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
Today, response rates are often in the single digits, forcing pollsters to rely on small samples and heavy statistical weighting to approximate the electorate, a process that can amplify errors.
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Karen Brooks Harper
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
According to the Republican pollster and strategist Ross Hunt, Wambsganss’s loss, which was a blowout, was due less to mobilized Democrats than to independent and Republican voters turning against her.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
More than 40 percent of 18-to-22-year-olds agreed with at least one of a series of anti-Semitic statements read to them by the pollsters.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The pollsters said 86% of respondents felt uniformed conductors on trains deter crimes, and 84% said two-member crews are better during emergencies.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
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Karen Brooks Harper
austin Bureau, Dallas Morning News, 16 Mar. 2026
According to the Republican pollster and strategist Ross Hunt, Wambsganss’s loss, which was a blowout, was due less to mobilized Democrats than to independent and Republican voters turning against her.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
More than 40 percent of 18-to-22-year-olds agreed with at least one of a series of anti-Semitic statements read to them by the pollsters.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The pollsters said 86% of respondents felt uniformed conductors on trains deter crimes, and 84% said two-member crews are better during emergencies.
—Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pollster
interviewer
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Our flustered narrator attempts to defend himself on the grounds of sketchy reporting ethics—don’t some interviewers take notes and extrapolate later?—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Camerota is likely to prove an empathetic interviewer.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollster. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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