Democracy mattered most to 35 percent of respondents to the networks’ exit poll and nearly half of respondents to the AP Votecast poll.
The polls don’t close for hours, but the trickle of network exit polls has officially started — and democracy is shaping up to be a significant issue in voters’ minds.
Democracy mattered most to 35 percent of respondents to the National Election Pool exit poll, according to NBC News. The economy was right behind at 31 percent of voters, followed by abortion with 14 percent, immigration with 11 percent and foreign policy with a paltry 4 percent.
That exit poll is conducted by Edison Research for ABC News, CBS News, CNN and NBC News.
But according to AP Votecast, which is used by The Associated Press and Fox News, the economy reigns supreme for voters — though democracy also proved to be a strong motivator.
That poll found that 39 percent of voters said the economy was the most important issue facing the U.S., followed by immigration at 20 percent and abortion at 11 percent.
Still, nearly half of respondents to that poll identified democracy as the most important factor in their decision to vote.
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