exit polls

[Barnhart]

My impression is that the term has been around in one form or another for
28 years.  I don't think that the experience of one election will
profoundly change the definition.  I am sure that some exit polling has
produced inaccuracies in the past, just as has some other polling.  But,
time will tell.

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on Thursday, November
04, 2004 at 11:15 AM -0500 wrote:
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>>From the blog The Volokh Conspiracy:
>http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2004_11_00.shtml#1099498083
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>"Exit Polls" in Daily Life: The apparent inaccuracy of the exit polls
>yesterday makes me wonder whether the phrase "exit poll" will now enter
>the
>American vernacular to mean "a quick impression that is probably wrong."