Exit polls shed light on the decisive issues in voters’ decision in the 2020 presidential election.


First published in November 2020.

As the presidential election shapes up to be one of the closest contests in recent history, exit polls conducted by Edison Research for the National Election Pool shed light on which issues were key in voters’ decision for either candidate.

Results from exit polls on decisive issues in the 2020 presidential election. | Statista

The economy was the decisive issue for 35% of the surveyed voters, with 82% of those voting for Donald Trump.

Meanwhile the vast majority of those who considered racial inequality (91%) or the pandemic (82%) the number one issues voted for Joe Biden.🔷


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[This piece was first published in Statista & written by Felix Richter, Data Journalist at Statista.]

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