: 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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According to Bill McInturff, a Republican pollster, these results are a good sign for Trump.
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
The White House’s approach to the saga has the potential to dent Trump’s favorability rating, possibly shifting the broader narrative around his second term, a pollster argued in Politico.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 25 July 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Gallup’s pollsters spoke to voters in the two weeks after Trump signed into law his signature spending bill—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 24 July 2025
Republicans and Trump supporters considered the whole thing a hoax years before Gabbard’s report, while Democrats told pollsters that Putin literally hacked the election — that is, altered votes to help Trump win — even when the Obama administration said otherwise.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2025
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Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 July 2025
The White House’s approach to the saga has the potential to dent Trump’s favorability rating, possibly shifting the broader narrative around his second term, a pollster argued in Politico.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 25 July 2025
Advertisement Advertisement Gallup’s pollsters spoke to voters in the two weeks after Trump signed into law his signature spending bill—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
—Brian Bennett, Time, 24 July 2025
Republicans and Trump supporters considered the whole thing a hoax years before Gabbard’s report, while Democrats told pollsters that Putin literally hacked the election — that is, altered votes to help Trump win — even when the Obama administration said otherwise.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2025
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 31 Jul. 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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