What percentage of employed adults voted for Barack Obama?

Answer 1

First, it seems to be a conservative talking-point that the people who voted for the president sought "gifts" from him and were mostly unemployed or on welfare This is a myth. Mr. Obama certainly received some votes from the unemployed (as did Mr. Romney), but the available evidence we have is that the people who voted for the president included a wide spectrum of Americans, some of whom were very educated (doctors, professors, scientists) and others of whom were from such coalitions as legal immigrants, working-class people, and yes, people on public assistance.

Mr. Romney over-performed with white male voters (getting as much as 80-90% in some states) and did extremely well with senior citizens; while Mr. Obama performed especially well among voters who were Hispanic-Americans (getting about 71% of their vote), Asian-Americans (73%), young voters, African-Americans, and single women. We do not have the final tally yet on the percentages, as some votes are still being counted. But it does not seem that just one group's support gave the president a second term.