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  1. ✓ Dean Heller 46% 456,471
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 45% 444,337
  3. ✓ None of These 5% 44,892

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Nevada county results

Carson City 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 58% 13,488
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 32% 7,509
  3. ✓ None of These 4% 982

Churchill 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 70% 7,069
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 20% 2,013
  3. ✓ None of These 4% 416

Clark 100% in

  1. ✓ Shelley Berkley 50% 337,244
  2. ✓ Dean Heller 41% 276,651
  3. ✓ None of These 4% 30,376

Douglas 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 65% 16,629
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 27% 6,947
  3. ✓ None of These 4% 1,056

Elko 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 75% 11,839
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 17% 2,653
  3. ✓ None of These 3% 461

Esmeralda 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 71% 308
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 14% 62
  3. ✓ None of These 6% 26

Eureka 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 79% 636
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 11% 87
  3. ✓ None of These 4% 33

Humboldt 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 68% 3,876
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 20% 1,124
  3. ✓ None of These 5% 279

Lander 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 73% 1,567
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 17% 361
  3. ✓ None of These 4% 85

Lincoln 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 72% 1,532
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 16% 347
  3. ✓ None of These 4% 89
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Lyon 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 64% 13,703
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 25% 5,404
  3. ✓ None of These 4% 760

Mineral 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 52% 1,059
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 30% 612
  3. ✓ None of These 8% 156

Nye 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 55% 9,561
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 31% 5,267
  3. ✓ None of These 5% 804

Pershing 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 64% 1,194
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 21% 396
  3. ✓ None of These 6% 107

Storey 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 60% 1,375
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 29% 673
  3. ✓ None of These 4% 97

Washoe 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 51% 93,417
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 39% 72,812
  3. ✓ None of These 5% 9,055

White Pine 100% in

  1. ✓ Dean Heller 70% 2,567
  2. ✓ Shelley Berkley 22% 826
  3. ✓ None of These 3% 110
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Male 41 51 3 48
Female 48 42 6 52

In which age group are you?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
18-29 60 32 6 17
30-44 40 47 6 28
45-64 42 49 4 37
65 or over 42 52 4 18

In which age group are you?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
18-24 66 24 7 10
25-29 51 43 4 7
30-39 40 49 7 17
40-49 38 49 3 19
50-64 43 47 4 28
65 or over 42 52 4 18

Race

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
White 37 56 4 65
Black 71 9 4 9
Hispanic or Latino 66 25 6 18
Asian 28 54 5 5
Other 39 44 7 4

Gender by race

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
White men 35 60 2 30
White women 39 52 5 35
Black men 64 12 1 4
Black women 78 7 8 4
Latino men 61 28 7 9
Latino women 72 23 5 9
All other races 33 50 6 9
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Liberal 79 11 3 24
Moderate 50 40 5 40
Conservative 14 78 5 36

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

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Democrat 85 6 4 38
Republican 5 90 3 29
Independent or something else 33 53 6 34

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
No high school diploma 78 13 7 4
High school graduate 49 40 8 20
Some college or associate degree 43 49 4 34
College graduate 37 52 3 31
Postgraduate study 49 46 3 12

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
College graduate 40 50 3 43
No college degree 48 43 6 57

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
More than high school graduate 42 49 3 76
High school graduate or less 54 35 8 24
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2011 total family income:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Under $30,000 59 29 6 20
$30,000 - $49,999 54 34 4 24
$50,000 - $99,999 38 54 3 33
$100,000 - $199,999 37 58 3 18
$200,000 - $249,999 - - - 2
$250,000 or more - - - 3

2011 total family income:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Under $50,000 56 32 5 44
$50,000 - $99,999 38 54 3 33
$100,000 or more 36 60 3 23

2011 total family income

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Under $50,000 56 32 5 44
$50,000 or more 37 57 3 56

2011 total family income:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Under $100,000 48 42 4 77
$100,000 or more 36 60 3 23

Religion

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Protestant or other Christian 38 57 3 42
Catholic 45 47 4 26
Jewish - - - 3
Something else - - - 7
None 57 39 3 23
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Religion

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Protestant 39 57 2 19
Catholic 45 47 4 26
Mormon - - - 6
Other Christian 44 46 4 17
Jewish - - - 3
Muslim - - - 0
Other - - - 6
None 57 39 3 23

