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Sat Nov 11, 2017, 05:18 PM Nov 2017

Exit poll results: How different groups of Virginians voted

See how different groups voted in the governor’s race between Ralph Northam, Ed Gillespie and Cliff Hyra, and how their support compares with support for Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the 2016 Virginia exit poll.

The poll was conducted by Edison Media Research for the National Election Pool, The Washington Post and other media organizations.

By gender

Men made up a slight majority of voters for the first time in any recent Virginia election. But while men tend to vote more Republican, they favored Gillespie by just two points, smaller than Trump's nine-point edge last year.

Northam won female voters by 22%, larger than Clinton's 17-point advantage last year.

By race

Northam garnered support from 8 in 10 nonwhite voters according to exit poll results, while Gillespie received support from less than 2 in 10 among this group. Gillespie won white voters by 15%, but this was much smaller than Trump’s 24-point advantage over Clinton in 2016.

African Americans have made up just under one-fifth of Virginia’s electorate, and a surge in black voting has been decisive in recent statewide elections.

Education

Six in 10 college graduates supported Northam for governor according to the Virginia exit poll, up from the 55%who supported Clinton in 2016.

At: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/local/virginia-politics/governor-exit-polls/?utm_term=.07023c339aa8
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Gillespie voters were the usual suspects:

"Long live the Confed'racy, no more browns (we got 'nuff blacks as it is), Trump cares 'bout me 'cause I'm poorl'educated, who cares about health care (unless it's mine), an' I want mah machine guns in case them zombies invade!"
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