Two-thirds of voters in this year's election say they are at least somewhat confident that this year's election is being conducted fairly and accurately, according to initial results of CNN's national exit poll, but views are deeply divided. polarized.

About 9 in 10 voters who support Vice President Kamala Harris say they are confident, compared with half of those who support former President Donald Trump.

Roughly three-quarters of voters overall this year believe US democracy is under threat, with only about a quarter calling it safe. Nearly 4 in 10 say democracy is very much under threat.

And a wide majority of voters, about 7 in 10, say they are concerned about violence as a result of the election.

More about exit polls: CNN polls for the 2024 general election include interviews with thousands of voters, both those who voted on Election Day and those who voted early or were absent. This reach makes them a powerful tool for understanding the demographic profile and political views of voters in this year's elections. And their findings will ultimately be weighed against the ultimate standard: the election results themselves. However, exit polls are still surveys, with margins for error – meaning they are more useful when treated as estimates rather than precise measurements. This is especially true for the earliest exit poll numbers, which have not yet been adjusted to match the final election results.

CNN Exit Polls are a combination of in-person interviews with Election Day voters and in-person interviews, telephone and online surveys that gauge the views of early and absentee voters by mail. They were conducted by Edison Research on behalf of the National Election Group. Personal interviews on election day were conducted in a random sample of 279 polling stations.

The results also include interviews with early and absentee voters conducted between Oct. 24 and Nov. 2, in person at 27 early voting locations, by phone or online. Results for the full sample of 16,604 respondents have a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points; is greater for subgroups.