Back then, about two-thirds of voters said the economy was in bad shape, according to the results of the ABC News exit poll. Forty-seven percent of voters said their own financial situation was worse than it had been four years earlier, which exceeded the share who held that view in the immediate wake of the Great Recession in 2008.

Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won Tuesday's mayoral race with strong support from younger, progressive and newly arrived New Yorkers, according to exit polls. Despite his working-class platform, middle- and upper-middle-income voters powered Mamdani’s victory while poorer and richer residents favored Cuomo.

Though his record on Israel and antisemitism divided some New York political and religious circles, Zohran Mamdani won a healthy 33% of the city's Jewish vote, according to CNN exit polls - Anadolu Aj

Over 4 in 10 of New Jersey voters said that support for transgender rights in society have "gone too far," according to preliminary exit polling. Roughly another quarter said they have not gone far enough and around a quarter said support for trans rights has been about right.

The ruling Georgian Dream party declared victory in a parliamentary election in ex-Soviet Georgia on Saturday after four exit polls put it in first place in a tight race.

Governor’s races, city mayoral campaigns and redistricting initiatives will bring voters to the polls on Tuesday for a consequential off-year Election Day. Elections in California, New Jersey, New York City and Virginia have captured national attention for their close poll numbers and potential to gauge the country’s political divide one year after the 2024 presidential election.