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

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.

From FiveThirtyEight

In 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.

From Washington Post

In fact, exit polls are eventually weighted to match the final results, but that only happens after the election is over.

From FiveThirtyEight

That’s because pandemic-related changes to how the exit polls are being conducted will make them even less reliable this year.

From FiveThirtyEight

As 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.

From FiveThirtyEight

Labor leader Shelly Yechimovich ruled out joining with Netanyahu in a speech delivered after the exit poll results were announced.

From The Daily Beast

So here's my pre-exit-poll hunch: Tel Aviv is staunchly refusing to abandon hope.

From The Daily Beast

I saw another exit poll number that 80 percent of people made up their minds in September.

From The Daily Beast

Staffers had seen the exit-poll numbers, they had heard the turnout reports, and they were feeling pretty Zen.

From The Daily Beast

The political outcome I really cared about was the exit poll question showing Obama beating Romney.

From The Daily Beast