Below are exit poll results conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International highlighting findings on gender and race.*
(Exit Poll data and overall returns as of 5pm, 11/8/12)
The Gender Gap: The difference between the percentages of women and men who support a given candidate, generally the leading or winning candidate. Even if women and men favor the same candidate, they may do so by different margins, resulting in a gender gap. We calculate the gender gap for each poll based on the votes of women and men who support the candidate leading in that poll.
Example: [%Women for Leading Candidate] – [%Men for Leading Candidate] = Gender Gap
The Women's Vote: The percentage point advantage that one candidate has over the other among women voters – that is, the difference in support for the major party candidates among women voters only.
Example: [%Women for Obama] – [%Women for Romney] = Women's Vote
* Exit Polls were only conducted in 31 states.
| State | Candidate | Party |
Overall
|
Gender Gap
|
Women's Vote
|
Women
|
Men
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | Mike Pence John Cragg |
R D |
50% 46% |
5 pts. | +5% Cragg | 47% 52% |
52% 41% |
| MO | Dave Spence Jay Nixon |
R D |
42% 55% |
3 pts. | +14% Nixon | 42% 56% |
44% 53% |
| MT | Rick Hill Steve Bullock |
R D |
47% 49% |
8 pts. | +10% Bullock | 43% 53% |
52% 45% |
| NH | Ovide Lamontagne Maggie Hassan |
R D |
42% 55% |
11 pts. | +22% Hassan | 38% 60% |
48% 49% |
| NC | Pat McCrory Walter Dalton |
R D |
55% 43% |
4 pts. | +9% McCrory | 54% 45% |
58% 40% |
| VT | Randy Brock Peter Shumlin |
R D |
38% 58% |
10 pts. | +29% Shumlin | 33% 62% |
44% 52% |
| WA | Rob McKenna Jay Inslee |
R D |
49% 51% |
4 pts. | +8% Inslee | 46% 54% |
50% 50% |