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exit poll

The definition of an exit poll is a list of informal questions asked of a percentage of voters as they leave a place for voting, often used to predict election outcomes.

(noun)

An example of an exit poll is a question about which presidential candidate a voter chose.

See exit poll in Webster's New World College Dictionary

a poll taken of a small percentage of voters as they leave their voting places, with the pollster asking if they voted for or against certain candidates or issues

See exit poll in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A poll taken of a sample of voters as they leave a polling place, used especially to predict the outcome of an election or determine the opinions and characteristics of the candidates' supporters.

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