: one that conducts a poll or compiles data obtained by a poll
Examples of pollster in a Sentence
he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for
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California voters regularly tell pollsters that the housing crisis and homelessness are the most important issues to them.
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Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Some voters are likely afraid to tell pollsters otherwise, of course, but for an autocrat, that kind of fear is almost as good as real support.
—Timothy Frye, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
The Levada Center, an independent pollster, reported last month that 86 percent of Russians approved of Mr. Putin, his highest rating in more than seven years.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The poll was conducted in late January by Pathfinder Opinion Research, which is led by longtime Democratic pollster Bryan Dooley.
—Isabela Espadas Barros Leal, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
The center did not assign pollsters to parts of southern and central Gaza where Israeli tanks are stationed.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
George Khalaf, a Republican pollster, said that the intensity of immigration has ticked up in recent years.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
One big issue is that, right now, response rates to pollsters’ queries are extremely low—one or two per cent, in many cases—and the people who do respond may not be representative voters.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
But the pollsters found that Garvey has successfully corralled conservative voters to his camp.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
Benjamin Oreskes, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Some voters are likely afraid to tell pollsters otherwise, of course, but for an autocrat, that kind of fear is almost as good as real support.
—Timothy Frye, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2024
The Levada Center, an independent pollster, reported last month that 86 percent of Russians approved of Mr. Putin, his highest rating in more than seven years.
—Paul Sonne, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
The poll was conducted in late January by Pathfinder Opinion Research, which is led by longtime Democratic pollster Bryan Dooley.
—Isabela Espadas Barros Leal, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2024
The center did not assign pollsters to parts of southern and central Gaza where Israeli tanks are stationed.
—Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
George Khalaf, a Republican pollster, said that the intensity of immigration has ticked up in recent years.
—The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
One big issue is that, right now, response rates to pollsters’ queries are extremely low—one or two per cent, in many cases—and the people who do respond may not be representative voters.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
But the pollsters found that Garvey has successfully corralled conservative voters to his camp.
—John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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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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