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Nearly three-quarters of voters in Tuesday’s presidential election believe American democracy is at risk, according to Edison Research’s national exit poll data, reflecting the deep concern the country has about Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump. Trump has faced off after a controversial campaign.
The data shows that democracy and the economy are the most important issues for voters, followed by abortion and immigration. The poll showed that 73 percent of voters believed democracy was under threat, while only 25 percent said it was safe.
The data reflects only a fraction of the tens of millions of people who voted both before and on Election Day, and preliminary results are subject to change overnight as more people are surveyed. is
The two rivals were headed for an uncertain finish after a dizzying campaign as millions of American voters waited in calm, orderly lines Tuesday to choose between two starkly different visions for the country.
A race rocked by unprecedented events — two assassination attempts against Trump, the surprise return of President Joe Biden and Harris’ meteoric rise — remains tied after billions of dollars in spending and months of frantic campaigning.
Trump, who has often floated false claims that he won the 2020 presidential election against Biden and whose supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, voted near his home in Palm Beach, Florida. .
“If I lose the election, if it’s a fair election, I’ll be the first to admit it,” Trump told reporters.
Harris, who previously mailed his ballot to his home state of California, spent part of Tuesday doing radio interviews encouraging listeners to vote. Later, she was scheduled to address students at Howard University, a historically black college in Washington where Harris was an undergraduate.
“Going back to Howard University tonight, my beloved alma mater, and hopefully being able to recognize that day is really full circle for me,” Harris said in a radio interview.
National exit poll results provide an important window into the nation’s thinking, but may not directly correspond to the seven states that decide the presidential election.
Exit polls capture differences between turnout among different demographic groups, such as male versus female voters or college-educated versus non-college-educated voters, and can provide insight into how turnout has changed from previous elections. is
An important advantage of exit polls is that all the people surveyed are, by definition, the people who vote in that election.
Opinion polls before the election showed that the candidates appeared likely to determine victory in each of seven states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Whoever wins, history will be made.
Harris, 60, would become the first female vice president, the first woman, black and South Asian American to win the presidency. Trump, 78, the only president to be impeached twice and the first former president to be criminally convicted, will also become the first president in more than a century to win consecutive indefinite terms.
The competition reflects a deeply polarized nation whose divisions have only grown wider during a fiercely competitive race. Trump has used increasingly dark and apocalyptic rhetoric on the campaign trail. Harris has urged Americans to come together, warning that a second Trump term would threaten the foundations of American democracy.
It is also poised to gain control of both houses of Congress. Republicans have an easier path in the US Senate, where Democrats are defending several seats in Republican-leaning states, while the House of Representatives appears to be a toss-up.
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