How to Use exit poll in a Sentence

exit poll

noun
  • Networks quoted exit polls that showed two-thirds of voters had made up their minds more than a month ago.
    David Bauder, The Seattle Times, 7 Nov. 2018
  • In all the races in which exit poll data exist, black men were not too far behind in turning out for progressive candidates.
    Treva B. Lindsey, Vox, 9 Nov. 2018
  • The cable networks gave attention to late-afternoon exit polls that seemed to indicate this year’s vote would be a repudiation of Trump.
    David Bauder, The Seattle Times, 7 Nov. 2018
  • Screen Engine/PostTrak exit polls are strong with 5 out of 5 stars and a 75% definite recommend.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
  • VoteCast results cannot be reliably compared to the results of previous exit polls, as the two surveys use different methodologies to poll the electorate.
    Zeke Miller, The Seattle Times, 7 Nov. 2018
  • At the same time, Biden's net approval rating in the exit poll was +23 points.
    Harry Enten, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The clock ticked toward 10 p.m., when the first exit polls would be announced.
    Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 5 July 2024
  • The venue falls silent before the exit poll results come through.
    Astha Rajvanshi/london, TIME, 5 July 2024
  • An exit poll showed that 60% of black voters chose Biden.
    Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 29 Feb. 2020
  • That figure matched the results of NBC News exit polls.
    Denise Chow, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • African Americans were the only racial group Biden won, the exit polls show.
    Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The results were closely in line with a major exit poll.
    Yuras Karmanau, The Seattle Times, 31 Mar. 2019
  • Compare that to exit polls four years ago that showed Sanders winning among whites 56%-42%.
    Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 9 Mar. 2020
  • As the exit polls from the first round of the Tunisian presidential election emerged, a video from 2013 went viral.
    1843, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Here are the results, biggest takeaways and what exit polls showed.
    Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Here are the results, biggest takeaways and what exit polls showed, and key election dates and events.
    Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • That's a record-high turnout among liberals in Ohio exit polls dating back to 1984.
    Christine Filer, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The problem for Biden is that the exit poll indicates clear leakage in his support from a year ago.
    Harry Enten, CNN, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Trump was winning about one-third of that group, an improvement over his 28% showing in the exit poll four years ago.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Those findings align with the results of exit polls from elections since the Dobbs decision in 2022.
    Sarah McCammon, NPR, 2 May 2024
  • Moreover, more than two-thirds of voters said democracy in the U.S. is threatened, the exit poll found.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Nov. 2022
  • But pre-debate and exit polls at the time suggest Mr. Clinton would have won with or without Mr. Perot in the race.
    Eliza Collins, WSJ, 10 July 2019
  • In a sense, the 2020 exit poll was just another pre-election survey.
    Gilad Edelman, Wired, 11 Nov. 2020
  • The exit poll puts his job approval rating at 44 percent.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 9 Nov. 2022
  • The exit poll had a margin of error of plus or minus two percentage points.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2019
  • The 1998 exit polls, though, told a different and more boring story.
    Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 6 June 2019
  • If the exit poll comes true, the win for Labour will be almost as large as Tony Blair’s momentous 1997 victory.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 July 2024
  • In France, the far-right candidate for EU parliament won 31.5% of the vote, according to exit polls.
    Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 9 June 2024
  • The question wasn’t asked in the fourth state with exit polls today, Mississippi.
    Ella Torres, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2020
  • But González was quick to challenge those results, with his party claiming their exit polls showed the opposition winning as much as 70 percent of the vote.
    Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 29 July 2024

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