Dem cause, in 2018 midterm voters, would pick dem, Dem is a popular pic cause no one likes politics. Divisions by race, gender, education, There were wide differences in voting preferences between men and women, whites and nonwhites, as well as people with more and less educational attainment. The exit polls show divisions across racial and educational groups, too. As was the case in the 2016 presidential election, white men voted Republican by a wide margin (60% to 39%) while white women were divided (49% favored the Democratic candidate; as many supported the Republican).