as in interviewers
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 pollsters
The pollsters point out that margin has narrowed compared with when Americans preferred the GOP over Democrats on immigration by a 40%-to-30% margin in December.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
The case pollsters provided respondents in favor of the tax measure did not emphasize that hospitals and emergency rooms could close if Californians don’t find a revenue source to prop them up, as the union has and will continue to argue, proponents said.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
It’s also completely contradicted by what masses of Trump’s backers are telling pollsters.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Politics is nothing if not unpredictable, but the 2026 midterms are already in motion, with political ad spending expected to set a new record and pollsters predicting a blue wave.
—Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Three pollsters told Washington Secrets this week that the president is underwater with independent voters, who mostly cite the economy, war and taxes as their issues of concern.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Dec. 2025
The president, however, has recently been hit with negative polling from various pollsters, and analysts have warned that his approval rating has hit new lows—stoking concerns on the right that Republicans could lose control of the lower chamber in the November 2026 midterms.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
In the final month of the campaign, most pollsters were saying the race was too close to call.
—Graham Messick, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
UMass pollsters surveyed 800 respondents, with 416 Democrats and 183 Republicans or pure independents.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
The case pollsters provided respondents in favor of the tax measure did not emphasize that hospitals and emergency rooms could close if Californians don’t find a revenue source to prop them up, as the union has and will continue to argue, proponents said.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
It’s also completely contradicted by what masses of Trump’s backers are telling pollsters.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Politics is nothing if not unpredictable, but the 2026 midterms are already in motion, with political ad spending expected to set a new record and pollsters predicting a blue wave.
—Will Johnson, Time, 1 Jan. 2026
Three pollsters told Washington Secrets this week that the president is underwater with independent voters, who mostly cite the economy, war and taxes as their issues of concern.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 13 Dec. 2025
The president, however, has recently been hit with negative polling from various pollsters, and analysts have warned that his approval rating has hit new lows—stoking concerns on the right that Republicans could lose control of the lower chamber in the November 2026 midterms.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025
In the final month of the campaign, most pollsters were saying the race was too close to call.
—Graham Messick, CBS News, 1 Dec. 2025
UMass pollsters surveyed 800 respondents, with 416 Democrats and 183 Republicans or pure independents.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pollsters
interviewers
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Bilingual interviewers began the interview in English and were instructed to follow the lead of the respondent in determining whether to conduct the survey in English or Spanish.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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That includes nine data collection supervisors, 89 interviewers, five lead interviewers and one task manager.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Pollsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollsters. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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