2012 General Election Exit Poll Survey Results

Vote 2012: Your Voice, Your Vote!

MinKwon Center Civic Participation Program

On November 6, 2012, MinKwon Centers staff and volunteers conducted in-person interviews with 263 Korean American voters in the Flushing area. Interviews were conducted at four polling locations, targeting Korean American voters who had immediately voted. The following results are only limited portion of data collected through the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Funds non-partisan multilingual exit poll, conducted in 11 states from thousands of Asian American voters.

Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=260)

Male 47%
Female 53%

Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=262)

40 35 30 25

20
15

10
5

0
18-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70 and over

Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=260)

Not enrolled 7% Republican 13%

Democratic 80%

When did you become a U.S. Citizen? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=263)
100% 80%

60%
40% 20% 0% 0-2 3-5 6-10 >10 Born in the U.S.

Do you support comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for undocumented people? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=257)
50% 40% 31 44

30%
20% 10% 0% Strongly support Support Oppose 7 0 Strongly oppose Don't know 18

Do you support comprehensive immigration reform, including a path to citizenship for undocumented people? Ages 18-49 (Total=47)
50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 2 0% 0 23 27 47 50% 40% 32 30% 20% 10% 0% 9 1 16

Ages 50+ (Total=209)

43

Do you support the right of same-sex couples to legally marry? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=260)
50% 42 40% 36

30%
20% 10% 0% Strongly support Support Oppose Strongly oppose Don't know 8 4 10

Do you support the right of same-sex couples to legally marry? Ages 18-49 (Total=47)
40% 30% 23 20% 10% 0% 17 35 60%

Ages 50+ (Total=209)

48 37

50%
40% 30%

13

13

20% 10% 0% 0

10

For whom did you vote for President? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=254*)
Romney 12% Other 2%
* Excludes a small proportion of respondents who did not vote for any candidate

Obama 86%

What were the most important factor(s) influencing your vote for President? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=258)
Civil rights/immigrant rights Economy/jobs Healthcare Education Terrorism/security Women's Issues Other 0% 6 9 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 10 9 22 38 45

For whom did you vote for the U.S. Senate? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=255*)
Republican candidate 21%
* Excludes a small proportion of respondents who did not vote for any candidate

Democratic candidate 79%

For whom did you vote for the U.S. House of Representatives? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=257*)
Republican candidate 9%
* Excludes a small proportion of respondents who did not vote for any candidate

Democratic candidate 91%

For whom did you vote for State Senate? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=145)
Toby Ann Stavisky (D)

Republican candidate 62%

Democratic candidate 38%

J.D. Kim (R)

For whom did you vote for State Assembly? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=58)
Republican candidate 17% Democratic candidate 83%
Nily Rozic (D)

Abraham Fuchs (R)

For whom did you vote for State Assembly? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=97)
Republican candidate 4% Democratic candidate 96%
Ron Kim(D)

Phil Gim (R)

Is this your first time voting in an election in the United States? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=254)
Yes 15%

No 85%

What is your native language/dialect? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=262)

English 5%
Cantonese 1% Other 1%

Korean 93%

How well do you read English? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=260)
Not at all 4% Very well 19%

Not well 30%

Moderate 47%

Did you encounter any of the following when you voted? Flushing-area Korean American Voters (Total=256)
80%

69
60%

40%

31

20%

0% Did not report a problem Encountered 1 or more problems

Did you encounter any of the following when you voted?

Only among Flushing-area Korean American voters who reported 1 or more problems (Total=79) Required to show ID Poll workers did not know what to do Rude/hostile poll workers No interpreters/translations and Name missing or error in list of voters Other Directed to wrong poll site/table Required to prove U.S. citizenship 0% 2 2 2 20% 40% 60% 80% 6 5 5 17 61

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