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,
Democracy and the economy were the most important issues for voters in the US elections this year, early results from exit polls suggest. More than a third of people identified democracy as their top concern, out of the five options given.
The U.S. economy has been running smoothly for the most part, but that could change depending on what happens at the polls Tuesday, especially if the outcome isn't immediately clear.
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More than half of Gen Z voters worry that they will never be able to afford to buy a house, according to a recent survey, and nearly a third of “zoomers” said the issue that matters most to them is the economy according to an NBC News Stay Tuned Gen Z poll powered by SurveyMonkey.
CNBC Senior Economics Reporter Steve Liesman sat down with four polling experts for an in-depth look into the data to see which ones could turn the election.
The economy has weighed heavily on voters' minds this election cycle, with the cost of living a particular sore spot. One recent consumer survey shows why those frustrations might be hard to shake, even as inflation has cooled.
It will be hours before polls close nationwide, but exit polls conducted by CNN and NBC News are already coming in fast and furious. Both found that democracy and the economy were the top issues for voters.
Voters said the economy and immigration are the top issues facing the country, but the future of democracy was also a leading motivator for many Americans casting a ballot in Tuesday’s presidential election.