Groups that candidates won by six or more percentage points
Joe Biden
Donald Trump
President Trump began his presidency by accusing Californians of casting millions of illegal votes against him, and relations have gone downhill from there. As expected, California went for former vice president Joe Biden by a significant margin. Republicans didn’t really compete for the state’s 55 electoral college votes and are focused on winning back the seats lost in the 2018 midterms.
The Post is publishing preliminary results from national and state exit polls that allow readers to explore demographic trends in the 2020 vote. These surveys randomly sample voters in three ways: in-person, as they exited voting places on or before Election Day, and by telephone, through a survey of more than 25,000 early voters, to help account for the huge increase of votes cast early.
Containing the coronavirus now, even if it hurts the economy60% of voters
17%
82%
Rebuilding the economy now, even if it hurts efforts to contain the coronavirus33%
59%
37%
Methodology
Preliminary national and state exit poll results from interviews of randomly selected voters as they exited voting places across the country on Nov. 3, as well as from voters exiting early voting locations. Early voters were also reached through a telephone survey. The polls were conducted by Edison Research for the National Election Pool, The Washington Post and other media organizations. Results are weighted to match vote tallies by region and to correct for differential participation by subgroup.
Joe Biden
Donald Trump