Who won each group
Percentage point lead on demographics where candidate leads.
Republicans
Democrats
Has right experience, +79
Can win in November, +60
Age 65+, +43
Continue Obama's policies, +42
Top issue: Terrorism, +37
Married women, +26
Attended previous caucus, +24
Moderate, +23
Age 45-64, +23
Top issue: Health care, +21
High school or less, +19
Income $100,000+, +18
Democrat, +17
Postgraduate study, +14
Married men, +11
Women, +11
Top issue: Economy, +9
Somewhat liberal, +6
Income $50,000-$100,000, +6
Bernie Sanders
Full results
Honest and trustworthy, +73
Age 17-29, +70
Change to more liberal policies, +55
Cares about people like me, +52
Independent/Other, +43
Unmarried men, +36
Top issue: Income inequality, +27
First time caucus-goer, +22
Age 30-44, +21
Very liberal, +19
Some college/Associates, +10
Unmarried women, +10
Income <$50,000, +9
Change to less liberal policies, +7
Men, +6
Full results
Republicans
Key
1st
2nd
3rd
cruz
trump
rubio
carson
paul
Sex
Men
52%
29
25
25
8
5
Women
48%
27
24
21
11
5
Age
Age 17-29
12%
27
19
24
10
13
Age 30-44
16%
31
22
22
6
9
Age 45-64
46%
28
25
24
10
3
Age 65+
27%
27
26
22
10
2
Education
High school or less
16%
28
32
18
10
4
Some college/Associates
33%
32
26
17
10
5
College graduate
33%
26
22
27
10
4
Postgraduate study
19%
23
20
29
8
5
Born-again or evangelical Christian
Born-again Christian
64%
34
22
21
12
4
Not born-again Christian
36%
18
29
26
5
7
Party self-identification
Republican
79%
30
25
23
9
3
Independent/Other
20%
19
22
22
11
10
Democrat
2%
--
--
--
--
--
Attended previous caucus?
First time caucus-goer
45%
23
30
22
9
6
Attended previous caucus
54%
32
19
24
9
4
When did you decide who to support?
Decided within last week
45%
27
14
29
10
5
Decided earlier than last week'
55%
28
33
18
9
4
Contacted by candidate?
Contacted by candidate
36%
31
23
20
10
3
Not contacted by candidate
62%
26
25
24
9
6
Most important candidate quality
Can bring needed change
21%
25
33
17
8
5
Can win in November
21%
22
24
44
1
1
Shares my values
42%
38
5
21
15
7
Tells it like it is
14%
11
66
4
6
4
Nation's top issue
Economy/Jobs
27%
18
24
30
9
4
Government spending
32%
27
19
21
11
9
Immigration
13%
34
44
10
7
1
Terrorism
25%
33
21
26
8
2
Want next president who
Has experience in politics
46%
35
3
39
2
6
From outside political establishment
48%
20
46
7
17
4
Feelings on how federal government works
Angry w/government
42%
32
30
18
8
5
Dissatisfied, not angry
49%
26
21
25
11
4
Satisfied, not enthusiastic
5%
--
--
--
--
--
Enthusiastic
3%
--
--
--
--
--
Democrats
Key
1st
2nd
clinton
sanders
omalley
Sex
Men
43%
44
50
3
Women
57%
53
42
3
Age
Age 17-29
18%
14
84
2
Age 30-44
19%
37
58
2
Age 45-64
36%
58
35
4
Age 65+
28%
69
26
3
Education
High school or less
18%
58
39
0
Some college/Associates
32%
42
52
4
College graduate
27%
48
48
2
Postgraduate study
23%
53
39
4
Party self-identification
Democrat
78%
56
39
3
Independent/Other
20%
26
69
1
Republican
2%
--
--
--
Ideology
Very liberal
28%
39
58
1
Somewhat liberal
40%
50
44
3
Moderate
28%
58
35
4
Conservative
4%
--
--
--
Attended previous caucus?
First time caucus-goer
44%
37
59
2
Attended previous caucus
56%
59
35
4
Most important candidate quality
Can win in November
20%
77
17
2
Cares about people like me
26%
22
74
3
Has right experience
28%
88
9
2
Honest and trustworthy
24%
10
83
5
Nation's top issue
Top issue: Economy
33%
51
42
4
Top issue: Health care
30%
59
38
1
Top issue: Income inequality
27%
34
61
3
Top issue: Terrorism
6%
65
28
5
When decide support?
Decided in last week
22%
45
45
4
Decided earlier than last week
77%
51
46
3
Marriage/Sex
Married men
27%
52
41
4
Married women
33%
60
34
3
Unmarried men
16%
30
66
2
Unmarried women
25%
43
53
2
Income
Income <$50,000
41%
44
53
1
Income $50,000-$100,000
38%
50
44
4
Income $100,000+
20%
55
37
4
Should next president continue Obama's policies?
Change to more liberal policies
33%
21
76
2
Continue Obama's policies
55%
68
26
4
Change to less liberal policies
7%
43
50
3
Source: These are final results from a survey of voters as they entered randomly selected caucus voting places in Iowa on Feb. 1, 2016, including 1,794 interviews with Republican caucus-goers and 1,660 with Democratic caucus-goers. The poll was conducted by Edison Media Research for National Election Pool, The Washington Post and other media organizations. The results for typical characteristics have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus four percentage points.
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