Initial results of an exit poll of voters in the “battleground” state of Pennsylvania, which has emerged as the most crucial race to elect the new US president, emerged after 8 p.m. EST.
Specifically, preliminary results from an exit poll conducted by Edison Research showed the following:
* Harris was winning 55% of women voters in the state; Trump was gaining 43% of this sample of voters. Trump’s share is down 1 percentage point from a 2020 exit poll.
* Trump wins 54% of white voters; Harris wins 44%. Trump’s share is down 3 percentage points from a 2020 exit poll.
* Trump wins 58% of white men voters in the Keystone state; Harris wins 40%. Trump’s share is down 4 percentage points from a 2020 exit poll.
According to Reuters:
* Harris wins 48% of white women voters in Pennsylvania; Trump wins 50%. Trump’s share is down 2 percentage points from a 2020 exit poll.
* 48% of voters in Pennsylvania said they had a favorable view of Trump, compared to 47% who said so in Edison Research’s 2020 exit poll. 51% viewed him unfavorably, compared to 52% in 2020.
* 45% of voters in Pennsylvania said they had a favorable view of Harris, compared to 50% who said the same of Biden in Edison Research’s 2020 exit poll. 54% viewed her unfavorably, compared to 49% who viewed Biden that way in 2020.
* 31% of voters in Pennsylvania said the economy mattered most in deciding how to vote in the presidential election. 12% said immigration, 15% abortion, 31% the state of democracy, 3% foreign policy.
* 48% of voters in Pennsylvania said their family’s financial situation was worse off than it was four years ago, compared to 16% who said so in Edison Research’s 2020 exit poll. 22% said they were better off than they were four years ago, compared to 43% in 2020. 29% said their financial situation was unchanged.
* 74% of voters in Pennsylvania said they think democracy in the U.S. is threatened. 24% said it is secure.
* 59% of voters in Pennsylvania said they didn’t have college degree, compared to 60% in Edison Research’s 2020 exit poll. 41% had a degree, compared to 40% in 2020.
* 53% of voters in Pennsylvania were women, compared to 53% in Edison Research’s 2020 exit poll. 47% were men, compared to 47% in 2020.
* 82% of voters in Pennsylvania were white, compared to 81% in Edison Research’s 2020 exit poll. 9% were Black, compared to 11% in 2020. 6% were Hispanic, compared to 5% in 2020.
* 40% of voters in Pennsylvania were white men, compared to 38% in Edison Research’s 2020 exit poll. 42% were white women, compared to 43% in 2020.
* 3% of voters in Pennsylvania were Black men, compared to 5% in 2020. 6% were Black women, compared to 6% in 2020.
* 2% of voters in Pennsylvania were Hispanic men, compared to 3% in 2020. 4% were Hispanic women, compared to 3% in 2020.
