have been feeling pretty good about that situation. they view it as an opportunity for him to redirect to his core message and it's given him a bigger platform, they believe, to have that core message seen by a lot of voters. as we just heard from our early exit polls, it seems that almost half of new hampshire voters made up their minds in these last few days. for the buttigieg campaign, that is very good news. the combination of the surprise finish out of iowa and the heightened attention from all of these other candidates makes for them they think a good opportunity for them to get in front of a lot of voters who are just now making up their minds, jake. >> all right, abby phillip, thanks so much. as abby noted, we have some early exit poll results. the polls are still open in new hampshire so we're not telling you the candidates but we're looking at the electorate and david chalian has more for us on that. >> one of the most interesting questions we ask voters as they left the polls today in new hampshire is what quality in these candidates are you looking for the most? what really do you want from