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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PostTrak exit polls put women at roughly 71 percent of opening-weekend buyers.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
As with the first film, women powered opening weekend, making up around 71% of ticket buyers according to PostTrak exit polls.
—Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
The Neon release is in a close race with holdover Black Phone 2 for fifth place after getting slapped with a D+ CinemaScore and awful audience exit polls.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 15 Nov. 2025
Spanberger and Sherrill, both moderate Democrats, won the total women’s vote, according to CNN’s exit polls.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
As with the first film, women powered opening weekend, making up around 71% of ticket buyers according to PostTrak exit polls.
—Lindsey Bahr, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025
The Neon release is in a close race with holdover Black Phone 2 for fifth place after getting slapped with a D+ CinemaScore and awful audience exit polls.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 15 Nov. 2025
Spanberger and Sherrill, both moderate Democrats, won the total women’s vote, according to CNN’s exit polls.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2025
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“Exit poll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exit%20poll. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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