Exit poll
Poll of voters taken after they exit polling stations / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about polling by media. For election fraud prevention, see Election verification exit poll.
An election exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations. A similar poll conducted before actual voters have voted is called an entrance poll. Pollsters – usually private companies working for newspapers or broadcasters – conduct exit polls to gain an early indication as to how an election has turned out, as in many elections the actual result may take many hours to count.