduate 48 50 49
No college degree 54 44 51

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than high school graduate 50 47 80
High school graduate or less 52 45 20
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2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $30,000 60 38 17
$30,000 - $49,999 60 37 23
$50,000 - $99,999 50 48 35
$100,000 - $199,999 45 53 21
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 2
$250,000 or more - - 2

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 60 38 40
$50,000 - $99,999 50 48 35
$100,000 or more 46 51 26

2011 total family income

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 60 38 40
$50,000 or more 49 49 60

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $100,000 55 42 74
$100,000 or more 46 51 26

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Obama Romney % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians 22 76 25
All others 61 36 75
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Which ONE of these four issues is the most important facing the country?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Foreign policy - - 4
Federal budget deficit 35 60 18
The economy 48 51 56
Health care 74 25 18

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Shares my values 50 48 31
Is a strong leader 32 68 15
Cares about people like me 89 8 16
Has a vision for the future 43 54 33

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
The housing market - - 8
Unemployment 50 45 23
Taxes 28 70 14
Rising prices 53 45 52

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it 95 4 19
Leave it as is 86 11 19
Repeal some of it 32 65 25
Repeal all of it 12 85 29

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 91 8 39
Repeal some or all of it 21 76 54
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Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status 61 36 65
Deported to the country they came from 28 70 25

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 95 4 51
Mitt Romney 2 97 41

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 99 1 46
Mitt Romney 5 92 48

Which is closer to your view:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 87 13 32
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 29 68 60

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent - - 1
Good 92 6 22
Not so good 65 33 40
Poor 11 88 37
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Do you think the condition of the nation's economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent or good 92 5 23
Not so good or poor 39 59 77

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 90 9 43
Getting worse 7 89 25
Staying about the same 32 65 31

Economic conditions:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 90 9 43
Staying the same and good - - 3
Staying the same and not good 28 70 28
Getting worse 7 89 25

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Better today 82 16 28
Worse today 18 80 35
About the same 60 38 37

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 5 94 35
George W. Bush 91 8 51
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Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 92 6 54
Unfavorable 4 93 46

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 4 95 45
Unfavorable 93 4 52

Which best describes your vote for president today?

Category Obama Romney % Total
I strongly favor my candidate 57 42 57
I like my candidate but with reservations 42 53 24
I dislike the other candidates 48 49 17

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Just today - - -
In the last few days - - 1
In October 45 47 15
In September - - 9
Before that 53 46 74

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 - - 1
Before that 52 46 98
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When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?

Category Obama Romney % Total
In October or later 44 48 15
Before that 53 46 83

Are you currently married?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 46 53 62
No 60 35 38

Gender by marital status

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married men 43 55 28
Married women 48 52 35
Not married men 60 34 23
Not married women 61 36 15

Do you think Colorado's gun control laws are:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Too weak 81 18 23
Too strong - - 7
About right 44 53 59

How did you vote on Amendment 64 allowing the use and regulation of marijuana?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 68 29 55
No 30 69 45
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Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Over 500,000 - - 11
50,000 - 500,000 51 48 28
Suburbs 50 46 46
10,000 - 50,000 - - 3
Rural 40 57 12

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
City over 50,000 56 43 38
Suburbs 50 46 46
Small city and Rural 40 58 15

Geographic area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Denver/Boulder 67 32 19
Denver suburbs 55 43 31
Front Range 42 56 35
Rest of state 43 54 15
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