Divisions in congressional vote preferences by gender, race, education % of registered voters who say they support or lean toward the candidate for Congress they in their district Men
There are sizable educational differences in early midterm vote preferences: Those with a postgraduate degree favor the Democratic candidate over the Republican by roughly two-to-one (62% to 30%) and those with a four-year college degree favor the Democrat, 53% to 40%. Preferences are more divided among voters who do not have a college degree.
Divisions in congressional vote  | preferences by gender, race, education  | % of registered voters who say they support or lean  | toward the candidate for Congress they in their district  | Democratic  | Re publican  | All registered voters  | 48  | 43  | Men  | 41  | 50  | Women  | 55  | 37  | White  | 39  | 53  | Black  | 85  | Hispanic  | 59  | 33  | 18-29  | 58  | 31  | 30-49  | 47  | 43  | 50-64  | 48  | 47  | 65+  | 45  | 47  | Postgrad  | 30  | 62  | College grad  | 53  | 40  | Some coll  | 49  | 44  | HS or less  | 42  | 47  | Rep/Lean Rep  | 90  | Dem/Lean Dem  | 92  | Among whites  | College grad  | 49  | 44  | No college degree  | 34  | 58  | Notes: Based on registered voters Whites and blacks tincludeonly  | those who are notHispa nic; Hispanics are ofany race. Other/Don't  | know responses notshown.  | Source: Survev ofl. S. adults conducted April.25-May 1, 2018  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 