Editing Exit poll (section)

==Purpose==
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Exit polls are also used to collect [[demographics|demographic]] data about voters and to find out why they voted as they did. Since actual votes are cast anonymously, polling is the only way of collecting this information.

Exit polls have historically and throughout the world been used as a [[Election verification exit poll|check against, and rough indicator]] of, the degree of [[election fraud]]. Some examples of this include the [[2004 Venezuelan recall referendum]], and the [[2004 Ukrainian presidential election]].

They are used to command a [[mandate (politics)|mandate]] as well as to determine whether or not a particular [[political campaign]] was successful or not.