: 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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That's the lowest point since 2001, when the pollster began asking the question in its surveys.
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Selzer, who had been an Iowa pollster for over 20 years, announced her retirement soon after the election.
—Morgan Kromer, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
Medicaid has always been pretty popular, which is why the latest numbers on it even surprised pollster Ashley Kirzinger.
—Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 17 June 2025
As concerning as the U.S. debt load is becoming for bond markets and some finance titans (and the few fiscal hawks left in Washington), most Americans have more urgent concerns, said David Winston, a Republican pollster who has been surveying voters for more than 25 years.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
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Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
Selzer, who had been an Iowa pollster for over 20 years, announced her retirement soon after the election.
—Morgan Kromer, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
Medicaid has always been pretty popular, which is why the latest numbers on it even surprised pollster Ashley Kirzinger.
—Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 17 June 2025
As concerning as the U.S. debt load is becoming for bond markets and some finance titans (and the few fiscal hawks left in Washington), most Americans have more urgent concerns, said David Winston, a Republican pollster who has been surveying voters for more than 25 years.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 5 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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