exit poll
nounDefinition of exit poll
: a poll taken (as by news media) of voters leaving the voting place that is usually used for predicting the winners
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In Saxony, exit polls showed Ms. Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union getting more than 32 percent of the vote. — Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, "German Far Right Makes Election Gains, but Falls Short of Victory," 1 Sep. 2019 In 2016, for instance, 71% of Jewish voters voted for the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, while only 23% voted for Trump, according to exit polls. — Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner, Anchorage Daily News, "Trump says Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats show ‘great disloyalty’ or ‘lack of knowledge’," 21 Aug. 2019 In 2016, for instance, 71 percent of Jewish voters voted for the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, while 23 percent voted for Trump, according to exit polls. — BostonGlobe.com, "Trump says Jewish people who vote for Democrats show ‘great disloyalty’ or ‘lack of knowledge’," 21 Aug. 2019 In 2016, for instance, 71 percent of Jewish voters voted for the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, while only 23 percent voted for Trump, according to exit polls. — oregonlive.com, "Donald Trump says Jewish people who vote Democrat show ‘great disloyalty’," 20 Aug. 2019 Tsakalotos spoke after exit polls for Sunday’s election showed the governing left-wing Syriza trailing its main rivals by a significant margin. — Washington Post, "The Latest: Greece’s left-wing leader concedes election," 8 July 2019 First exit polls are expected after voting closes at 8 p.m. local time. — Washington Post, "Ukraine votes as actor-turned-president hopes for mandate to back his reforms," 21 July 2019 Trump won independents in 2016, according to exit polls, by four points. — Aaron Blake, The Denver Post, "Blake: More brutal 2020 poll numbers for Trump," 12 June 2019 But ABC News and NBC News also sponsored some early exit polls, and since 1992 state primary exit polling has been organized by a consortium of media outlets. — Steve Kornacki, NBC News, "Journey to power: The history of black voters, 1976 to 2020," 29 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'exit poll.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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