For decades, Americans have relied on exit polls to illuminate the story of what happened on election night. By gathering opinions from voters largely after they’ve cast their ballots, exit polls fill in the details that our secret-ballot elections otherwise leave impossible to know.

As former Gov. Andrew Cuomo made his final case to voters ahead of Tuesday’s election, he touted the results of a new poll that show him edging nearer to Democratic socialist Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani in the race for mayor.

Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani is holding a steady lead in the polls, ahead of Andrew Cuomo by an average of 16.5 points.

Undecided voters still may play a major role in the New Jersey gubernatorial race, where the Democratic candidate has held a small lead in polling.

Other recent surveys show similarly tight margins: Suffolk puts Sherrill ahead by 4 points (46 percent to 42 percent), Quantus Insights gives her a 3-point advantage (49 percent to 46 percent), and co/efficient has the Democrat up by just a single point (48 percent to 47 percent).

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But if you’re eager to vote in person, you don’t have to wait. You can easily pop into the polls a day early in many parts of California. Where to vote in person on Monday In Los Angeles County alone,