'Pretty amazing': CNN anchor floored by latest exit poll finding
A CNN anchor called the latest exit poll "pretty amazing" that about 80% of voters knew who they were going to vote for in September. (Screengrab via CNN)
November 05, 2024
A CNN anchor called the latest exit poll "pretty amazing" after it reported about 80% of voters knew who they were going to vote before September.
David Chalian shared the results of CNN's latest exit polls Tuesday night, finding that very few voters made their decision recently. Just six percent said they had decided in the last few days or last week, and 13% said they had decided in either October or September.
To boot, 80% of supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris said they had decided to vote for her before September, with 81 percent for former President Donald Trump.
Chris Wallace told CNN hosts that, while 6% of people deciding in the last week is "not nothing" and can make a difference between "victory and defeat," the significance of the 80 percent number was major.
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"If you think of how unknown Kamala Harris was to the general electorate, the idea that 80 percent of the people had decided they were going to vote for her without really — without knowing almost anything about her," she said, adding that only 7 percent decided in September, which was after the" big debate that was generally seen as a big victory for her and not Trump."
Wallace added: "But man. 87 percent before we even got to October 1st. That's pretty amazing."
Fellow anchor Dana Bash chimed in, "That's America right now."
"It's shirts and skins," she said.
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