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If you vote today for the 2024 presidential electionyou may be asked to take an exit poll when you leave your polling station. You may wonder what they are for.
Exit polls are useful for news organizations and researchers to dig deeper into the situation 2024 election results. Here’s what exit polls are and why they’re useful in understanding elections.
What is an exit poll?
According to NBCan exit poll is the only national survey of known voters who leave their polling station. It can help identify voters’ demographics and what motivates them to vote for which candidate.
What are exit polls for? How do they work?
Exit polls are only available at certain voting locations and can be administered by telephone, through in-person interviews or via an anonymous paper questionnaire, according to NBC.
The survey results can be used by news organizations, researchers and voters to better understand why voters made their decisions based on the ballot. The data collected from these questionnaires can help analyze the results as votes are counted.
The data can also be used as a reporting tool to further explore the issues that motivated voters to choose the candidate they voted for and how they feel about themselves and their country.
What questions are asked in an exit poll?
These questionnaires ask voters who they voted for, their demographics (age, gender, race, education), and their opinions about candidates and the major issues discussed during the presidential race, such as abortion, immigration, crime, the economy and racial issues. equity, NBC reports.
How many people will be polled in the exit poll of this election?
According to NBC, approximately 20,000 voters will be surveyed. The sample size for each selected state will be between 1,500 and 2,500 respondents.