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Voters in five states -- Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Delaware and Rhode Island -- headed to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in the Republican and Democratic presidential primary contests (for full news, analysis and results, click here).

The NBC News Exit Poll Desk has analyzed results from the NBC News Exit Poll in Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Exit polls are surveys based on interviews of voters leaving their polling places. The NBC News Exit Poll is conducted by Edison Research.

Here's a recap of our live blog below for all the exit poll analysis: