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  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 816,429
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 727,928

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Iowa county results

Adair 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 2,110
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 1,788

Adams 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 1,103
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 47% 1,018

Allamakee 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 3,511
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 3,230

Appanoose 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 3,153
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 2,934

Audubon 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 1,800
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 47% 1,608

Benton 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 6,935
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 6,850

Black Hawk 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 59% 39,338
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 39% 26,078

Boone 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 7,457
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 6,540

Bremer 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 6,710
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 6,383

Buchanan 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 5,903
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 4,443
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Buena Vista 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 4,548
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 3,683

Butler 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 4,104
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 3,321

Calhoun 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 2,890
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 2,232

Carroll 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 5,577
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 4,912

Cass 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 4,212
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 2,856

Cedar 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 4,931
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 4,510

Cerro Gordo 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 13,204
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 43% 10,084

Cherokee 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 3,656
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 2,623

Chickasaw 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 55% 3,552
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 44% 2,836

Clarke 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 50% 2,187
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 2,124
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Clay 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 4,934
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 3,363

Clayton 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 4,768
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 4,146

Clinton 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 61% 15,123
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 38% 9,423

Crawford 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 3,584
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 3,035

Dallas 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 20,921
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 16,466

Davis 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 2,133
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 41% 1,518

Decatur 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 1,945
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 47% 1,790

Delaware 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 4,628
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 4,605

Des Moines 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 59% 11,873
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 8,130

Dickinson 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 5,911
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 4,088
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Dubuque 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 28,600
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 21,265

Emmet 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 2,499
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 2,087

Fayette 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 55% 5,709
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 43% 4,484

Floyd 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 4,674
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 3,466

Franklin 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 2,818
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 2,256

Fremont 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 1,971
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 1,636

Greene 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 2,373
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 2,369

Grundy 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 61% 4,205
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 2,615

Guthrie 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 3,164
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 2,565

Hamilton 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 3,986
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 3,776
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Hancock 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 3,306
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 2,506

Hardin 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 4,647
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 4,021

Harrison 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 4,059
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 3,131

Henry 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 5,025
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 4,451

Howard 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 60% 2,767
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 39% 1,793

Humboldt 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 3,099
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 1,967

Ida 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 63% 2,276
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 1,317

Iowa 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 4,551
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 47% 4,118

Jackson 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 58% 5,877
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 4,171

Jasper 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 10,240
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 8,868
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Jefferson 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 4,772
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 3,429

Johnson 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 67% 50,090
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 31% 23,556

Jones 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 5,514
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 45% 4,712

Keokuk 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 2,840
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 2,298

Kossuth 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 4,914
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 3,824

Lee 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 9,428
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 6,787

Linn 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 58% 68,028
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 47,427

Louisa 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 50% 2,449
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 2,416

Lucas 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 2,248
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 1,977

Lyon 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 77% 4,965
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 22% 1,416
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Madison 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 4,492
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 3,508

Mahaska 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 6,420
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 4,207

Marion 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 9,810
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 7,478

Marshall 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 54% 10,085
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 45% 8,411

Mills 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 4,211
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 2,842

Mitchell 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 2,831
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 2,643

Monona 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 2,555
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 2,098

Monroe 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 2,022
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 1,729

Montgomery 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 2,999
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 1,919

Muscatine 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 11,213
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 8,152
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O'Brien 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 72% 5,259
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 27% 1,964

Osceola 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 70% 2,225
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 29% 909

Page 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 62% 4,338
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 37% 2,588

Palo Alto 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 2,649
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 2,124

Plymouth 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 66% 8,577
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 32% 4,148

Pocahontas 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 2,388
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 1,518

Polk 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 128,264
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 96,029

Pottawattamie 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 21,751
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 19,347

Poweshiek 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 54% 5,307
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 45% 4,409

Ringgold 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 1,366
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 1,181
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Sac 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 3,086
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 2,117

