In a positive sign for Donald Trump, CNN exit polls showed a slim majority of 51 percent of voters felt the Republican Party candidate would be the one to deliver in a crisis, against 47 percent for Vice President Kamala Harris.

While Americans remain frustrated about elevated prices due to inflation, the economy didn’t actually rank as the No. 1 issue for voters overall, according to preliminary exit polls. The polls, done by Edison Research for a group of media companies,

Donald Trump secured almost 60 percent of first time voters in North Carolina, early exit poll data suggests.The figure is up 9 percent from 2020, when 50 percent of first timers cast their ballots for the Republican nominee.

A majority of voters across the United States have a pessimistic outlook on the country with the state of democracy and economy among the top two concerns, preliminary exit polling data indicates. Approximately three-quarters of voters surveyed feel negative about the direction the country is headed in – a figure consistent with polling data over the past few months.

New exit polling shows that the economy is — by far — the most pressing issue for voters this election cycle. The Associated Press surveyed more than 110,000 voters across the country and found that 4 in 10 voters think that the economy and the labor market is the biggest problem facing the United States.