: 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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Still, young voters can tip close races, as in 2018 when a wave of mass shootings spurred youth turnout and helped flip more than a dozen congressional seats to the Democrats, according to John Della Volpe, a pollster who specializes in the Gen Z vote.
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Nathan Layne, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
The foundation and nonpartisan pollsters at the University of Chicago conduct the survey each year.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
At the center of it all in the Lone Star State were the always-enigmatic Latinx voters — whose voting patterns have long flummoxed pollsters.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Democratic pollster Paul Mitchell, who helped draw the Proposition 50 maps, agreed there could be downballot impacts on other races if there is no Democrat in the governor’s race come November.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
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Nathan Layne, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
The foundation and nonpartisan pollsters at the University of Chicago conduct the survey each year.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2026
At the center of it all in the Lone Star State were the always-enigmatic Latinx voters — whose voting patterns have long flummoxed pollsters.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Democratic pollster Paul Mitchell, who helped draw the Proposition 50 maps, agreed there could be downballot impacts on other races if there is no Democrat in the governor’s race come November.
—Linh Tat, Oc Register, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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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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