The Gallup polling organization was founded in what year?
Answer1935
George Gallup founded the company, which went on to become one of the world's best-known polling brands.
Source: Wikipedia, Gallup (company) (2025) en.wikipedia.org
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For the 2020 US presidential election, one major exit poll interviewed voters in person at about how many polling locations?
Answer115 polling locations
That in-person sample was supplemented by thousands of phone interviews with early and absentee voters.
Source: Wikipedia, Exit poll (2020) en.wikipedia.org
In the 1992 UK general election, exit polls badly mispredicted the result -- a miss nicknamed which factor?
Answerthe 'Shy Tory Factor'
Pollsters concluded some Conservative voters were reluctant to admit their choice, skewing the exit poll results.
Source: Wikipedia, Exit poll (2025) en.wikipedia.org
In the 2005 UK general election, a merged BBC-ITV exit poll predicted the exact number of seats for Labour's majority. How many seats?
Answer66 seats
That exit poll turned out to be a striking success, nailing the majority size exactly.
Source: Wikipedia, Exit poll (2005) en.wikipedia.org
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