According to early exit polls, Catholic voters supported Trump over Harris by a nearly 20-point margin. In 2020, Catholics backed Biden, who would become America’s second Catholic president, by a five-point margin. In both years, more than 1 in 5 voters were Catholic.

How important will exit polls be this election cycle?” A. I find exit polls to be helpful when we try to understand WHY voters voted the way they did. Based on past cycles, I haven’t found them incredibly predictive of an election’s outcome.

Exit polls help us better understand who came out to vote, how different groups of people voted and how they feel about some of the biggest issues of the campaign.

With Election Day upon us and millions of Americans lining up to cast their ballot, some may also complete exit polls. Here's what they mean.