exit poll

1. 1.

   a poll of voters as they leave the voting place; usually taken by news media in order to predict the outcome of an election

   Broaderpoll

Questions about exit poll

What does exit poll mean?

exit poll means "a poll of voters as they leave the voting place; usually taken by news media in order to predict the outcome of an election".

Is exit poll a common word?

exit poll is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.