: one that conducts a poll or compiles data obtained by a poll
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he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for
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In last week's survey by the pollster, the president's approval rating with the voting bloc was 29 percent, same as the week prior.
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Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
But Trump’s foreign focus isn’t all bad, according to another pollster who found substantial support for the president’s efforts to provide American aid to the needy overseas.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2025
YouGov, a pollster, said this month that just 17% of Britons approve of the job Starmer is doing as prime minister, while 73% disapprove.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
More broadly, 61% of survey respondents said the country was moving in the wrong direction, marking a 7-point increase since the pollsters last asked the question in March.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
But Trump’s foreign focus isn’t all bad, according to another pollster who found substantial support for the president’s efforts to provide American aid to the needy overseas.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2025
YouGov, a pollster, said this month that just 17% of Britons approve of the job Starmer is doing as prime minister, while 73% disapprove.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
More broadly, 61% of survey respondents said the country was moving in the wrong direction, marking a 7-point increase since the pollsters last asked the question in March.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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pollster
noun
poll·ster
ˈpōl-stər 
: one that conducts a poll or collects data obtained by a poll
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