U.S. Presidential Election Center

Track the 2012 presidential race and compare it with elections dating back to 1936.

Aug 27-Sept 2, 2012

Obama47%-Romney 46%

Historical Presidential Candidate Support by Group

RACESCANDIDATES2012 DEMOGRAPHICS

Subgroup data are based on likely voters from Gallup's final pre-election surveys, excluding "no opinion" responses and support for minor third-party candidates. If needed, support for each candidate is adjusted to match the actual election result. Gallup started tracking demographic groups in 1952.

Men
Women
White (incl. Hispanic)
Nonwhite
Non-Hispanic white
Nonwhite (incl. Hispanic)
Black
Under 30 years of age
30 to 49 years
50 to 64 years
65 years and older
50 years and older
College
High school
Grade school
Postgraduate
College grad only
Some college
High school or less
East
Midwest
South
West
Urban
Suburban
Rural
Republican
Democrat
Independent
Conservative
Moderate
Liberal
Protestant
Catholic
Attend church weekly
Attend church monthly
Attend church seldom/never
Married
Not married
Married men
Married women
Unmarried men
Unmarried women
With minor children
Without minor children
Prof. and business
White collar
Manual
Union family
Veteran
Military household
Gun owner
Gun non-owner

2008		2004		2000			1996			1992			1988		1984		1980			1976			1972		1968			1964		1960		1956		1952
Obama	McCain	Kerry	Bush	Gore	Bush	Nader	Clinton	Dole	Perot	Clinton	Bush	Perot	Dukakis	Bush	Mondale	Reagan	Carter	Reagan	Anderson	Carter	Ford	McCarthy	McGovern	Nixon	Humphrey	Nixon	Wallace	Johnson	Goldwater	Kennedy	Nixon	Stevenson	Eisenhower	Stevenson	Eisenhower
50	50	44	56	45	52	3	45	44	11	41	37	22	44	56	36	64	38	53	7	53	45	1	37	63	41	43	16	60	40	52	48	45	55	47	53
57	43	52	48	53	45	2	54	39	7	46	38	16	48	52	45	55	44	49	6	48	51	-	38	62	45	43	12	62	38	49	51	39	61	42	58
45	55	44	56	43	55	3	46	45	9	39	41	20	41	59	34	66	36	56	7	46	52	1	32	68	38	47	15	59	41	49	51	41	59	43	57
90	10	83	17	87	9	4	82	12	6	77	11	12	82	18	87	13	86	10	2	85	15	-	87	13	85	12	3	94	6	68	32	61	39	79	21
44	56	43	57	42	56	2	44	44	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
86	14	78	22	80	17	3	80	14	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
99	1	93	7	95	3	2	96	2	2	88	9	2	88	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
61	39	60	40	47	47	6	54	30	16	40	37	23	37	63	40	60	47	41	11	53	45	1	48	52	47	38	15	64	36	54	46	43	57	51	49
53	47	43	57	45	53	2	49	41	10	42	37	21	45	55	40	60	38	52	8	48	49	2	33	67	44	41	15	63	37	54	46	45	55	47	53
54	46	48	52	50	48	2	47	45	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
46	54	52	48	56	42	2	51	42	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
51	49	50	50	53	45	2	50	43	7	46	39	15	49	51	41	59	41	54	4	52	48	-	36	64	41	47	12	59	41	46	54	39	61	39	61
55	45	48	52	46	51	3	47	45	8	43	40	17	42	58	39	61	35	53	10	42	55	2	37	63	37	54	9	52	48	39	61	31	69	34	66
47	53	54	46	52	46	2	52	34	14	40	38	22	46	54	43	57	43	51	5	54	46	-	34	66	42	43	15	62	38	52	48	42	58	45	55
67	33	69	31	55	42	3	58	27	15	56	28	16	55	45	51	49	54	42	3	58	41	1	49	51	52	33	15	66	34	55	45	50	50	52	48
65	35	53	47	53	43	4	50	42	8	50	35	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
51	49	42	58	44	55	1	46	46	8	32	45	23	41	59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
52	48	44	56	44	53	3	46	42	12	40	41	19	40	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
51	49	54	46	53	45	2	52	35	13	46	35	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
57	43	58	42	55	42	3	60	31	9	47	35	18	51	49	46	54	43	47	9	51	47	1	42	58	50	43	7	68	32	53	47	40	60	45	55
53	47	48	52	48	49	3	46	45	9	44	34	22	47	53	42	58	41	51	7	48	50	1	40	60	44	47	9	61	39	48	52	41	59	42	58
50	50	43	57	45	54	1	44	46	10	38	45	17	40	60	37	63	44	52	3	54	45	-	29	71	31	36	33	52	48	51	49	49	51	51	49
55	45	48	52	48	47	5	51	43	6	45	35	20	46	54	40	60	35	54	9	46	51	1	41	59	44	49	7	60	40	49	51	43	57	42	58
-	-	56	44	62	35	3	58	36	6	50	34	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	46	54	47	51	2	47	45	8	37	40	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	46	54	38	60	3	44	43	13	41	41	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7	93	5	95	7	92	1	10	85	5	7	77	16	7	93	4	96	8	86	5	9	91	-	5	95	9	86	5	20	80	5	95	4	96	8	92
93	7	93	7	89	10	2	90	6	4	82	8	10	85	15	79	21	69	26	4	82	18	-	67	33	74	12	14	87	13	84	16	85	15	77	23
51	49	52	48	44	49	7	48	33	19	39	30	31	43	57	33	67	29	55	14	38	57	4	31	69	31	44	25	56	44	43	57	30	70	35	65
23	77	20	80	27	71	2	27	64	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
63	37	63	37	57	41	2	63	29	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
94	6	88	12	84	9	7	89	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	53	38	62	42	55	3	44	50	6	41	41	18	42	58	39	61	39	54	6	46	53	-	30	70	35	49	16	55	45	38	62	37	63	37	63
53	47	52	48	52	46	2	55	35	10	47	35	18	51	49	39	61	46	47	6	57	41	1	48	52	59	33	8	76	24	78	22	51	49	56	44
45	55	37	63	41	56	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
51	49	45	55	47	51	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
62	38	60	40	52	41	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
44	56	40	60	40	57	2	44	46	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
65	35	60	40	59	36	3	57	30	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
42	58	39	61	37	59	3	40	47	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	53	42	58	41	56	2	47	45	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
63	37	55	45	49	42	5	51	31	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
66	34	64	36	66	31	2	62	28	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
51	49	-	-	-	-	-	46	43	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
54	46	-	-	-	-	-	51	38	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	66	33	55	10	42	56	1	31	69	34	56	10	54	46	42	58	32	68	36	64
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	47	53	40	51	9	50	48	2	36	64	41	47	12	57	43	48	52	37	63	40	60
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	46	54	48	48	5	58	41	1	43	57	50	35	15	71	29	60	40	50	50	55	45
64	36	67	33	68	31	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	63	37	52	48	50	43	5	63	36	1	46	54	56	29	15	73	27	65	35	57	43	61	39
41	59	40	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
47	53	43	57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
36	64	35	65	38	59	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
63	37	56	44	56	41	3	-