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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What, for an interviewer, can come off as frustrating indifference might actually be the key to Mascis’ staying power — for better or worse.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026
Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams, The Hangover‘s Zach Galifianakis and This is the End actor Jay Baruchel have signed up to be grilled by a cast of autistic and neurodivergent interviewers for the six-part series.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026

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Even a poll by Trafalgar Group, a Republican-leaning pollster, showed Hamilton with a 1% lead over Marshall.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026
There has been a proliferation of not-so-great polls this cycle, some driven by AI, others without long track records and even a pollster exposed to be fake.

— Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026

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