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
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In 2008, after the Democrats’ sweeping victory of the White House and Congress, the longtime Republican operative Ralph Reed began studying exit polls to understand why so many conservatives who wouldn’t have dreamed of voting for Al Gore or John Kerry had supported Obama.
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Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Calling Mamdani antisemitic for his criticism of Zionism, Weiss is among the roughly two-thirds of Jewish New Yorkers who opposed Mamdani, according to exit polls.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Certified Fresh at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and with exit polls showing outstanding word of mouth across demographics, Marty Supreme is hitting with younger moviegoers.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2025
PostTrak exit polls put women at roughly 71 percent of opening-weekend buyers.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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Charles Duhigg, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
Calling Mamdani antisemitic for his criticism of Zionism, Weiss is among the roughly two-thirds of Jewish New Yorkers who opposed Mamdani, according to exit polls.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025
Certified Fresh at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes and with exit polls showing outstanding word of mouth across demographics, Marty Supreme is hitting with younger moviegoers.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2025
PostTrak exit polls put women at roughly 71 percent of opening-weekend buyers.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Exit poll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exit%20poll. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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