Tag: polling
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How do exit polls work? Understanding the polling system for gathering voter data
On Election Day, as votes are being tallied and news organizations await results and race projections that can be reported, exit polls are a critical tool providing an early look at who is voting and what’s motivating their choices. An exit poll is a survey of voters taken as they leave (or exit) their voting…
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Republican Sam Brown swings away in Nevada Senate debate amid polling deficit
LAS VEGAS — GOP candidate Sam Brown spent Thursday’s Nevada Senate debate taking shots at Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen, as he still faces a polling deficit with Election Day creeping nearer. On three separate occasions, Brown called Rosen an “elitist” and an “insider” as he tried to cast himself as the outside force bringing the…