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Our Readers: Obama 74%, Jill Stein 18%

Highlights of our 2012 Readers' Survey

The Common Dreams 2012 Reader Survey results are in.

Between Nov. 1st and 12PM EST Monday, 15,767 of our readers weighed in on a wide variety of issues - including who they would vote for for US President Tuesday.

Some key highlights:

  • 74% of our readers will vote for President Obama with the Green Party's Jill Stein at 18% and the Justice Party's Rocky Anderson at 2%. Romney will get the votes of 1%.
  • The older you are, the more likely you support the Obama ticket. The younger you are, the more likely you support 3rd party candidates.
  • Our readers overwhelmingly support the progressive position on key ballot issues being voted on in various states on November 6
  • 57% of our readers have been reading Common Dreams for over 5 years.
  • 82% of our readers use Facebook; 18% do not. 43% use Twitter; 57% do not.
  • 73% of our readers read the comments below articles; 27% do not. But, only 12% have commented themselves; 88% have not.
  • 87% of our readers are 51 years old or older.
  • 56% of our readers either have graduate degrees or have attended graduate school.

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The Presidential results:

Stewart Alexander/Alejandro Mendoza

Socialist Party
0.2%
Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez

Justice Party
2.2%
Virgil Goode/Jim Clymer

Constitution Party
0.1%
Gary Johnson/Jim Gray

Libertarian Party
1.3%
Barack Obama/Joe Biden

Democratic Party
73.8%
Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan

Republican Party
1.2%
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala

Green Party
18.0%
None of the above/Write-in3.1%

The results by age group show a sharp difference. Obama has the support of 80% of those 67 years old and older; Jill Stein comes in first among readers between the ages of 21-35:

Candidates21-3536-5051-6566-7980+Total
Rocky Anderson/Luis J. Rodriguez

Justice Party
8.5%1.9%2.2%1.8%2.0%2.2%
Barack Obama/Joe Biden

Democratic Party
37.7%62.4%73.0%78.8%80.8%73.8%
Jill Stein/Cheri Honkala

Green Party
44.3%25.8%18.3%14.8%12.2%18.0%

On the Ballot issues facing voters around the country on Election Day, readers overwhelmingly supported the progressive positions:

YESNOUNDECIDED
California's Prop 37: Label GMO Foods93.5%2.8%3.6%

YESNOUNDECIDED
Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage91.2%4.3%4.5%

BOTH YESMEDICAL ONLYBOTH NOUNDECIDED
Legalize Marijuana/Legalize Medical Marijuana79.7%14.0%1.9%4.4%

YESNOUNDECIDED
Weaken Reproductive Rights3.7%92.8%3.5%

How our readers self-identify on the political spectrum:

Radical8.1%
Progressive48.0%
Liberal25.0%
Moderate4.5%
Conservative1.1%
Other13.3%

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