Gender difference is considered an important factor presidential election Between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

Both candidates tried to use the difference to their advantage; While Harris has made reproductive freedom a centerpiece of her campaign, Trump has focused heavily on motivating men to go to the polls.

Men and women have long voted differently in presidential races; Since 1996, the gender gap in exit polls has averaged 19 points. But some pollsters told ABC News they were bracing for a “gender gap” this year, given the contrast between men and women. Roe v. The rise to prominence of abortion rights after the Wade case was dismissed also came to the fore.

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Preliminary results exit survey dataThe data, which may change when polls are updated throughout election night, provide some insight into voting preferences among men and women.

Nationally, Harris has a 10-point advantage among women (54% to Trump’s 44%), but her support lags 3 points behind President Joe Biden’s support for the group in 2020.

Meanwhile, Trump has a 10-point lead among men.

There is also a large gender gap between young men (who are split between Harris and Trump by roughly 49%-47%) and young women, who support Harris by 26 points.

ABC News did not project a winner in these races.

Georgia

In Georgia, early results show Harris holds a 7-point advantage over Trump among women: 53% support to Trump’s 46%.

Compared to 2020 exit polls, Harris remains slightly behind Biden among women. Women preferred Biden by 9 percentage points. Biden flipped the state blue for the first time in decades, scoring a narrow victory there over Trump by fewer than 12,000 votes.

Trump has a 12-point advantage over men in Georgia; preliminary results show: 55% to Harris’ 43%. This is the same gap he had against Biden in the 2020 election.

Among young voters ages 18 to 29, women support Harris by a 29-point margin. Trump, meanwhile, has just a 2-point advantage among men in the same age group.

North Carolina

In North Carolina, the first results show that women preferred Harris with 13 points, while men preferred Trump with 15 points.

That represents a much wider gender gap than the state saw in 2020, according to exit polls. Here, Biden came first in women with a difference of 7 points, and Trump took first place in men with a difference of 9 points.

Among young voters, Harris has a 33-point lead among women and Trump has a 23-point lead among men.

Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, a battleground considered a possible turning point state, Harris has a 12-point lead among women: 55% compared to Trump’s 43%.

Trump’s lead among men is slightly higher: He has a 14-point lead among men: 56% compared to Harris’ 42%.

Again, preliminary exit poll results show a larger gender gap between Harris and Trump than between Biden and Trump. In 2020, women preferred Biden by 11 points and men preferred Trump by 11 points.

While women aged 18-29 support Harris by 40 points, Trump is ahead of men in this age range by 24 points.

Arizona

In Arizona, women support Harris by 3 points: 51%, compared to 48% for Trump.

Trump, meanwhile, leads by a larger margin among men: 52% support from the group compared to Harris’ 45%.

This also represents a wider gender gap than in 2020, when Biden won women by 3 points and Trump won men by 2 points.

Michigan

According to preliminary results, Harris holds an 8-point advantage among women in the battleground state: 53% compared to Trump’s 45%.

Trump has an 11-point lead among men: 54% compared to Harris’ 43%.

According to preliminary results, among young voters aged 18-29, Harris is ahead by 16 points among women and Trump is ahead by 20 points among men.

Wisconsin

Harris is winning by 11 points among women in Wisconsin: 55% compared to Trump’s 44%. He falls just short of Biden’s 13-point advantage with women in 2020.

Trump has a 9-point lead among men: 54% compared to Harris’ 45%. Trump won men in the state by 10 points in 2020.

According to preliminary results, among young voters aged 18-29, Harris has an 18-point lead among women, while Trump has a 5-point lead among men.

Nevada

In Nevada, Harris wins 53 percent of women’s votes to Trump’s 43 percent; That’s a 10 point difference.

According to preliminary results, Trump wins men by a slightly larger margin: 55% to 41%.

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