Definition of Gallup poll
: a sampling of public opinion on a particular issue or of the degree of information among the public about a particular thing or of opinion or information in a particular group taken by questioning a representative cross section
- belongs certainly among the most remarkable stars visible with the naked eye; a Gallup poll among amateurs and professional astronomers alike would undoubtedly confirm this
- —Sky & Telescope
- contests of all kinds, questionnaires, and Gallup polls have become enormously popular
- —Westralian Farmers Co-operative Gazette
- we can … find out who are the supporters only by organized inquiries and Gallup polls
- —Barbara & Robert North
- an amateur Gallup poll to discover what modern American short-story writers are well known to the intelligent reading public in England
- —Times Literary Supplement
