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

Examples of exit poll in a Sentence

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What a second Trump presidency could mean for your finances 03:50 Many voters threw their support behind Trump out of longing for the economy that prevailed during the his first term, exit polls show. Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024 Instead of a yawning gender gap, exit polls showed a real but not determinative disparity between how men and women voted. Pamela Paul, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024 The Democratic Party greatly misunderstood voter concerns about democracy, exit polls show. Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2024 Nationwide, exit polls showed Harris trailed marginally behind her predecessors among black voters, pulling in 86%, down from President Joe Biden‘s 87% in 2020 and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton‘s 88% in 2016. Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for exit poll 

Word History

First Known Use

1976, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exit poll was in 1976

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“Exit poll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exit%20poll. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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