US Elections 2024: Kamala Harris has an upper hand over Donald Trump at the first US exit poll.

US Elections 2024: Early Exit Polls Show Kamala Harris Slightly Leading Donald Trump.

Written by: Supriya Kadu

Edited by: Omkar Devadkar

Last Updated: November 06, 2024

Summary: Both Trump and Harris have somewhat greater unfavorable ratings than in 2020, according to the first US exit poll, which finds that 44% of voters favor Trump and 48% favor Harris.

According to the first US exit poll, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris led Republican Donald Trump in the too-close-to-call election. Both Trump and Harris have slightly greater unfavorable ratings than in 2020, with 44% of voters favoring him and 48% supporting him.

While the whole picture has yet to be finalized, the Edison Research exit poll indicates that 44% of voters overall had a positive opinion of Trump, which is a tiny decrease from 46% in the 2020 exit survey. Meanwhile, according to Reuters, 54% of people had a negative opinion of him, up from 52% in 2020.

On the other hand, 48% of voters indicated they had a positive opinion of Kamala Harris, while 52% said the same of Biden. In 2020, 46% of voters said they had a negative opinion of Biden, while 50% said the same about Harris.

Kamala Harris was favored in four of the seven swing states, while Trump was favored in one. There could be a tie between the remaining two states.

The main defining factors for the exit polls were economy and democracy. Nearly 73% of people were concerned about the threat to US democracy, while only 25% thought it was safe.

51% of voters worldwide showed they had more faith in Trump to manage the economy, compared to 47% who said they had more faith in Harris.