Exit Polls in the United States
Concept of Exit Polls
In the U.S., in the context of Ideology, Public Opinion and Media, Exit Polls has the following meaning: Public opinion polls taken when voters exit the voting stations. Exit polls are used by media in an attempt to learn the results of an election early. They are also used by social scientists and the media to analyze variables influencing the election outcome (e.g., partisan trends, issue groupings and the vote). (Source of this definition of Exit Polls : University of Texas)
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Exit Polls (in Politics)
Related to political science, the following is a definition of Exit Polls in the U.S. practice of politics: An exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately as they leave the polling place in which they are asked which candidate they chose.
Exit polls are conducted by media companies to get an early indication of who actually won an election, as the actual result sometimes may take many hours to determine.
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- Ideology
- Public Opinion
- Media