The demographics of Tuesday’s election

November 7th, 2008 at 11:41am Pat Cunningham

 

Barack Obama carried:

Men (47 percent of all voters) by 1 percentage point;

Women (53 percent of voters) by 13 percentage points;

Blacks (13 percent of voters) by 91 points;

Hispanics (13 percent of voters) by 36 points;

Ages 18-29 (18 percent of total) by 34 points;

Ages 30-44 (29 percent of total) by 6 points;

Ages 45-59 (30 percent of total) by 0 points (it was a tie);

Non-graduates of high school (4 percent of total) by 34 points;

High school graduates (20 percent of total) by 6 points;

Voters with some college education (31 percent of total) by 4 points;

College graduates (44 percent of total) by 8 points;

First-time voters (11 percent of total) by 39 points;

Catholics (27 percent of total) by 9 points;

Jews (2 percent of total) by 57 points;

Voters from big cities (11 percent of total) by 42 points;

Voters from small cities (11 percent of total) by 20 points;

Voters from suburbs (49 percent of total) by 2 points;

John McCain carried:

Whites (74 percent of total) by 13 points;

Ages 60 and older (23 percent of total) by 4 points;

Protestants (54 percent of total) by 9 points;

Weekly church attendees (40 percent of total) by 12 points;

Voters from small towns (7 percent of total) by 8 points;

Voters from rural areas (14 percent of total) by 8 points.

FOOTNOTES: Obama did especially well in areas bordering on major bodies of water. He carried all the states on the Atlantic Ocean (except South Carolina and Georgia), all the states on the Pacific Ocean and all the states on the Great Lakes.

McCain won most of the old Confederacy and much of the Great Plains and mountain states.

Obama won all of New England, most of the Midwest and all of the West Coast.

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