exit poll
a poll taken of a small percentage of voters as they leave the polls, used to forecast the outcome of an election or determine the reasons for voting decisions.
Other words from exit poll
- exit polling, noun
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How to use exit poll in a sentence
When Davis fell in 2003, the Edison-Mitofsky exit poll found that about one-quarter of Democrats and a majority of independents supported his ouster.
California’s Gavin Newsom Will Likely Face A Recall Election — But He’ll Probably Survive It | Geoffrey Skelley (geoffrey.skelley@abc.com) | February 10, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightIn Georgia runoff exit polls, about 9 in 10 Georgia Democrats said the November election in the state was conducted fairly, while just about 2 in 10 Georgia Republicans said the same — with about three-fourths saying it was not fair.
Pair of Georgia runoff races are razor close with U.S. Senate control at stake | Felicia Sonmez, Colby Itkowitz, John Wagner, Paulina Firozi, Amy B Wang | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostIn fact, exit polls are eventually weighted to match the final results, but that only happens after the election is over.
Exit Polls Can Be Misleading — Especially This Year | Laura Bronner (laura.bronner@abc.com) | November 2, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightThat’s because pandemic-related changes to how the exit polls are being conducted will make them even less reliable this year.
Exit Polls Can Be Misleading — Especially This Year | Laura Bronner (laura.bronner@abc.com) | November 2, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightAs the night wears on, though, more interviews get added to the sample, and the exit polls become much more representative of voters as a whole.
Exit Polls Can Be Misleading — Especially This Year | Laura Bronner (laura.bronner@abc.com) | November 2, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
Labor leader Shelly Yechimovich ruled out joining with Netanyahu in a speech delivered after the exit poll results were announced.
So here's my pre-exit-poll hunch: Tel Aviv is staunchly refusing to abandon hope.
Resigned To Loss, But Optimism On The Center-Left | Fania Oz-Salzberger | January 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI saw another exit poll number that 80 percent of people made up their minds in September.
Staffers had seen the exit-poll numbers, they had heard the turnout reports, and they were feeling pretty Zen.
Partying With the Senate Democrats: The Party’s Newest Stars | Michelle Cottle | November 7, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe political outcome I really cared about was the exit poll question showing Obama beating Romney.
British Dictionary definitions for exit poll
a poll taken by an organization by asking people how they voted in an election as they leave a polling station
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