The large-scale studies of voters now include phone calls to early and mail voters as well as interviews outside polling places on Election Day.
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.
The exit poll is then conducted in a random sample of selected polling places across the country and in states with their own exit polls . At least one interviewer is assigned to each polling place on Election Day. This year, interviewers will be stationed at 600 polling locations throughout the country, with each of them following local rules about where they can stand in relation to the polling location.
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