An '''exit pole''' is an [[opinion poll]] taken among voters exiting a polling station. Exit polls a widely used as a means of predicting the winner of an elections; however, because exit polls are not taken scientifically, they lack reliability.
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An '''exit poll''' is an [[opinion poll]] taken among voters exiting a polling station. Exit polls a widely used as a means of predicting the winner of an election. Because many people refuse to answer exit polls, they lack reliability.<ref>US Government and Politics</ref>