This survey shows the current support of American voters for Barack Obama and the GOP candidate Mitt Romney if the 2012 elections were held today. The survey gives additional information on differences between the generations in their support. 54 percent of the silent generation -- born between 1928 and 1945, and now aged 66-83 -- would vote for Mitt Romney.
If you had to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the upcoming election, who would you vote for?
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Pew Research Center. (November 3, 2011). If you had to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the upcoming election, who would you vote for? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/206624/support-for-obama-and-romney-in-the-2012-general-election-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. "If you had to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the upcoming election, who would you vote for?." Chart. November 3, 2011. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/206624/support-for-obama-and-romney-in-the-2012-general-election-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. (2011). If you had to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the upcoming election, who would you vote for?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/206624/support-for-obama-and-romney-in-the-2012-general-election-by-generation/
Pew Research Center. "If You Had to Choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in The Upcoming Election, Who Would You Vote For?." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Nov 2011, https://www.statista.com/statistics/206624/support-for-obama-and-romney-in-the-2012-general-election-by-generation/
Pew Research Center, If you had to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the upcoming election, who would you vote for? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/206624/support-for-obama-and-romney-in-the-2012-general-election-by-generation/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
If you had to choose between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney in the upcoming election, who would you vote for? [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 3, 2011. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/206624/support-for-obama-and-romney-in-the-2012-general-election-by-generation/