US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: Exit Polls Reveal Majority of Voters Fear for Democracy

US Election 2024 LIVE Updates: In a tight election, exit polls from Edison Research show 3/4 of Americans think democracy is under threat. That’s how worried voters are as they’re casting their ballots in the close race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. 73% of voters are worried about democracy, 25% feel safe.

Voters named democracy and the economy as their top two concerns, then abortion and immigration. These are early results, opinions may change as more voters are surveyed throughout the night.

This election has been weird: two attempts to assassinate Trump, Biden dropping out, Harris becoming the Dem nominee. Trump, who has questioned the 2020 election, voted near his home in Palm Beach, Florida and told reporters, “If I lose an election, if it’s a fair election, I’m gonna be the first one to admit it.”

Harris had already mailed in her ballot in California and spent part of the day on the radio urging people to vote. She’s also going to speak at Howard University, her alma mater, today. She called the chance to visit on this day “full circle.”

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Exit polls are a snapshot of voters and show some of the turnout differences among groups. This year both Harris and Trump are tied in the key states of Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia so it’s a very close race.

If Harris wins she’d be the first woman, first Black woman and first South Asian American to be president. If Trump wins he’d be the first president in over 100 years to serve non-consecutive terms.

These are just a small slice of the tens of millions of people who have voted, both before and on Election Day and the results are subject to change throughout the night as more voters are surveyed.

44% of voters viewed Trump favorably, compared to 46% in the 2020 exit polls when he lost to President Joe Biden. Harris was viewed favorably by 48% of voters, compared to 52% for Biden in 2020.

Harris was counting on a big turnout from women to make up for her weakness with men. The exit polls showed 53% of the electorate was women, same as the 52% in the 2020 exit polls, 54% of voters without a college degree - who favour Trump - 57% in 2020.

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Trump and Harris are heading into an uncertain finish today after a wild campaign as millions of Americans are waiting in line to choose between two very different Americas.

A race fueled by unprecedented events – two attempts on Trump’s life, Biden’s surprise withdrawal and Harris’ meteoric rise – was tied after billions of dollars spent and months of non-stop campaigning.

Trump, who has repeatedly lied that he won the 2020 presidential election and whose supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, voted near his home in Palm Beach, Florida.

Harris, who had already sent in her ballot by mail to her home state of California, spent some of Tuesday doing radio interviews to urge listeners to vote. Later she was to speak to students at Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington where Harris was an undergraduate.

National exit polls give us a glimpse into the country’s mind, but may not match the seven battleground states that will decide the presidency.

Exit polls show variations in turnout among different demographic groups – men vs women, college educated vs non-college educated – and can tell us how turnout has changed from past elections.

One big advantage of exit polls is everyone surveyed has voted in this election.

Pre-election polls had the candidates tied in each of the seven states that will decide the winner: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Whoever wins, history will be made.

Harris, 60, would be the first woman, first Black woman and first South Asian American to be president. Trump, 78, the only president to be impeached twice and the first former president to be convicted of a crime, would be the first president to win non-consecutive terms in over a century.

The whole Congress is on the ballot. Republicans have the easier road in the U.S. Senate where Democrats are defending seats in Republican states. The House is a toss-up.

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