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  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 1,613,950
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 1,408,746

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Wisconsin county results

Adams 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 54% 5,537
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 45% 4,643

Ashland 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 65% 5,387
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 34% 2,816

Barron 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 11,413
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 10,883

Bayfield 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 62% 6,025
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 37% 3,597

Brown 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 64,738
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 62,433

Buffalo 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 3,569
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 3,352

Burnett 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 4,541
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 3,981

Calumet 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 14,519
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 11,477

Chippewa 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 15,371
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 15,211

Clark 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 7,394
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 6,173
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Columbia 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 17,158
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 43% 13,014

Crawford 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 59% 4,622
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 39% 3,064

Dane 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 71% 215,389
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 28% 83,459

Dodge 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 25,190
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 42% 18,745

Door 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 9,338
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 8,109

Douglas 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 65% 14,855
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 34% 7,698

Dunn 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 11,303
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 10,210

Eau Claire 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 30,618
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 43% 23,218

Florence 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 63% 1,643
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 36% 952

Fond du Lac 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 57% 30,329
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 42% 22,356
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Forest 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 2,421
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 2,172

Grant 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 13,574
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 10,255

Green 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 58% 11,196
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 7,848

Green Lake 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 60% 5,779
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 39% 3,790

Iowa 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 65% 8,099
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 34% 4,302

Iron 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 1,788
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 1,783

Jackson 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 5,297
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 3,900

Jefferson 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 23,489
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 20,136

Juneau 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 53% 6,237
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 46% 5,400

Kenosha 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 44,838
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 43% 34,942
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Kewaunee 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 52% 5,746
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 47% 5,151

La Crosse 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 58% 36,632
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 25,711

Lafayette 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 4,534
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 3,313

Langlade 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 5,810
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 4,569

Lincoln 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 50% 7,543
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 7,444

Manitowoc 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 21,581
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 20,382

Marathon 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 53% 36,568
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 46% 32,330

Marinette 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 10,609
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 9,868

Marquette 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 52% 4,112
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 3,758

Menominee 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 87% 1,191
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 13% 179
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Milwaukee 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 67% 328,090
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 32% 158,430

Monroe 94% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 9,637
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 9,505

Oconto 97% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 10,691
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 8,810

Oneida 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 10,905
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 10,439

Outagamie 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 47,294
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 45,565

Ozaukee 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 65% 35,991
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 34% 19,075

Pepin 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 1,875
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 1,793

Pierce 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 50% 10,383
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 10,213

Polk 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 12,075
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 10,054

Portage 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 22,052
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 16,599
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Price 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 49% 3,882
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 3,879

Racine 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 52,887
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 48% 49,173

Richland 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 57% 4,964
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 41% 3,575

Rock 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 61% 49,158
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 38% 30,492

Rusk 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 3,673
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 47% 3,391

Sauk 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 59% 18,718
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 40% 12,829

Sawyer 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 50% 4,482
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 49% 4,436

Shawano 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 11,017
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 8,990

Sheboygan 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 34,282
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 28,356

St. Croix 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 25,475
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 19,874
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Taylor 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 59% 5,597
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 40% 3,761

Trempealeau 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 7,601
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 5,703

Vernon 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 56% 8,031
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 42% 5,935

Vilas 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 7,735
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 5,931

Walworth 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 56% 28,962
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 43% 22,512

Washburn 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 4,692
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 4,435

Washington 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 70% 54,709
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 29% 23,136

Waukesha 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 67% 161,567
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 32% 77,617

Waupaca 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 54% 13,989
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 45% 11,565

Waushara 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 55% 6,558
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 44% 5,330
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Winnebago 100% in

  1. ✓ Barack Obama 51% 45,410
  2. ✓ Mitt Romney 47% 42,073

Wood 100% in

  1. ✓ Mitt Romney 51% 19,685
  2. ✓ Barack Obama 48% 18,546
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Exit poll

Gender

Category Obama Romney % Total
Male 47 51 49
Female 57 42 51

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-29 60 37 21
30-44 51 48 26
45-64 51 48 37
65 or over 48 52 16

In which age group are you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
18-24 61 35 12
25-29 58 40 8
30-39 53 46 18
40-49 45 54 18
50-64 53 46 27
65 or over 48 52 16

Race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White 48 51 86
Black 94 6 7
Hispanic or Latino 66 31 4
Asian - - 1
Other - - 2

Gender by race

Category Obama Romney % Total
White men 42 56 43
White women 53 46 44
Black men 92 6 3
Black women 95 5 4
Latino men - - 2
Latino women - - 2
All other races - - 3
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On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Liberal 90 8 24
Moderate 61 37 40
Conservative 14 85 35

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Democrat 95 4 37
Republican 5 95 32
Independent or something else 49 47 31

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
No high school diploma 60 34 3
High school graduate 55 44 23
Some college or associate degree 48 51 33
College graduate 49 50 28
Postgraduate study 62 37 14

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
College graduate 53 46 42
No college degree 51 47 58

What was the last grade of school you completed?

