2012 National Presidential Exit Poll

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

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.