2012 Fox News Exit Polls

Exit polls are interviews of voters as they leave polling places on Election Day. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. Interviewing starts when polls open and ends about an hour before they close.

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The percentages in the first column, labeled "Total," show the proportion of the electorate that is in each subgroup -- these columns are always read down vertically.

The percentages in all remaining columns are read across horizontally (those to the right of the "Total" column). These percentages show how the particular subgroup of voters divided their vote among the candidates or vote question.

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Exit Poll

Senate - Massachusetts

Sample: 1902 respondents

Are you:

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Male

47%47%53% 

Female

53%59%41% 

Sample: 1898 respondents

In which age group are you?

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18-29

19%61%39% 

30-44

23%45%55% 

45-64

39%55%45% 

65 or over

19%53%47% 

Sample: 1898 respondents

In which age group are you?

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18-24

9%59%41% 

25-29

9%62%38% 

30-39

14%47%53% 

40-49

20%47%53% 

50-64

29%56%44% 

65 or over

19%53%47% 

Sample: 1898 respondents

Are you:

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White

86%49%51% 

Black

6%86%14% 

Hispanic/Latino

4%-- 

Asian

2%-- 

Other

1%-- 

Sample: 1882 respondents

Sex by race

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White men

40%42%58% 

White women

47%55%45% 

Black men

3%-- 

Black women

2%-- 

Latino men

2%-- 

Latino women

2%-- 

All other races

3%-- 

Sample: 1880 respondents

On most political matters, do you consider yourself:

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Liberal

32%86%14% 

Moderate

47%45%55% 

Conservative

21%22%78% 

Sample: 1753 respondents

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

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Democrat

39%89%11% 

Republican

17%5%95% 

Independent or something else

45%41%59% 

Sample: 1769 respondents

What was the last grade of school you completed?

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No high school diploma

2%-- 

High school graduate

16%55%45% 

Some college/assoc. degree

22%52%48% 

College graduate

33%48%52% 

Postgraduate study

27%59%41% 

Sample: 1766 respondents

What was the last grade of school you completed?

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College graduate

60%53%47% 

No college degree

40%54%46% 

Sample: 1766 respondents

What was the last grade of school you completed?

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More than high school graduate

82%53%47% 

High school graduate or less

18%55%45% 

Sample: 1766 respondents

2011 total family income:

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Under $30,000

13%67%33% 

$30,000 - $49,999

15%56%44% 

$50,000 - $99,999

34%51%49% 

$100,000 - $199,999

28%46%54% 

$200,000 - $249,999

5%-- 

$250,000 or more

5%-- 

Sample: 1690 respondents

2011 total family income:

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Under $50,000

28%61%39% 

$50,000-$99,999

34%51%49% 

$100,000 or more

38%48%52% 

Sample: 1690 respondents

2011 total family income:

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Under $50,000

28%61%39% 

$50,000 or more

72%50%50% 

Sample: 1690 respondents

2011 total family income:

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Under $100,000

62%56%44% 

$100,000 or more

38%48%52% 

Sample: 1690 respondents

Which ONE of these four issues is the most important facing the country? (CHECK ONLY ONE)

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Foreign policy

5%-- 

Federal budget deficit

11%39%61% 

The economy

64%49%51% 

Health care

16%74%26% 

Sample: 1476 respondents

Which is closer to your view:

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Government should do more to solve problems

53%76%24% 

Government is doing too many things better left to businesses and individuals

43%24%76% 

Sample: 1373 respondents

Is your opinion of Barack Obama:

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Favorable

63%81%19% 

Unfavorable

36%6%94% 

Sample: 1465 respondents

Is your opinion of Mitt Romney:

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Favorable

40%8%92% 

Unfavorable

58%84%16% 

Sample: 1465 respondents

Are you currently married?

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Yes

57%49%51% 

No

43%59%41% 

Sample: 1760 respondents

Gender by marital status

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Married men

27%46%54% 

Married women

29%52%48% 

Non-married men

19%50%50% 

Non-married women

24%66%34% 

Sample: 1756 respondents

Do you think Elizabeth Warren's positions on the issues are:

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Too liberal

37%7%93% 

Too conservative

5%-- 

About right

53%92%8% 

Sample: 1274 respondents

Do you think Scott Brown's positions on the issues are:

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Too liberal

9%74%26% 

Too conservative

34%95%5% 

About right

50%19%81% 

Sample: 1274 respondents

Is your opinion of Elizabeth Warren:

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Favorable

56%92%8% 

Unfavorable

43%3%97% 

Sample: 1274 respondents

Is your opinion of Scott Brown:

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Favorable

60%24%76% 

Unfavorable

38%98%2% 

Sample: 1274 respondents

Which ONE candidate quality mattered most in deciding how you voted for U.S. Senate? (CHECK ONLY ONE)

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Is willing to compromise

20%27%73% 

Is my party's candidate

11%65%35% 

Is honest and trustworthy

33%44%56% 

Cares about people like me

32%77%23% 

Sample: 1365 respondents

Did either of these candidates for U.S. senator attack the other unfairly?

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Only Elizabeth Warren

18%17%83% 

Only Scott Brown

22%90%10% 

Both of them

39%49%51% 

Neither of them

16%51%49% 

Sample: 1274 respondents

Did either of these candidates for U.S. senator attack the other unfairly?

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Warren did

57%39%61% 

Warren did not

37%74%26% 

Sample: 1274 respondents

Did either of these candidates for U.S. senator attack the other unfairly?

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Brown did

61%64%36% 

Brown did not

34%33%67% 

Sample: 1274 respondents

Population of area, five categories

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Over 500,000

9%72%28% 

50,000 - 500,000

6%-- 

Suburbs

84%49%51% 

10,000 - 50,000

--- 

Rural

--- 

Sample: 1902 respondents

Population of area, three categories

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City over 50,000

16%74%26% 

Suburbs

84%49%51% 

Small city and Rural

--- 

Sample: 1902 respondents

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