WASHINGTON (AP) — Preliminary results from a national exit poll in Tuesday's elections for The Associated Press and the television networks:

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ECONOMY TOPS THE CHARTS

Fifty-nine percent of voters said the economy was the biggest issue facing the country, about the same percentage as 2008. Next were health care (18 percent) and the deficit (15 percent). A measly 4 percent said foreign policy was the top issue. Seventy-seven percent of voters called the economy not so good or poor.

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