Scott 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 50,581
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 43% 38,223

Shelby 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 3,903
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 38% 2,468

Sioux 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 84% 14,361
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 16% 2,683

Story 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 25,940
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 19,557

Tama 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 4,737
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 4,076

Taylor 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 1,680
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 42% 1,261

Union 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 3,029
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 2,800

Van Buren 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 58% 2,058
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 1,398

Wapello 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 55% 8,616
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 43% 6,777
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Warren 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 13,031
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 12,521

Washington 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 5,540
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 47% 5,081

Wayne 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 1,583
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 1,251

Webster 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 9,458
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 8,453

Winnebago 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 2,897
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 2,895

Winneshiek 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 6,245
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 4,618

Woodbury 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 22,136
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 22,026

Worth 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 2,343
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 1,743

Wright 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 3,309
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 2,794
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Obama Romney % Total
Male 44 53 46
Female 59 40 54

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-29 56 40 15
30-44 52 47 22
45-64 52 46 37
65 or over 50 50 26

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-24 61 36 8
25-29 51 44 7
30-39 54 44 14
40-49 46 52 17
50-64 55 43 28
65 or over 50 50 26

Race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White 51 47 93
Black - - 2
Hispanic or Latino - - 2
Asian - - 1
Other - - 1

Gender by race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White men 42 55 43
White women 58 41 50
Black men - - 1
Black women - - 1
Latino men - - 1
Latino women - - 1
All other races - - 2
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Liberal 89 10 21
Moderate 63 35 42
Conservative 17 81 37

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Democrat 95 4 33
Republican 7 93 33
Independent or something else 55 41 34

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
No high school diploma - - 3
High school graduate 52 46 25
Some college or associate degree 51 47 29
College graduate 50 48 29
Postgraduate study 57 43 13

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
College graduate 52 46 43
No college degree 52 46 57

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than high school graduate 52 47 71
High school graduate or less 53 44 29
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2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $30,000 68 31 20
$30,000 - $49,999 52 44 24
$50,000 - $99,999 50 49 37
$100,000 - $199,999 43 55 16
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 2
$250,000 or more - - 2

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 59 38 43
$50,000 - $99,999 50 49 37
$100,000 or more 45 54 19

2011 total family income

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 59 38 43
$50,000 or more 48 50 57

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $100,000 55 43 81
$100,000 or more 45 54 19

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than once a week 37 63 10
Once a week 37 63 32
A few times a month 48 49 14
A few times a year 59 40 26
Never 76 21 16
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How often do you attend religious services?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Weekly or more often 37 63 42
Occasionally 55 43 40
Never 76 21 16

Religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant or other Christian 46 53 62
Catholic 47 52 26
Jewish - - -
Something else - - 4
None 75 22 9

Religion among whites

Category Obama Romney % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 44 55 57
White Catholic 47 52 25
White Jewish - - -
White something else - - 3
White none - - 8
Non-white - - 7

Church attendance by religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly 31 68 19
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly 54 45 20
Catholic and attend at least weekly 37 62 13
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly 56 42 13
All others 63 36 34

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Obama Romney % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians 35 64 38
All others 60 38 62
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Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal in all cases 86 10 23
Legal in most cases 67 31 32
Illegal in most cases 23 75 26
Illegal in all cases 19 80 13

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal 75 22 55
Illegal 22 77 39

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Foreign policy - - 4
Federal budget deficit 33 63 19
The economy 54 45 57
Health care 69 29 16

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Shares my values 47 51 26
Is a strong leader 36 63 19
Cares about people like me 84 14 24
Has a vision for the future 45 52 28

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
The housing market - - 2
Unemployment 57 39 28
Taxes 37 58 20
Rising prices 57 43 45
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What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it 94 3 19
Leave it as is 89 11 20
Repeal some of it 41 59 28
Repeal all of it 4 90 24

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 91 7 38
Repeal some or all of it 24 74 53

