Opinion | Exit Polls Hook Audience For Climax On Results Day – Like A Pill For Election Anxiety

Exit polls are a better indicator of trends than opinion polls as interviews with respondents are conducted after they have cast their vote. Representational image.

Source : PTI

All exit polls show the BJP-led NDA coming back to power for a third term with a record margin. Given that there is consensus among exit polls, the possibility of all of them getting the direction wrong is low, though they could get the final seat tally wrong. Critics would point to the 2004 fiasco when all the exit polls got it wrong – and the BJP experienced a shock defeat – and question why this could not be repeated again.  Exit polls are a better indicator of trends and