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  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 58% 1,828,417
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 40% 1,244,734

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New Jersey county results

Atlantic 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 58% 55,631
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 40% 38,284

Bergen 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 57% 182,546
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 41% 132,668

Burlington 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 59% 110,912
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 40% 74,665

Camden 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 69% 133,329
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 30% 57,249

Cape May 100% in

  1. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 52% 22,013
  2. ✓ Bob Menendez 46% 19,634

Cumberland 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 63% 27,547
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 35% 15,181

Essex 95% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 78% 195,940
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 20% 50,399

Gloucester 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 57% 73,237
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 41% 52,159

Hudson 96% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 79% 123,733
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 19% 29,521

Hunterdon 100% in

  1. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 58% 34,393
  2. ✓ Bob Menendez 39% 23,152
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Mercer 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 67% 88,225
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 31% 39,927

Middlesex 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 63% 168,293
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 35% 93,616

Monmouth 99% in

  1. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 54% 137,278
  2. ✓ Bob Menendez 45% 113,513

Morris 100% in

  1. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 55% 104,147
  2. ✓ Bob Menendez 44% 83,708

Ocean 100% in

  1. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 56% 125,361
  2. ✓ Bob Menendez 42% 93,949

Passaic 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 64% 93,851
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 34% 49,618

Salem 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 52% 14,804
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 44% 12,448

Somerset 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 51% 66,129
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 47% 60,208

Sussex 100% in

  1. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 58% 35,099
  2. ✓ Bob Menendez 38% 22,618

Union 100% in

  1. ✓ Bob Menendez 67% 120,551
  2. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 32% 57,404
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Warren 100% in

  1. ✓ Joe Kyrillos 56% 23,096
  2. ✓ Bob Menendez 42% 17,115
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Male 55 44 48
Female 63 35 52

In which age group are you?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
18-29 62 35 16
30-44 64 36 24
45-64 58 39 46
65 or over - - 15

In which age group are you?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
18-24 - - 7
25-29 - - 8
30-39 - - 15
40-49 67 30 21
50-64 57 42 35
65 or over - - 15

Race

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
White 44 54 67
Black 96 4 18
Hispanic or Latino - - 10
Asian - - 3
Other - - 2

Gender by race

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
White men 44 55 35
White women 43 53 32
Black men - - 6
Black women - - 12
Latino men - - 4
Latino women - - 6
All other races - - 5
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Liberal 88 12 28
Moderate 61 37 47
Conservative 25 74 25

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

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Democrat 95 5 44
Republican 13 86 26
Independent or something else 48 48 30

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
No high school diploma - - 3
High school graduate 48 48 18
Some college or associate degree 57 40 28
College graduate 60 40 32
Postgraduate study 68 32 20

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
College graduate 63 37 52
No college degree 56 42 48

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
More than high school graduate 61 38 80
High school graduate or less 54 43 20
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2011 total family income:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Under $30,000 - - 9
$30,000 - $49,999 - - 17
$50,000 - $99,999 56 44 36
$100,000 - $199,999 61 36 28
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 7
$250,000 or more - - 4

2011 total family income:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Under $50,000 62 38 26
$50,000 - $99,999 56 44 36
$100,000 or more 62 36 39

2011 total family income

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Under $50,000 62 38 26
$50,000 or more 59 40 74

2011 total family income:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Under $100,000 58 41 61
$100,000 or more 62 36 39

How often do you attend religious services?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
More than once a week - - 12
Once a week - - 27
A few times a month - - 18
A few times a year - - 29
Never - - 14
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How often do you attend religious services?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Weekly or more often - - 39
Occasionally - - 46
Never - - 14

Religion

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Protestant or other Christian 51 49 36
Catholic 45 53 48
Jewish - - 3
Something else - - 5
None - - 8

Religion among whites

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian - - 22
White Catholic - - 40
White Jewish - - 3
White something else - - 2
White none - - 6
Non-white - - 27

Church attendance by religion

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Protestant and attend at least weekly - - 5
Protestant and do not attend at least weekly - - 13
Catholic and attend at least weekly - - 20
Catholic and do not attend at least weekly - - 24
All others - - 38

