2008 Battleground State Exit Polls

Below are exit poll results for battleground states 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	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
Colorado	11/04	Obama 53%; McCain 46%	7 pts.	41%	50%	56%	49%	4 pts.	46%	50%	52%	48%	NA	-	-	-	-	NA	-	-	-	-
Florida	11/04	Obama 51%; McCain 49%	1 pts.	47%	47%	52%	51%	0 pts.	57%	55%	42%	42%	2 pts.	3%	5%	97%	95%	5 pts.	45%	40%	55%	60%
Indiana	11/04	Obama 50%; McCain 49%	5 pts.	47%	52%	52%	47%	7 pts.	51%	57%	48%	41%	1 pts.	10%	11%	90%	89%	NA	-	-	-	-
Michigan	11/04	Obama 57%; McCain 41%	8 pts.	38%	45%	60%	52%	7 pts.	44%	50%	54%	47%	5 pts.	1%	6%	99%	94%	NA	-	-	-	-
Minnesota	11/04	Obama 54%; McCain 44%	7 pts.	41%	47%	57%	50%	7 pts.	43%	49%	56%	49%	NA	-	-	-	-	NA	-	-	-	-
Missouri	11/04	McCain 50%; Obama 49%	2 pts.	48%	50%	50%	48%	0 pts.	57%	57%	42%	41%	7 pts.	3%	10%	95%	90%	NA	-	-	-	-
Montana	11/04	McCain 50%; Obama 47%	6 pts.	47%	53%	51%	44%	1 pts.	52%	53%	46%	44%	NA	-	-	-	-	NA	-	-	-	-
Nevada	11/04	Obama 55%; McCain 43%	8 pts.	38%	47%	59%	51%	9 pts.	48%	57%	49%	40%	2 pts.	5%	5%	95%	93%	0 pts.	22%	21%	76%	76%
New Hampshire	11/04	Obama 54%; McCain 45%	12 pts.	38%	49%	61%	49%	12 pts.	39%	50%	60%	48%	NA	-	-	-	-	NA	-	-	-	-
New Mexico	11/04	Obama 57%; McCain 42%	5 pts.	39%	45%	59%	54%	2 pts.	57%	55%	41%	43%	NA	-	-	-	-	7 pts.	27%	34%	72%	65%
North Carolina	11/04	Obama 50%; McCain 49%	12 pts.	44	56%	55%	43%	6 pts.	62%	67%	38%	32%	13 pts.	0%	13%	100%	87%	NA	-	-	-	-
Ohio	11/04	Obama 51%; McCain 47%	2 pts.	45	48%	53%	51%	2 pts.	52%	53%	47%	45%	2 pts.	2%	2%	96%	98%	NA	-	-	-	-
Pennsylvania	11/04	Obama 55%; McCain 44%	8 pts.	41	48%	59%	51%	8 pts.	48%	56%	51%	43%	0 pts.	5%	4%	95%	95%	NA	-	-	-	-
Virginia	11/04	Obama 52%; McCain 47%	2 pts.	46	47%	53%	51%	3 pts.	59%	61%	40%	37%	5 pts.	6%	11%	94%	89%	NA	-	-	-	-
West Virginia	11/04	McCain 56%; Obama 43%	1 pts.	55	56%	44%	42%	2 pts.	56%	58%	42%	40%	NA	-	-	-	-	NA	-	-	-	-