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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To be sure, there were local issues and candidates that mattered, but in those elections where there were exit polls, voters cited the cost of living as the major factor in their vote, with health care next.
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Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
Compared to 2024, Democrats also rebuilt their margins in such heavily Black Virginia communities as Petersburg, Portsmouth and Norfolk, and exit polls showed Spanberger holding Republican nominee Winsome Earle-Sears to 34% of Hispanic voters, well below the 40% Trump carried there last year.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Additionally, newcomers to the city were some of the most likely voters in the state to vote for Mamdani, with 81% of those who have lived in New York City less than 10 years supporting him, the exit polls found.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
An estimated 78% of voters ages 18 to 29 cast their ballot for Mamdami, according to exit polls.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
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Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 8 Nov. 2025
Compared to 2024, Democrats also rebuilt their margins in such heavily Black Virginia communities as Petersburg, Portsmouth and Norfolk, and exit polls showed Spanberger holding Republican nominee Winsome Earle-Sears to 34% of Hispanic voters, well below the 40% Trump carried there last year.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Additionally, newcomers to the city were some of the most likely voters in the state to vote for Mamdani, with 81% of those who have lived in New York City less than 10 years supporting him, the exit polls found.
—Megan Forrester, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
An estimated 78% of voters ages 18 to 29 cast their ballot for Mamdami, according to exit polls.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
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“Exit poll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exit%20poll. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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