Time Limit: 15 minutes (11/9/2012)
Tools: Google
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Voters with at least a college degree-40% of all likely voters-voted for Obama (47% to 39%).
1/3 of voters have an active passport. Of that group, 48% for Obama, 38% for Romney.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnzogby/2012/07/18/zogby-demographics-and-2012-income-education-class/
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Here are the 10 poorest states in 2011, according to the WSJ, starting with the poorest:
Mississippi, West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Oklahoma
9 of these states voted for Romney
http://www.wect.com/story/19632991/reports-nc-is-10th-poorest-state-in-america
Richest states (by income):
Maryland, Alaska, New Jersey, Connecticut, District of Columbia (counting it as a state), Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Virginia, Hawaii, Delaware, California
9 of these states went for Obama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income
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Postgraduate study: Obama +13% (55% to 42%)
42% of those making $250k a year voted for Obama
47% of those making $200-250K
44% of all those making $100k or more a year
55% of women
62% of those living in cities of more than 50,000
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/elections/2012-exit-poll
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That is very fascinating.
The heads of our family make less than $35,000/year–(due to un and underemployment)–combined.
Parents both did graduate work. We don’t live in any of the states above mentioned–
We wrote in Ron Paul.
One of our adult children voted for Jill Stein; another abstained out of protest. There is an entire movement that rejected the two parties in this election–