(Reuters) – Democrat Kamala Harris faces Republican Donald Trump on Saturday in the US presidential election, with both candidates vying to attract support after staking positions on issues including abortion, the economy and foreign policy.
Below are the preliminary results of a poll conducted by Edison Research. Results will be updated as additional poll responses are collected.
* Harris won 53% of women voters in Michigan; Trump won 45%. Trump’s approval rating is up 2 percentage points from the 2020 poll.
* Trump won 53% of white voters in Michigan; Harris won 44%. Trump’s approval rating is down 2 percentage points from the 2020 poll.
* Trump won 58% of white voters in Michigan; Harris won 40%. Trump’s approval rating is down 2 percentage points from the 2020 poll.
* Harris won 48% of white female voters in Michigan; Trump won by 50%. Trump’s approval rating is down 1 percentage point from the 2020 poll.
* Harris won 55% of voters age 65+ in Michigan; Trump won 43%. Trump’s approval rating is down 6 percentage points from the 2020 poll.
* Trump won 48% of voters age 45+ in Michigan; Harris won 50%. Trump’s approval rating is down 1 percentage point from the 2020 poll.
* Harris won 47% of voters under the age of 45 in Michigan; Trump won by 50%. Trump’s approval rating is up 5 percentage points from the 2020 poll.
* Trump won 53% of voters without a college degree in Michigan; Harris won 44%. Trump’s approval rating is up 1 percentage point from the 2020 poll.
* Harris won 56% of voters with a college degree in Michigan; Trump won 42%. Trump’s approval rating is up 1 percentage point from the 2020 poll.
* 46% of voters in Michigan said they have a favorable view of Trump, compared to 45% who said that in a 2020 Edison Research exit poll. 52% view him unfavorably, compared to 53% in 2020.
* 47% of voters in Michigan said they had a favorable view of Harris, compared to 51% who said that of Biden in a 2020 Edison Research poll. 51% view him unfavorably, compared to 47% who view Biden that way in 2020.
* 27% of voters in Michigan say the economy is most important in deciding how to vote in the presidential election. 12% said immigration, 17% abortion, 35% democracy, 4% foreign policy.
* 45% of Michigan voters say their family’s financial situation is worse than it was four years ago, compared to 15% who said so in Edison Research’s 2020 exit poll. 25% said it was better than it was four years ago, compared to 41% in 2020 .29% said their financial situation had not changed.
* 30% of voters in Michigan say US support for Israel is very strong. 26% said it was not strong enough and 37% said it was true.
* 71% of voters in Michigan say democracy in the US is under threat. 27% said it was safe.
* 62% of Michigan voters said they did not have a college degree, compared to 64% in Edison Research’s 2020 exit poll. 38% had a degree, compared to 36% in 2020.
* 55% of voters in Michigan are women, compared to 54% in a 2020 Edison Research poll. 45% are men, compared to 46% in 2020.
* 79% of voters in Michigan were white, compared to 81% in a 2020 Edison Research exit poll. 11% are Black, compared to 12% in 2020. 6% are Hispanic, compared to 3% in 2020.
* 35% of voters in Michigan are white, compared to 37% in a 2020 Edison Research poll. 44% are white women, compared to 43% in 2020.
* 4% of voters in Michigan are black, compared to 5% in 2020. 7% are black women, compared to 7% in 2020.
* 3% of voters in Michigan are Hispanic, compared to 2% in 2020. 2% are Hispanic women, compared to 1% in 2020.
Exit polls represent only a slice of the tens of millions of people who have voted, before and on Election Day, and preliminary results can change overnight as more people are surveyed.
The results of national polls provide an important window into the nation’s thinking, but they may not directly align with the seven battleground states expected to decide the presidential election.
Exit polls capture the variation between turnout in various demographic groups, such as male vs. female voters or college-educated vs. non-college educated voters, and can provide insight into how turnout has changed from past elections.
One of the main advantages of polls is that all the people surveyed are, by definition, people who voted in this election.
