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 Words From

• exit polling noun

Example Sentences

But Edison Research, one of two respected US firms who carried out exit polls for opposition TV channels, said the commission's figure could not be explained "by normal variation".

From BBC

For example, while white evangelical Protestants are only 14% of the general population, the early exit polls indicate that they may have represented as many as one in five voters.

From Salon

According to exit polls, he won a majority of white women, just as he did in 2020.

From Salon

Outside of the economy, abortion and the state of democracy — another issue that Democrats drilled into their messaging — were deciding concerns for voters in the CBS News and NBC News exit polls.

From Salon

According to AP VoteCast’s sweeping survey and other network exit polls, most voters were focused on a ‘crumbling’ economy, and they broke hard for Trump.

From Salon