Harris and Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency in what is considered one of the most important elections in modern American history.
As preliminary results from the U.S. presidential election show former President and Republican candidate Donald Trump will win Florida, Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris won in Massachusetts, CNN exit polls show Massachusetts, Maryland and Vermont.
Harris and Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the presidency in what is considered one of the most important elections in modern American history.
Trump, who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017 to 2021, is seeking to return to the White House after losing to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Harris has served as Vice President since January 2021.
Early CNN exit polls projected Harris to win Massachusetts, Columbia and Maryland. Trump in Missouri, Oklahoma, Alabama, the District of Columbia, Tennessee and Maryland. States, Florida, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky lead the way.
According to CNN’s projections, Trump has 54.2% of the popular vote (14,023,637 votes), while Harris has 44.6% of the popular vote (11,537,912 votes). As of 7 am (IST), Trump leads with 90 electoral votes, while Harris has 27 electoral votes. Overall, Trump led with 9,796,095 votes, while Harris won 8,436,349 votes, according to early CNN exit polls.
West Virginia has four electoral votes. According to CNN, 15 polling stations in Georgia extended voting hours, 12 of which did so due to Russian bomb threats.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said at a news conference about the bomb: “The FBI knows where it came from, but we want to make sure for the sake of public safety that it doesn’t prevent anyone from voting. “threaten.
Independent voters in Georgia now support Trump over Harris, a change from the 2020 election that Biden won. A slim majority now supports Trump, according to CNN’s exit polls. Trump retains control among voters without a college degree, with about 8 in 10 choosing him over Harris.
Harris is popular among Georgia’s younger voters and black voters, according to preliminary results from CNN’s exit polls of Georgia voters. About 86% of black voters in Georgia said they voted for Harris, as did about 6 in 10 voters under the age of 30.
About 4 in 10 Georgia voters rank the economy as a top issue. Less than 3 in 10 Georgia voters say the state of democracy is their top issue, about 14% say abortion, about 10% immigration and less than 5% foreign policy. This contrasts with the national average as a whole, which sees democracy as a top issue.
Nearly 6 in 10 Georgia voters disapprove of current U.S. President Joe Biden, mirroring polling nationwide.
Voters in North Carolina are nearly evenly divided on whether hurricane aid reaches those who need it. About 7 in 10 North Carolina voters say they are dissatisfied or angry with the state of the country. In the Tar Heel State, only about 6% said they were enthusiastic about the state of the country, while more than 25% said they were angry.
Voters in the state were deeply divided on their top concerns, with about 36 percent choosing the economy and about a third choosing democracy. Fewer people chose abortion or immigration, while foreign policy ranked last.
CNN exit polls say former President Trump will win Indiana. Indiana has 11 electoral votes. Early CNN exit polls show Trump will win Kentucky. Kentucky has eight electoral votes. At least 270 electoral votes are needed to win.
Harris will win Vermont, CNN program. Vermont has three electoral votes. At least 270 electoral votes are needed to win.
According to preliminary results from CNN’s national exit poll of voters in this year’s presidential election, about 46% of voters have a positive view of Harris but a negative view of Trump, while a slightly smaller share of about 42% have a positive view. . About 8% of voters nationwide have a negative view of both candidates. 41% of voters support Joe Biden, while 67% think the economy is bad or very bad.
A majority of voters say they have decided on the presidential race well before Election Day, according to preliminary results from CNN’s national exit polls.
Eight in 10 voters said they made their decision to run for president at some point before September. Less than one in 10 said they made the decision in the past week, and about one in eight said they made it in September or October.
Polarized views among voters have come to the fore, with two-thirds believing this year’s election was fair and accurate, according to initial CNN exit polls.
About nine-in-ten voters who backed Harris said they were confident, compared with about half of those who supported former President Trump. This year, about three-quarters of voters believe American democracy is threatened, and only about a quarter believe democracy is safe.
Nearly four in 10 say democracy is under serious threat. According to CNN, an overwhelming majority of voters – about 7 in 10 – said they were worried about violence resulting from the election.
(This article has not been edited by DNA staff and is published by ANI)
