Gov. Kathy Hochul is required by law to set a date for the special election within 90 days of Stefanik's departure.

"She wants a race riot. That's really what you take away listening to Joy Reid," Kelly said on her SiriusXM podcast "The Megyn Kelly Show" on Monday.

Exit polls are surveys of voters taken as they exit their polling place. The exit poll also includes interviews with early in-person voters and a telephone poll is conducted for absentee voters.