FIGURE1 Vote for Congressional Candidates in National Elections Republican % of each group who congressional reported "voting Democratic or Republican in their congressional districtrace 2014 Black
Democrats maintained a large edge among Latinos voting in Tuesday’s midterm elections, but in some states, Republican candidates won more than 40% of the Latino vote, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of National Election Pool exit poll data as reported by NBC News. Though Democrats comfortably won the Latino vote in nearly all states that had key Senate or gubernatorial races (and for which exit poll data is available), Republican candidates won many of those contests, and will take control of the U.S. Senate for the first time since 2007.
In congressional races nationally, Democrats won the Latino vote by a margin of 62% to 36%. This is comparable to the last midterm cycle four years ago when six-in-ten (60%) Latinos voted for a Democratic candidate, but down from 2012 when Democrats took 68% of the Latino vote.
By comparison, Republicans won the white vote by a nearly as wide a margin — 60% to 38%, essentially unchanged from 2010 and 2012. Among black voters, 89% voted for the Democratic candidate in their local congressional election while 10% supported the Republican. This is unchanged from 2010. In 2012, 91% of black voters supported Democrats and 8% backed Republicans.
FIGURE1  | Vote for Congressional Candidates in  | National Elections  | Republican % of each group who congressional reported "voting Democratic or  | Republican in their congressional districtrace  | Democrat  | Re publican  | 2014  | Latino  | 62  | 36  | White  | 38  | 60  | Black  | 89  | 10  | 2012  | Latino  | 68  | 30  | White  | 39  | 59  | Black  | 91  | 2010  | Latino  | 60  | 38  | White  | 37  | 60  | Black  | 89  | Note: Other/No Answer responses notshown.  | Source Pew Resea rch Centerana lysis of 2010 2012 and 2014  | National Election Pool exit poll results as reported by NBC News,  | New York Times and CNN, respectively.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 