Question of the Day #245

"Irish voters show landslide support for liberalizing abortion laws, exit poll shows"
From the headline of this article at CNN.com.

上記の文で、exit poll の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "exit poll" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


出口調査、投票直後調査

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a poll taken (as by news media) of voters leaving the voting place that is usually used for predicting the winners

Etymology/語源

Stackexchange.comの投稿によると、

Oxford English Dictionaryが1980年に初めて使用されたことを確認している。

「出口調査によると、レーガン候補はアンダーソン候補と同じぐらいの数の民主党員の票を獲得している。」
1980年4月2日、ワシントンポスト、a12ページより。

According to a post at Stackexchange.com:

OED confirms that it is first used in 1980: "Exit polls showed Reagan picking up as many Democratic crossover votes as Anderson was." 1980, Washington Post 2 Apr. a12

Examples

• Exit polls showed Mr Ventura was backed by supporters of all ages.
• Mitt Romney was propelled by moderate and secular voters in Ohio's Republican presidential primary on Tuesday, an exit poll of voters showed.
  the-daily-record.com
• Exit polls from the presidential election illustrate America's religious, cultural divide.
  tulsaworld.com
• But the Pew Research Center's report about how people are using their mobile phones to get health information sent me to the data from the exit polls.
  gpb.org
• Voters in Jasper County seem to be siding with Republican incumbent Peter Kinder over Democratic nominee Susan Montee when it comes to the race for the next Missouri Lt Governor, based on exit polling Tuesday.
  joplinglobe.com