NBC News projected that Donald Trump won in Ohio, which is somewhat surprising when we look at how Buckeye State voters evaluated the two candidates. When asked who is qualified to serve as president, half of Ohio voters said Clinton was qualified, compared to four in 10 saying Trump is qualified. Some 15 percent of Ohio voters said neither one was qualified.

When asked who has the temperament to serve effectively as president, more said only Clinton has the temperament — 44 percent said this, compared to just 34 percent who said that only Trump has the right temperament.

In terms of honesty and trustworthiness, both candidates did poorly, but Trump had an edge over Clinton in Ohio. Thirty-six percent of Ohioans said only Trump was honest and trustworthy, compared to 29 percent who said that about Clinton. Close to a third of Ohio voters felt that neither candidate is honest and trustworthy.

Overall, it appears voters in the Buckeye State — like those in many parts of the country — have considerable reservations about both of these candidates. But in Ohio, confidence in Trump’s ability to handle the economy, on which he has a 4-point advantage, outweighed voters’ concerns about his personal shortcomings. 

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.