Definition of pollster
: 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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Cantrell has brought on strategist Bill Rouselle, pollster Silas Lee and veteran political consultants Karen Carvin Schachat and Deno Seder.
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Academics studying political participation, campaign techniques and voter suppression request files from states, and some pollsters base their samples on voter history or partisan registration information contained in voter files.
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That contradicts, not surprisingly, the results that pollster Verne Kennedy reached for a New Orleans businessman backing Torres.
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She has been considered by Danish media and pollsters as the most powerful person in their government.
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ANO would win 34 percent of the vote if ballots were cast in June, up from 33 percent in May, according to a survey by CVVM pollster published on Monday.
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That’s one reason why pollster D.J. Wilson, a political consultant whose media company recently took over and relaunched Washington State Wire, said the results should be approached with caution.
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Mark Rountree, a Republican pollster who lives in the district, said the close race is a fluke.
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CBS is far from the only pollster to detect a decline in Trump’s base of support since the Russia story began dominating the headlines in the wake of Comey’s firing.
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First Known Use of pollster
1939
POLLSTER Defined for English Language Learners
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: someone who makes questions for a poll, asks questions in a poll, or collects and presents results from a poll
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