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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And while terrifying movies are typically critic-proof at the box office, audiences tend to leave the theater feeling unsettled, which translates to poor exit polls.
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Polls repeatedly showed ahead of and after Election Day that the economy was the most important issue on voters’ minds, and one exit poll from December found the economy was the top deciding factor in favor of Trump for voters in the seven main battleground states that ultimately all voted for him.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
According to exit polls, in the 2024 presidential election, among young adults aged 18 to 29, 61 percent of young women voted for Democratic candidate former Vice President Kamala Harris, while 55 percent of young men supported Trump.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Warner Bros’ Sinners is in rare air becoming the first horror movie ever to earn an A CinemaScore from audiences in the exit poll org’s 47-year existence.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2025
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Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
Polls repeatedly showed ahead of and after Election Day that the economy was the most important issue on voters’ minds, and one exit poll from December found the economy was the top deciding factor in favor of Trump for voters in the seven main battleground states that ultimately all voted for him.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
According to exit polls, in the 2024 presidential election, among young adults aged 18 to 29, 61 percent of young women voted for Democratic candidate former Vice President Kamala Harris, while 55 percent of young men supported Trump.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
Warner Bros’ Sinners is in rare air becoming the first horror movie ever to earn an A CinemaScore from audiences in the exit poll org’s 47-year existence.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Exit poll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exit%20poll. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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