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Listen to this story from NPR and answer the following questions:1. What is an "exit poll"?2. Who conducts the exit poll and who pays for it?3. How many precincts nationwide will have exit pollsters stationed there to conduct the poll?4. What 2 purposes do exit polls serve?5. How effective are exit polls in explaining why people chose the candidate they voted for?6. What percentage of voters will have voted early?Then go to the following site and examine the exit polls for the 2012 election:Examine the data and answer the following:1. What demographic groups/issues did President Obama win and by what percentages?2. What demographic groups/issues did Governor Romney win and by what percentages?3. What demographic groups/issues did President Obama do better with in 2012 than in 2008?