Abortion turned out many citizens for Tuesday's election, however not at all times for Vice President Kamala Harris, whereas issues in regards to the financial system weighed extra closely on voters' minds, in accordance with KFF and Related Press polls.

A couple of quarter of voters stated abortion was the “most essential” issue of their vote, with about 4 in 10 saying it had a significant influence on their determination to vote (much like shares who stated so within the midterm elections of 2022), and In response to the Related Press VoteCast survey, greater than half stated it had a significant influence on the candidates they supported. Working with the AP, KFF added extra inquiries to the 2024 voters survey to gauge how voters weighed well being care points as they left the polls.

However Vice President Harris' sturdy lead on abortion was not sufficient to override unfavourable views on the financial system and immigration, points the place President-elect Donald Trump was main, polls present. Forty % of voters stated excessive costs for gasoline, groceries and different items have been an important issue of their vote, together with 51% of Republicans, 41% of independents and 28% of Democrats.

KFF's evaluation reveals that Trump fared significantly better than Harris among the many majority of voters who stated they have been very involved in regards to the prices of groceries, fuel and housing. He additionally fared higher than Harris among the many greater than half of voters who stated they have been very involved about well being care prices.

Moreover, on the abortion concern, Trump managed to seize a small however important share of the vote amongst those that voted for abortion poll measures of their state, successful 4 states the place voters additionally selected to limit entry to increase or shield abortion. Trump acquired help from about three in 10 voters who voted in favor of abortion entry within the battleground states of Nevada and Arizona, an analogous share in Missouri, and a few quarter in Montana.

In a web based interactive dashboard, KFF examines the position that abortion, the financial system, and well being care prices performed within the 2024 election, offering a deep dive into how voters take into consideration well being care points as they make their selections about whether or not to vote and on who to vote for. for.

KFF supplies knowledge and evaluation from the overall AP VoteCast survey and these extra questions at each the nationwide and state ranges.

The dashboard consists of:

• An interactive map that gives a extra detailed take a look at states with abortion-related poll measures.
• Evaluation and charts inspecting voter motivations and the influence of issues about abortion coverage and well being care prices nationally and throughout states, together with some knowledge breakdowns by demographic teams and political events.
• A curated set of charts that present key evaluation amongst subsets of voters on subjects similar to abortion poll measures, well being care as an financial concern, and voters' views on an important points dealing with the U.S.

The AP VoteCast is a nationwide and 48 state survey of greater than 115,000 voters carried out by NORC on the College of Chicago for The Related Press, Fox Information, PBS NewsHour and The Wall Road Journal, starting on October 28 and ending when the polls closed on October 28 have been closed in October. November 5, 2024, in English and Spanish. The nationwide survey was carried out utilizing NORC's probability-based AmeriSpeak panel, whereas the person state surveys have been carried out utilizing a random pattern of state voter information and self-identified registered voters chosen from on-line non-probability panels. Extra particulars about AP VoteCast's methodology can be found right here.