What is Exit poll?
An '''election exit poll''' is a [[wikt:poll|poll]] of [[Voting|voters]] taken right after they leave the [[Polling station|polling stations]]. These polls are usually done by [[Private company|private companies]] working for [[Newspaper|newspapers]] or [[Broadcasting|broadcasters]]. Exit polls can show somewhat how an [[election]] went before the election [[wikt:result|results]] are [[wikt:announce|announced]]. This is helpful because it may take hours to count the votes for many elections. == Other websites == * [https://www.edisonresearch.com/election-polling/ Edison Research] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914114719/https://www.edisonresearch.com/election-polling/ |date=2022-09-14 }}, which does the main exit polls in USA * [[wikihow:Conduct-a-Local-Election-Exit-Poll|How to Conduct Exit Polls]] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917071440/https://www.wikihow.com/Conduct-a-Local-Election-Exit-Poll|date=17 September 2018}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Exit Poll}} [[Category:Elections]] {{politics-stub}}