NCBCP releases Black voter exit poll findings tonight amid Black voter turnout monitoring
The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation will release preliminary results from its exit poll of Black voters tonight at the 8:30 p.m. ET media briefing. The poll covers Georgia, Alabama, Ohio and Florida. It asked respondents about the top issues facing the Black community in this election, the main issues that drove their vote and what they see as the top issues threatening them and their families. The findings will offer one of the first looks at the priorities and concerns of Black voters in these key states as polls close.
The exit poll release forms part of operations at the Unity ’26 Ronald W. Walters National Election Day Command Center launched by the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. More than 40 national and state-based organizations coordinate get-out-the-vote efforts, voter protection and democracy defense through the center. It operates from Atlanta and Washington, D.C., beginning Tuesday, November 3, and connects networks across Alabama, Georgia, Michigan, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and South Carolina. Partners monitor Black voter turnout, document reported intimidation and voting barriers, and connect voters with assistance through 1-866-OUR-VOTE and community partners. Operations continue into November 4 and beyond to monitor ballot counting and the certification process through January 2027.
The command center hosts the Justice Broadcast Network’s The People’s Desk Election Day livestream, which provides continual coverage from 7 a.m. Eastern through midnight. Hosts include Jo-Ann Reid, W. Kamau Bell, Karen Finney, Pastor Mike McBride, Pastor Jamal Bryant and Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever. Coverage includes live check-ins with organizers and poll monitors, conversations with candidates, and reports on polling and data on what is happening in real time and what it means for Black communities.
Melanie L. Campbell, NCBCP President and CEO and Convener of the Black Women’s Roundtable, will be joined by coalition leaders and field organizers for a series of media briefings in the afternoon and evening. The briefings provide real-time updates on voter turnout, conditions at polling locations, emerging threats, reported intimidation and the voter protection responses underway. Campbell said: “In a moment like this, no one organization can protect the Black vote alone. We have been organizing together well before Election Day because protecting our communities means anticipating problems and helping voters prepare. On Election Day we are bringing that collective strength together to turn out voters, respond quickly when their rights are threatened, and fight back against efforts to erase us. Our power is in showing up together and having each other’s backs through voting, counting and whatever comes next.” Preliminary exit poll results will be released at the 8:30 p.m. briefing.
Unity National Command Center partners include 100 Black Men of America, Incorporated; A. Philip Randolph Institute; Alabama Coalition on Black Civic Participation; Advancement Project; All Roads Lead to the South Network; AFGE; AFSCME; APWU; American Federation of Teachers; Black Male Initiative Georgia; Black Voters Matter; Black Women’s Leadership Collective – One Million Black Voters Rising; Black Youth Vote; Children’s Defense Fund; Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Common Cause; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.; DuBois Policy Center; Fair Elections Center; Florida Coalition on Black Civic Participation/FL BWR; Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda/GA BWR; Georgia STAND-UP; HBCU Green Fund/Clayton County GA BWR; Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; The Links, Inc.; Live Free/Justice Revival; Louisiana Unity Coalition; Michigan Coalition of Black Civic Participation; Mississippi Coalition on Black Civic Participation/MS BWR; Mothers of Hope/Kalamazoo BWR; NAACP; NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund; National African American Clergy Network; National Bar Association; National Black Justice Collective; NCNW; National Urban League; NOBLE; North Carolina Black Women’s Collective; Ohio Coalition on Black Civic Participation/Ohio Unity Coalition; Power Rising; Service Employees International Union (SEIU); Sisters Saving Ourselves Now/Pittsburgh Western PA BWR; Sisters Lead, Sisters Vote; South Carolina Black Women’s Collective; Until Freedom; WinWithBlackWomen; Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.; and others.
The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that for 50 years has been dedicated to increasing civic engagement and political participation in Black communities. Through its national network of organizations and grassroots partners, NCBCP works to strengthen civic leadership, promote voter participation and advance policies that support equity and opportunity. The Black Women’s Roundtable is the women and girls’ empowerment arm of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. It brings together Black women leaders and organizations to advance civic engagement, economic security, leadership development and public policy priorities impacting Black women, girls and their families.
