Exploring the reasons behind the votes in the 2012 election
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Neither or no one
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The list below is ordered by the number of voters who cited them in their reason
Obama
Neither or no one
Romney
Obama
Neither or no one
Romney
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States listed by number of responses. Those with no responses are not listed.
blue = more responses for Obama
red = more responses for Romney
the bigger the bubble, the stronger the favor
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Obama
Neither or no one
Romney
By Jason Bartz, Kat Downs, Leslie Passante and Dawn Tepper - The Washington Post
Button illustrations by Peter Hoey for the Washington Post and Kat Downs, Chris Rukan and Sarah Sampsel of The Washington Post. Published Nov. 6, 2012.

























