US election results, the latest: Clinton leads in exit poll on temperament
WASHINGTON: More than half of Americans who went to the polls earlier Tuesday say Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has the temperament to serve as president. About a third of voters say the same about Republican nominee Donald Trump.
But neither candidate can claim a mandate as the honest candidate according to the preliminary results of exit polling conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks.
About six out of 10 voters say they don't view Clinton as honest. About the same proportion say Trump isn't honest. About three out of 10 voters say they believe neither candidate is honest. As for what percentage of voters think both nominees are honest, that number is in single digits.
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Preliminary presidential exit polls results suggest that a clear majority of Americans going to the polls Tuesday have at least a moderate amount of confidence that votes will be counted accurately.
About half of those polled for The Associated Press and television networks told Edison Research they are very confident in the results. Another third said they are somewhat confident.
Fewer than one out of five say they're not very confident or at all confident in the vote count. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has railed against the electoral system. He's called it rigged and suggested without evidence there is widespread voter fraud that could affect the outcome.
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Neither Donald Trump nor Hillary Clinton is able to claim favorable standing with a majority of the U.S. electorate.
Six of 10 voters say they are somewhat bothered or bothered a lot by Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state, according to preliminary results from exit polling conducted by Edison Research for The Associated Press and television networks.
More than seven out of 10 presidential voters say they are irked by Trump's treatment of women. Trump hammered Clinton for how she handled classified information at the State Department.
The FBI twice said it had no cause to pursue criminal charges. Clinton blistered Trump after disclosure of a 2005 video that captured Trump discussing sexually predatory behavior toward women.
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Fewer than half of voters who cast presidential ballots say they made their choice out of a strong preference for their candidate. That's according to preliminary results of the exit poll conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research.
The early exit polls found both Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are viewed unfavorably by a majority of the presidential electorate. A majority of the electorate also distrusts each of them.
A third of voters said they have reservations about the candidate they backed. A quarter of voters say their vote was mostly about opposing another candidate.
In 2012, the presidential electorate was more optimistic about their choices. That year, about two out of three voters said they strongly backed their candidate.
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Seven in 10 Americans going to the polls Tuesday say they think immigrants now in the country illegally should be allowed to stay. Just a quarter say they should be deported.
More than half say they oppose building a wall along the Mexican border to stop illegal immigration, according to preliminary results from the exit poll conducted for The Associated Press and television networks by Edison Research.
But immigration isn't necessarily at the top of the minds of most voters. Just 1 in 10 say immigration is the most important issue facing the country. Republican Donald Trump made cracking down on immigration a top item on his agenda.
