: 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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Trump’s campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio has argued Republicans should support extending the subsidy to boost their changes in the 2026 midterm elections.
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Other independent pollsters have similarly shown his support among Black voters remains low.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby can be heard here.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Data for Progress was one of the first pollsters to identify Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s surge in the June New York City mayoral primary.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Joey Garrison, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Other independent pollsters have similarly shown his support among Black voters remains low.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
His podcast with son and managing partner and pollster Jeremy Zogby can be heard here.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Data for Progress was one of the first pollsters to identify Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s surge in the June New York City mayoral primary.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 8 Oct. 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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