exit poll
noun
: a poll taken (as by news media) of voters leaving the voting place that is usually used for predicting the winners
exit polling
noun
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On Election Day, 12% told the exit poll consortium that immigration was most important issue to their vote.
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Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
In the 2024 election, 55 percent of men backed Trump, compared to 45 percent of women, according to exit polls, with Trump improving his vote share particularly among young men, and Black and Latino men, while young, Black and Latino women overwhelmingly voted for Kamala Harris.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Over the weekend, exit polls showed Germany’s conservative CDU-CSU party secured the largest share of votes in the German federal election, with the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party in second place.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
On Sunday, Merz and his conservatives secured first place with about 28.5 percent of the vote, followed by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, with about 20.5 percent, according to exit polls.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2025
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Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
In the 2024 election, 55 percent of men backed Trump, compared to 45 percent of women, according to exit polls, with Trump improving his vote share particularly among young men, and Black and Latino men, while young, Black and Latino women overwhelmingly voted for Kamala Harris.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Over the weekend, exit polls showed Germany’s conservative CDU-CSU party secured the largest share of votes in the German federal election, with the far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) party in second place.
—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
On Sunday, Merz and his conservatives secured first place with about 28.5 percent of the vote, followed by the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany, or AfD, with about 20.5 percent, according to exit polls.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 24 Feb. 2025
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