by steven shepard 11/08/16 03:00 pm est more voters say they were contacted by hillary clinton<u+2019>s campaign than by donald trump<u+2019>s, according to new, preliminary results from a morning consult/politico exit poll that appear to confirm clinton<u+2019>s organizational advantage in the presidential race. seventeen percent of voters say they were contacted by clinton<u+2019>s campaign by phone or in person, compared to only 8 percent who say trump<u+2019>s camp reached them. another 9 percent say they were contacted by both campaigns, and 62 percent say neither campaign made contact with them. story continued below the results <u+2013> based on online interviews with 9,704 early and election-day voters <u+2013> are preliminary and could change significantly as the day goes on. the morning consult/politico exit poll also shows little <u+201c>obama effect<u+201d> at the ballot box. twenty-one percent of voters said their vote was to express support for president barack obama, while 19 percent said it was to express opposition to obama. a 55-percent majority said their opinion of obama was not a factor, but a 69-percent majority expect clinton to mainly continue obama<u+2019>s policies. despite pre-election polls showing neither candidate poised to win a majority of the vote on tuesday, a 55-percent majority thinks the winner of the election <u+201c>has a mandate to take the country towards the vision they spoke about during the campaign,<u+201d> while 23 percent don<u+2019>t think the winner will have a mandate. another 22 percent aren<u+2019>t sure. the morning consult/politico exit poll was conducted october 18 - november 8, 2016 among 9,704 early/election day voters. the interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of registered voters based on age, race/ethnicity, gender, educational attainment. the results have a margin of error of +/- 1 percent. morning consult is a nonpartisan media and technology company that provides data-driven research and insights on politics, policy and business strategy. more details on the poll and its methodology can be found here: http://bit.ly/2fwxrae by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
early exit poll: clinton winning ground game - politico
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