This is the first time in its history – going back to the 1970s – that the exit poll has asked voters about the prospect of violence as it relates specifically to a U.S. presidential election. There is discontent with the state of the country ...

* 43% of voters in Michigan said their family's financial situation was worse off than it was four years ago, compared with 15% who said so in Edison Research's 2020 exit poll. 27% said they were better off than they were four years ago, compared with 41% in 2020. 29% said their financial situation was unchanged.