According to a national exit poll, former President Donald Trump is doing substantially better in this election with young men in three of the Rust Belt battleground states than in previous elections. However, he has lost ground with older men.
In the National Election Pool exit poll conducted by Edison Research on Nov. 5, Trump grew his advantage among young and early middle-aged men in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
The results are considered preliminary and will be updated as responses continue to arrive.
According to the exit pollsters, more than 50 percent of male respondents aged 18 to 44 voted for Trump in all three of the states. Moreover, Trump lost to then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in both Wisconsin and Pennsylvania in 2020….