: 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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Lee enters his second year Thursday with approval ratings around 60%, according to South Korea's major pollsters.
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Joohee Cho, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Unaided awareness –the tracking category where pollsters cite awareness of a movie without being prompted — is pretty even among men and women under and over 25.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Not all class war Working-class voters have been telling pollsters for 60 years that the political system doesn’t hear them.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Hard-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella emerged as the unlikely vote leader on Sunday, gaining some 44% of votes and beating the pollsters’ favorite, leftist Senator Ivan Cepeda, who received just under 41% of votes.
—Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
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Joohee Cho, ABC News, 4 June 2026
Unaided awareness –the tracking category where pollsters cite awareness of a movie without being prompted — is pretty even among men and women under and over 25.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 4 June 2026
Not all class war Working-class voters have been telling pollsters for 60 years that the political system doesn’t hear them.
—Nicholas Jacobs, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
Hard-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella emerged as the unlikely vote leader on Sunday, gaining some 44% of votes and beating the pollsters’ favorite, leftist Senator Ivan Cepeda, who received just under 41% of votes.
—Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 31 May 2026
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 7 Jun. 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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