Most voters around the nation say they are bothered some or a lot by Trump’s treatment of women, according to NBC Exit Poll results so far today.

About six in 10 women nationwide say they are bothered a lot by Trump’s treatment of women, compared to less than half of men who say the same.

Clinton is the first woman nominee to lead one of the two major parties, and she clearly benefits from doubts about Trump, particularly when it comes to this issue. Trump sparred early on with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, saying she had “blood coming out her wherever” in an interview after a primary debate in which she questioned him about offensive statements he had made about women in the past.

Later, after the second general election debate, Trump came under fire for his behavior toward Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe who Trump called “Miss Eating Machine” and “Miss Housekeeping.” The release of a videotape from 2005 capturing Trump’s lewd comments about women in an unscripted moment raised new questions in the last weeks of the campaign about Trump’s behavior. Several women came forward in the following days — some repeating allegations made years ago, before Trump entered politics — to accuse the Republican nominee of unwanted sexual contact. Trump has repeatedly denied all accusations against him.

The gender difference in feelings about Trump’s treatment of women is critical because it occurs especially among independents. Fifty-six percent of independent women are bothered a lot by Trump’s treatment of women, compared with 38 percent of independent men.

Throughout Election Night, a team of survey research analysts will be crunching the numbers on who voted, what issues were on their minds and why they voted the way they did.

The team includes Stephanie Psyllos, manager of exit polling, NBC News; Scott Keeter, senior survey advisor at Pew Research Center; Courtney Kennedy, director of survey research at Pew Research Center; Cary Funk, associate director of research at Pew Research Center; Patrick Murray, director of the Monmouth University Polling Institute; Maureen Michaels, president of Michaels Opinion Research Inc.; Mara Ostfeld, postdoctoral fellow, Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan; Patrick Egan, associate professor of politics and public policy at New York University; Hannah Hartig, assistant director, University of Pennsylvania's Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies; Jennifer Su, senior project director, Princeton Survey Research Associates International; and Andrew Arenge, assistant producer, NBC News. The NBC News Exit Poll Desk works closely with digital editors David Taintor and Elizabeth Johnstone to curate the stories we produce.