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians - - 9
All others 57 43 91
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Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Legal in all cases - - 39
Legal in most cases - - 32
Illegal in most cases - - 11
Illegal in all cases - - 14

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Legal 60 40 71
Illegal - - 26

How do you feel about the Tea Party movement?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Support - - 21
Neutral - - 36
Oppose - - 41

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

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Foreign policy - - 3
Federal budget deficit - - 9
The economy 64 36 67
Health care - - 16

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

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
The housing market - - 3
Unemployment - - 56
Taxes - - 17
Rising prices - - 19
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What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Expand it - - 41
Leave it as is - - 19
Repeal some of it - - 22
Repeal all of it - - 13

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Expand it or leave it as is - - 60
Repeal some or all of it - - 35

Should income tax rates:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Increase for all - - 7
Increase only on income over $250,000 - - 59
Not increase for anyone - - 31

Should most illegal immigrants working in the United States be:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Offered a chance to apply for legal status 61 39 81
Deported to the country they came from - - 17

Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Barack Obama - - 61
Mitt Romney - - 36
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Who would better handle the economy?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Barack Obama - - 55
Mitt Romney - - 43

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Barack Obama - - 60
Mitt Romney - - 38

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Barack Obama - - 54
Mitt Romney - - 43

Which is closer to your view:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Government should do more to solve problems - - 64
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals - - 30

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

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Excellent - - 1
Good - - 20
Not so good - - 52
Poor - - 26
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Do you think the condition of the nation's economy:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Excellent or good - - 22
Not so good or poor 44 50 78

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Getting better - - 50
Getting worse - - 27
Staying about the same - - 23

Economic conditions:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Getting better - - 50
Staying the same and good - - 1
Staying the same and not good - - 23
Getting worse - - 27

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

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Better today - - 25
Worse today - - 27
About the same - - 47

Do you think things in this country today are:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Generally going in the right direction - - 53
Seriously off on the wrong track - - 46
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Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Barack Obama - - 33
George W. Bush - - 60

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

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Favors the wealthy 71 29 71
Is fair to most Americans - - 26

Should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Yes - - 36
No - - 63

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Enthusiastic - - 32
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic - - 25
Dissatisfied, but not angry - - 29
Angry - - 14

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Positive - - 57
Negative - - 43
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Do you approve or disapprove of the way Barack Obama is handling his job as president?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Strongly approve - - 39
Somewhat approve - - 25
Somewhat disapprove - - 13
Strongly disapprove - - 21

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

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Approve - - 65
Disapprove - - 34

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Favorable - - 58
Unfavorable - - 39

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Favorable - - 41
Unfavorable - - 53

Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
The rich - - 4
The middle class - - 55
The poor - - 29
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Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
The rich - - 61
The middle class - - 33
The poor - - 1

Do you trust Barack Obama to handle an international crisis?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Yes - - 63
No - - 35

Do you trust Mitt Romney to handle an international crisis?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Yes - - 43
No - - 55

Trust to handle an international crisis:

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Only Barack Obama - - 53
Only Mitt Romney - - 33
Both of them - - 10
Neither of them - - 2

Are you currently married?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Yes 57 42 62
No 63 33 38
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Gender by marital status

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Married men 53 45 31
Married women 60 40 31
Not married men - - 16
Not married women 67 26 22

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

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Yes 67 33 33
No 57 42 67

Married with children

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Married with children 68 32 26
All others 57 42 74

Parents

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Men with children - - 18
Women with children - - 15
Men without children 52 47 30
Women without children 62 38 37

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Yes - - 38
No - - 62
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Do you work full-time for pay?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Yes - - 61
No - - 39

Should your state legally recognize same-sex marriage?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Yes - - 58
No - - 40

Are you gay, lesbian or bisexual?

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Yes - - 3
No 57 42 97

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

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Barack Obama 94 5 58
Mitt Romney 9 90 41

Population of area

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Over 500,000 - - -
50,000 - 500,000 - - -
Suburbs 59 39 100
10,000 - 50,000 - - -
Rural - - -
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Population of area

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
City over 50,000 - - -
Suburbs 59 39 100
Small city and Rural - - -

Geographic area

Category Menendez Kyrillos % Total
Urban North 74 22 19
Suburban North - - 15
Northwest 44 52 15
Central 57 41 20
South 57 43 30
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