exit polling

[eg-zit pohl-ing, ek-sit]

noun

1. an instance or the practice of conducting an exit poll.

Example Sentences

Exit polling from the November election found that 53% of voters viewed Trump as more trustworthy than his Democratic opponent, Kamala Harris, on the economy.

From Los Angeles Times

Edison Research exit polling data showed that, among those who did vote, the state of democracy and the economy were the two most important issues motivating their presidential choices.

From Salon

Though initially thought to have swayed toward Trump, Black men's voting patterns remained largely the same between the election cycles, with final exit polling data showing that Harris received only 2% fewer votes from the demographic than Biden did in 2020: roughly 79%.

From Salon

Exit polling suggests that the dominating issue for voters in the presidential election was the economy.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s hard to tell from exit polling what the whole story is behind Donald Trump’s win—we won’t have better data for months—but signs point to a substantial shift rightward among Latino and Black men, scrambling Democrats’ ideas of who was reliably in their voting bloc.

From Slate