exit poll

noun

1. 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.

exit poll

noun

1. a poll taken by an organization by asking people how they voted in an election as they leave a polling station

Other Word Forms

• exit polling noun

Example Sentences

The coalition needs 50 seats to retain control of the 248-seat upper chamber - with an exit poll from public broadcaster NHK projecting them to win between 32 and 51.

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Sir Keir watched the exit poll with a small group of advisers as well as his wife, Victoria, and his two teenaged children.

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In a premature victory speech, delivered after an exit poll gave him a razor-thin win immediately after voting ended on Sunday night, Trzaskowski vowed to be a president for all Poles.

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Warsaw's liberal Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski has claimed victory in Poland's presidential election but his winning margin in an exit poll is well within the margin of error.

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Even though exit polls had given him victory, they did not include the all-important diaspora vote and Simion clung to the belief that he could still win.

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