In 2018 vote, sizable gender, race and educational divides % who say they voted for the in the election for House of Representatives 59 40
There were wide differences in voting preferences between men and women, whites and nonwhites, as well as people with more and less educational attainment.
The gender gap in voting preference is not new, but it is at least as wide as at any point over the past two decades, according to exit polls by the National Election Pool, as reported by CNN. Women favored the Democratic candidate in their district by 19 percentage points (59% to 40%) while men voted for the Republican 51% to 47%. (The exit polls offer the first look at the electorate; the portrait will be refined over time as additional data, such as state voter files, become available).
The exit polls show divisions across racial and educational groups, too. As was the case in the 2016 presidential election, white men voted Republican by a wide margin (60% to 39%) while white women were divided (49% favored the Democratic candidate; as many supported the Republican).
In 2018 vote, sizable gender, race and  | educational divides  | % who say they voted for the  | in the election for  | House of Representatives  | Democratic cand date  | Re publican candidate  | Men  | 47  | 51  | Women  | 59  | 40  | White  | 44  | 54  | Black  | 90  | Hispanic  | 69  | 29  | Asian  | 23  | 77  | Among whites  | Men  | 39  | 60  | Women  | 49  | 49  | Coll lege women  | 59  | 39  | Non-coll ege women  | 42  | 56  | College men  | 51  | 47  | Non --college men  | 32  | 66  | Source: Based on exit polls conducted by Edison Research for the  | National Election Pool. as reported by CNN.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 