2008 Battleground State Exit Polls

Below are exit poll results conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International highlighting findings on gender and race.

The gender gap* is the difference in the percentages of women and men who support a given candidate — the gap between the genders, not within a gender. 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.

Poll

Date in Field

Overall Results

Gender Gap*

Women for McCain

Men for McCain

Women for Obama

Men for Obama

Colorado

11/4

Obama 53%;
McCain 46%

7 pts.

41%

50%

56%

49%

Florida

11/4

Obama 51%;
McCain 49%

1 pts.

47%

47%

52%

51%

Indiana

11/4

Obama 50%;
McCain 49%

5 pts.

47%

52%

52%

47%

Michigan

11/4

Obama 57%;
McCain 41%

8 pts.

38%

45%

60%

52%

Minnesota

11/4

Obama 54%;
McCain 44%

7 pts.

41%

47%

57%

50%

Missouri

11/4

McCain 50%;
Obama 49%

2 pts.

48%

50%

50%

48%

Montana

11/4

McCain 50%;
Obama 47%

6 pts.

47%

53%

51%

44%

Nevada

11/4

Obama 55%;
McCain 43%

8 pts.

38%

47%

59%

51%

New Hampshire

11/4

Obama 54%;
McCain 45%

12 pts.

38%

49%

61%

49%

New Mexico

11/4

Obama 57%;
McCain 42%

5 pts.

39%

45%

59%

54%

North Carolina

11/4

Obama 50%;
McCain 49%

12 pts.

44%

56%

55%

43%

Ohio

11/4

Obama 51%;
McCain 47%

2 pts.

45%

48%

53%

51%

Pennsylvania

11/4

Obama 55%;
McCain 44%

8 pts.

41%

48%

59%

51%

Virginia

11/4

Obama 52%;
McCain 47%

2 pts.

46%

47%

53%

51%

West Virginia

11/4

McCain 56%;
Obama 43%

1 pts.

55%

56%

44%

42%

Poll

Date in Field

Overall Results

Gender Gap Whites

White Women for McCain

White Men for McCain

White Women for Obama

White Men for Obama

Gender Gap Blacks

Black Women for McCain

Black Men for McCain

Black Women for Obama

Black Men for Obama

Gender Gap Latinos

Latino Women for McCain

Latino Men for McCain

Latino Women for Obama

Latino Men for Obama

CO

11/4

Obama 53%;
McCain 46%

4 pts.

46%

50%

52%

48%

NA

-

-

-

-

NA

-

-

-

-

FL

11/4

Obama 51%;
McCain 49%

0 pts.

57%

55%

42%

42%

2 pts.

3%

5%

97%

95%

5 pts.

45%

40%

55%

60%

IN

11/4

Obama 50%;
McCain 49%

7 pts.

51%

57%

48%

41%

1 pts.

10%

11%

90%

89%

NA

-

-

-

-

MI

11/4

Obama 57%;
McCain 41%

7 pts.

44%

50%

54%

47%

5 pts.

1%

6%

99%

94%

NA

-

-

-

-

MN

11/4

Obama 54%;
McCain 44%

7 pts.

43%

49%

56%

49%

NA

-

-

-

-

NA

-

-

-

-

MO

11/4

McCain 50%;
Obama 49%

0 pts.

57%

57%

42%

41%

7 pts.

3%

10%

95%

90%

NA

-

-

-

-

MT

11/4

McCain 50%;
Obama 47%

1 pts.

52%

53%

46%

44%

NA

-

-

-

-

NA

-

-

-

-

NV

11/4

Obama 55%;
McCain 43%

9 pts.

48%

57%

49%

40%

2 pts.

5%

5%

95%

93%

0 pts.

22%

21%

76%

76%

NH

11/4

Obama 54%;
McCain 45%

12 pts.

39%

50%

60%

48%

NA

-

-

-

-

NA

-

-

-

-

NM

11/4

Obama 57%;
McCain 42%

2 pts.

57%

55%

41%

43%

NA

-

-

-

-

7 pts.

27%

34%

72%

65%

NC

11/4

Obama 50%;
McCain 49%

6 pts.

62%

67%

38%

32%

13 pts.

0%

13%

100%

87%

NA

-

-

-

-

OH

11/4

Obama 51%;
McCain 47%

2 pts.

52%

53%

47%

45%

2 pts.

2%

2%

96%

98%

NA

-

-

-

-

PA

11/4

Obama 55%;
McCain 44%

8 pts.

48%

56%

51%

43%

0 pts.

5%

4%

95%

95%

NA

-

-

-

-

VA

11/4

Obama 52%;
McCain 47%

3 pts.

59%

61%

40%

37%

5 pts.

6%

11%

94%

89%

NA

-

-

-

-

WV

11/4

McCain 56%;
Obama 43%

2 pts.

56%

58%

42%

40%

NA

-

-

-

-

NA

-

-

-

-