Category Obama Romney % Total
More than high school graduate 51 48 74
High school graduate or less 55 43 26
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2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $30,000 67 31 19
$30,000 - $49,999 57 42 21
$50,000 - $99,999 49 50 38
$100,000 - $199,999 39 59 17
$200,000 - $249,999 - - 2
$250,000 or more - - 3

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 62 37 41
$50,000 - $99,999 49 50 38
$100,000 or more 39 59 21

2011 total family income

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $50,000 62 37 41
$50,000 or more 46 53 59

2011 total family income:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Under $100,000 56 43 79
$100,000 or more 39 59 21

Religion

Category Obama Romney % Total
Protestant or other Christian 45 53 45
Catholic 44 56 31
Jewish - - 0
Something else - - 8
None 73 25 16
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Religion among whites

Category Obama Romney % Total
White Protestant/Other Christian 40 58 38
White Catholic 42 57 29
White Jewish - - 0
White something else - - 5
White none 71 26 14
Non-white 77 19 14

White evangelical or white born-again Christians

Category Obama Romney % Total
White evangelical or white born-again Christians 27 71 24
All others 60 38 76

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal in all cases 82 15 30
Legal in most cases 61 38 27
Illegal in most cases 26 73 28
Illegal in all cases 17 81 12

Which comes closest to your position? Abortion should be:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Legal 72 26 57
Illegal 23 76 40

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Foreign policy - - 4
Federal budget deficit 31 69 17
The economy 49 50 56
Health care 77 22 21
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Which ONE of these four candidate qualities mattered most in deciding how you voted for president?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Shares my values 41 58 26
Is a strong leader 40 60 18
Cares about people like me 86 12 24
Has a vision for the future 42 58 30

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
The housing market - - 6
Unemployment 52 47 40
Taxes 39 60 22
Rising prices 54 44 30

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it 94 5 31
Leave it as is 83 17 18
Repeal some of it 28 72 22
Repeal all of it 6 93 24

What should happen to the 2010 health care law?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Expand it or leave it as is 90 10 49
Repeal some or all of it 16 83 46

Should income tax rates:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Increase for all 56 42 12
Increase only on income over $250,000 75 23 52
Not increase for anyone 14 84 32
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Who is more in touch with people like you?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 93 5 53
Mitt Romney 2 98 45

Who would better handle the economy?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 97 1 49
Mitt Romney 3 96 48

Who would better handle Medicare?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 94 4 52
Mitt Romney 2 97 46

Who would better handle the federal budget deficit?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 97 1 49
Mitt Romney 6 92 48

Which is closer to your view:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Government should do more to solve problems 84 15 45
Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals 26 73 50
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Do you think the condition of the nation's economy is:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent - - 2
Good 93 7 26
Not so good 50 49 43
Poor 9 88 28

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Excellent or good 93 7 28
Not so good or poor 34 64 71

Is the U.S. economy:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 93 7 38
Getting worse 9 89 33
Staying about the same 40 59 28

Economic conditions:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Getting better 93 7 38
Staying the same and good - - 5
Staying the same and not good 32 67 24
Getting worse 9 89 33

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Better today 89 11 25
Worse today 20 80 35
About the same 62 36 39
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Who is more to blame for current economic problems?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Barack Obama 7 93 40
George W. Bush 84 14 55

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Enthusiastic 97 3 27
Satisfied, but not enthusiastic 88 11 26
Dissatisfied, but not angry 9 88 26
Angry 1 98 20

Which comes closest to your feelings about the Obama administration:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Positive 92 7 53
Negative 6 92 45

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 93 7 56
Unfavorable 4 96 42

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 8 92 47
Unfavorable 97 3 51
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Do Barack Obama's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 11 86 11
The middle class 88 11 48
The poor 17 82 32

Would Mitt Romney's policies generally favor:

Category Obama Romney % Total
The rich 89 9 54
The middle class 4 95 38
The poor - - 1

Which best describes your vote for president today?

Category Obama Romney % Total
I strongly favor my candidate 52 48 69
I like my candidate but with reservations 43 54 22
I dislike the other candidates - - 8

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 - - 5
In October 50 46 10
In September - - 8
Before that 56 43 72

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 44 53 10
Before that 55 44 89
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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 47 49 20
Before that 56 44 79

Are you currently married?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 45 54 59
No 61 37 41

Gender by marital status

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married men 41 58 29
Married women 50 50 30
Not married men 55 42 20
Not married women 67 32 21

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

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 48 50 35
No 55 43 65

Married with children

Category Obama Romney % Total
Married with children 41 58 25
All others 57 42 75
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Parents

Category Obama Romney % Total
Men with children 43 54 17
Women with children 53 46 18
Men without children 51 48 32
Women without children 60 39 33

Does anyone in your household belong to a labor union?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 66 33 21
No 50 49 79

Does anyone in your household own a gun?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Yes 46 53 55
No 65 34 45

How do you feel about the federal government's aid to U.S. automakers?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Approve 79 19 53
Disapprove 17 81 38

Is your opinion of Paul Ryan:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Favorable 12 87 51
Unfavorable 93 5 44
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How do you feel about the way Scott Walker is handling his job as governor?

Category Obama Romney % Total
Approve 18 80 52
Disapprove 90 8 46

In today's election for U.S. Senate, did you just vote for:

Category Obama Romney % Total
Tammy Baldwin 94 6 51
Tommy Thompson 7 92 46

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Over 500,000 83 16 10
50,000 - 500,000 60 37 16
Suburbs 47 52 42
10,000 - 50,000 73 27 3
Rural 43 56 29

Population of area

Category Obama Romney % Total
City over 50,000 69 29 26
Suburbs 47 52 42
Small city and Rural 46 53 31

Geographic area

Category Obama Romney % Total
Milwaukee County 67 32 16
Southeast 40 59 28
Southwest 64 34 18
Northeast 48 50 17
Northwest 50 49 21
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