Religion among whites

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 29 68 2 27
White Catholic 27 61 5 15
White Jewish - - - 3
White something else - - - 4
White none 53 43 2 17
Non-white 60 29 2 35

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians 23 74 1 18
All others 51 41 3 82

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Legal in all cases 67 29 2 33
Legal in most cases 44 45 5 31
Illegal in most cases 25 65 1 20
Illegal in all cases - - - 10

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Legal 56 37 4 64
Illegal 26 67 1 29
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Which ONE of these four issues is the most important facing the country?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Foreign policy 52 33 7 4
Federal budget deficit 29 59 8 14
The economy 40 53 5 61
Health care 67 13 8 17

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

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
The housing market 46 44 2 15
Unemployment 47 44 6 29
Taxes 25 51 4 15
Rising prices 42 48 6 39

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Expand it 74 10 5 27
Leave it as is 83 12 3 17
Repeal some of it 22 63 9 20
Repeal all of it 5 92 1 28

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 77 11 4 44
Repeal some or all of it 12 80 4 48

Should income tax rates:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Increase for all 49 49 1 18
Increase only on income over $250,000 68 24 4 46
Not increase for anyone 17 74 2 33
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Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status 56 33 6 64
Deported to the country they came from 21 72 6 27

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Barack Obama 80 10 6 53
Mitt Romney 4 90 5 42

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Barack Obama 82 8 8 48
Mitt Romney 10 85 5 47

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Barack Obama 82 9 3 53
Mitt Romney 5 92 2 42

Which is closer to your view:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 71 14 6 40
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 17 74 5 53
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Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Excellent - - - 1
Good 80 13 5 23
Not so good 56 32 6 33
Poor 14 78 5 40

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

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Excellent or good 79 12 5 24
Not so good or poor 33 58 6 73

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Getting better 80 12 5 40
Getting worse 4 85 6 29
Staying about the same 37 51 8 30

Economic conditions:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Getting better 80 12 5 40
Staying the same and good - - - 5
Staying the same and not good 29 59 7 25
Getting worse 4 85 6 29

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

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Better today 68 12 6 26
Worse today 15 81 2 38
About the same 53 34 7 35
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Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Barack Obama 7 86 5 37
George W. Bush 74 15 6 54

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Enthusiastic 83 5 4 28
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic 84 11 2 22
Dissatisfied, but not angry 17 78 3 24
Angry 3 93 1 25

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Positive 83 7 3 50
Negative 10 86 2 48

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Favorable 74 10 7 54
Unfavorable 3 91 3 44

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Favorable 8 88 3 48
Unfavorable 75 8 7 49
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Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
The rich 18 76 2 9
The middle class 83 10 3 45
The poor 16 76 1 29

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
The rich 77 11 3 56
The middle class 5 93 2 33
The poor - - - 1

Are you currently married?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Yes 37 55 3 57
No 53 35 6 43

Gender by marital status

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Married men 34 57 3 28
Married women 41 53 4 29
Not married men 50 42 4 19
Not married women 56 29 8 24

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

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Yes 42 46 8 35
No 45 47 4 65
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Married with children

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Married with children 35 53 8 25
All others 47 44 5 75

Parents

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Men with children 34 53 10 18
Women with children 50 39 7 17
Men without children 42 49 2 32
Women without children 48 44 6 33

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Yes 61 34 2 16
No 41 48 7 84

Which candidate for U.S. senator do you think has high ethical standards?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Only Shelley Berkley does 100 0 0 24
Only Dean Heller does 3 97 0 30
Both do 65 35 0 12
Neither does 41 40 7 25

Which candidate for U.S. senator do you think has high ethical standards?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Shelley Berkley does 88 12 0 36
Shelley Berkley does not 21 70 3 55
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Which candidate for U.S. senator do you think has high ethical standards?

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Dean Heller does 21 78 0 42
Dean Heller does not 70 21 4 49

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

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Barack Obama 81 7 6 52
Mitt Romney 4 92 3 46
None of these candidates - - - 1

Population of area

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Over 500,000 52 40 4 28
50,000 - 500,000 43 50 4 24
Suburbs 45 43 5 36
10,000 - 50,000 26 62 6 4
Rural 31 59 4 7

Population of area

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
City over 50,000 48 45 4 53
Suburbs 45 43 5 36
Small city and Rural 29 60 5 12

Geographic area

Category Berkley Heller None of these candidates % Total
Washoe County 41 52 4 18
Clark County 48 42 5 69
Rest of state 29 61 4 12
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