the issue that brought more voters to vote is the stability of democracy

First exit polls from the USA. 35% of voters went to vote because they were worried about the stability of democracy, 31% for the economy, 14% the right to abortion and 11% immigration. Only 4% are interested in foreign policy.

The explanation of the first exit polls from the USA

The first exit poll released by Cnn ed Nbc in the USA they revealed that the issue that led the most people to vote was the stability of democracy, with 35%. In second place is the economy with 31%, followed by the right to abortion with 14% and immigration with 11%.

In the US, exit polls are released when the polls are still open and for this reason they cannot report what the voters’ vote was who are interviewed. For this reason, the companies that deal with it instead ask what the issue was that led the interviewee to vote.

Polling stations in the US

From these data it is however possible to trace the preferences of the voters, albeit with little precision. The maintenance of democracy and the right to abortion are important issues for the voters of Kamala Harris, economy and immigration for those of Donald Trump.

Why Americans vote

To understand this first exit poll it is also necessary to know why the voters of the two major parties will go to vote in these elections in the USA. Previous surveys have revealed clear preferences for four main issues.

For Democrats, the most important issue is stability of democracywhich leads to voting on 56% of Harris supporters. In second place is the right to abortion, with 21%, followed by the economy at 13%, foreign policy at 3% and immigration at 2%.

For Republicans the importance of the issues is very different. In the first place there is the economy, which brings to the polls the 51% of Trump supportersThis is followed by immigration at 20%, the maintenance of democracy at 12%, the right to abortion at 6% and foreign policy at 4%.

When the real results will be known

Several exit polls will continue to come in overnight, but the first real results that will give an indication of who might be the winner of the elections they will arrive around 1 am Italian time.

They will be those of the Georgia and of North Carolinatwo states in the balance that lean on the side of the Republicans and therefore of Donald Trump. An advantage of Harris it could therefore be very significant.

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