pollster

as in interviewer
a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for

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Recent Examples of pollster That is down from a week ago, when a survey by the same pollsters put ICE's net favorability at +2 points, with 45 percent holding a favorable opinion, and 43 percent holding an unfavorable opinion. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025 Many pollsters credit Trump’s message to labor as key to his victory in swing states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin—coincidentally, all states with high numbers of hunters and anglers. Chris Dorsey, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025 Two California pollsters found that Newsom’s recent political pivot did not endear him to state voters, either. ‘Bully pulpit’ But there is some potentially good news in all this for Newsom. Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 10 June 2025 The poll from the Levada Center — described by The New York Times as the sole independent pollster inside Russia — has a margin of error between 1.5 and 3.4 percentage points. Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for pollster
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interviewer
Noun
  • In 2003, an interviewer bluntly asked whether Xi Jinping had enjoyed a privileged lifestyle as a child.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Add in something the interviewer doesn’t ask about.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025

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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollster. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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