POLLER Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

poller

noun

Definition of poller

as in interviewer

a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead

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Recent Examples of poller Not that those numbers showed any sign of discouraging any of the single-digit candidates, with two low-pollers, Betty Yee and Xavier Becerra, launching new ad campaigns this week. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026 The pandemic appears to have accelerated the trend of people ignoring pollers’ calls. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025 Pratt has gone from novelty candidate to serious contender to, at the moment, an oh-so-close third-place poller ahead of Tuesday’s primary that will determine what will almost surely be the two candidates who advance to November. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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Patterns that appear across multiple interviewers and reference conversations are far more reliable signals.

— Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review, 24 Aug. 2026
Other Albanians had warned me—the interviewers ask you where things are, which city, which river.

— Ledio Cakaj, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

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The episode comes as Netanyahu faces a difficult reelection campaign, with roughly 20% of voters remaining undecided, many of whom are disillusioned Likud voters, according to pollsters and researchers cited by Reuters.

— Deborah Danan, Sun Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
Elections would split Ukraine, Zelenskyy says Zelenskyy’s approval rating has remained generally stable at about ‌60%, ⁠but pollsters have said that while Ukrainians want fresh faces in politics, many have little appetite for voting now.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026

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