Should income tax rates:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Increase for all 42 56 13
Increase only on income over $250,000 72 27 50
Not increase for anyone 24 76 32

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 95 4 55
Mitt Romney 2 97 41

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 99 0 49
Mitt Romney 4 95 46
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Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 96 3 51
Mitt Romney 2 96 44

Who would better handle energy policy?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 92 5 52
Mitt Romney 4 95 43

Which is closer to your view:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 86 9 31
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 31 68 61

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent - - 1
Good 92 6 28
Not so good 53 44 43
Poor 11 87 26

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent or good 92 7 30
Not so good or poor 37 61 69
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Is the U.S. economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 94 5 37
Getting worse 10 90 32
Staying about the same 51 45 30

Economic conditions:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 94 5 37
Staying the same and good - - 8
Staying the same and not good 38 57 22
Getting worse 10 90 32

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Better today 80 18 26
Worse today 17 82 29
About the same 58 40 44

Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 4 96 37
George W. Bush 92 7 53

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Enthusiastic 96 4 21
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic 91 9 31
Dissatisfied, but not angry 12 86 28
Angry 0 99 19
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Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Positive 93 7 52
Negative 7 91 47

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 92 7 54
Unfavorable 3 94 45

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 10 89 48
Unfavorable 92 4 48

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 13 83 11
The middle class 85 14 47
The poor 14 85 28

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 86 12 54
The middle class 6 94 35
The poor - - 1
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Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 87 12 57
No 4 92 41

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 15 83 50
No 92 5 44

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Only Barack Obama 99 1 40
Only Mitt Romney 1 99 36
Both of them 53 44 14
Neither of them - - 4

Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Only Barack Obama 8 91 18
Only Mitt Romney 96 4 14
Both of them 50 46 44
Neither of them 63 36 17

Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama did 38 59 62
Barack Obama did not 78 22 32
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Did either of these candidates for president attack the other unfairly?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Mitt Romney did 61 36 59
Mitt Romney did not 35 64 35

Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes, for Barack Obama 93 7 14
Yes, for Mitt Romney 14 85 11
Yes, for both Obama and Romney 49 50 32
No, I was not contacted 51 47 37

Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Contacted by Obama campaign 62 37 46
Not contacted by Obama campaign 42 56 49

Did anyone call you or talk to you in person on behalf of either major presidential campaign about coming out to vote?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Contacted by Romney campaign 40 60 43
Not contacted by Romney campaign 62 37 51

Which best describes your vote for president today?

Category Obama Romney % Total
I strongly favor my candidate 57 42 61
I like my candidate but with reservations 45 53 22
I dislike the other candidates 51 42 13
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When did you finally decide for whom to vote in the presidential election?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Just today - - 5
In the last few days 44 45 7
In October 53 43 12
In September - - 10
Before that 53 47 66

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 47 45 12
Before that 52 47 87

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
In October or later 50 44 24
Before that 52 47 75

Are you currently married?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 46 52 65
No 63 35 35

Gender by marital status

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married men 40 58 31
Married women 53 47 34
Not married men 52 45 15
Not married women 71 27 20
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Do you have any children under 18 living in your home?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 48 49 31
No 54 44 69

Married with children

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married with children 42 55 24
All others 55 43 76

Parents

Category Obama Romney % Total
Men with children 37 59 15
Women with children 59 41 16
Men without children 46 52 31
Women without children 60 39 39

Do you work full-time for pay?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 48 50 56
No 54 46 44

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 79 20 49
No 21 78 47
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Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Over 500,000 - - -
50,000 - 500,000 68 31 27
Suburbs 46 49 20
10,000 - 50,000 52 47 9
Rural 45 54 43

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
City over 50,000 68 31 27
Suburbs 46 49 20
Small city and Rural 46 52 53

Geographic area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Eastern cities 62 36 25
East Central 50 48 22
Central 55 42 31
West 38 61 22
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