NBC News's page presents its 2026 national exit poll — conducted with other news organizations in 45 key states, with data from SSRS — as a look at voters' motives rather than vote results, breaking down how groups voted by gender, race, age, education, party, income, and region. Its findings include women voting 57% Democratic to men's 49% Republican, college graduates favoring Democrats while non-graduates tilted Republican, and the 43% who called opposing Donald Trump a reason for their House vote voting 96% Democratic.