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
Even some Republicans began warning this summer that letting those tax credits lapse could be detrimental, with Republican pollsters Tony Fabrizio and Bob Ward issuing a memo that cautioned an extension of the credits could make a difference in next year's midterm election.
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Amanda Seitz, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Other independent pollsters have similarly shown his support among Black voters remains low.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The numbers are a slight uptick in his overall rating compared to the pollsters' last survey in April, which saw a near-historic low approval of 39%, with a similar 55% disapproval.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Data for Progress was one of the first pollsters to identify Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s surge in the June New York City mayoral primary.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In Sunday’s vote, the Peronists trounced Milei’s right-libertarian party by a staggering 47% to 34%, a far cry from the nail-biter that many pollsters had predicted.
—Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
However, pollsters found that younger Democrats surveyed — those under 45 years old — preferred both Harris (27 percent) and Ocasio-Cortez (22 percent) over Newsom (13 percent) as their party’s potential 2028 pick.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
Ten years later, that figure has risen to 68%, according to the same pollsters.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
That’s an abstraction because as Gallup and other pollsters know, Americans believe many nations, especially China, haven’t played by the rules.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Amanda Seitz, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
Other independent pollsters have similarly shown his support among Black voters remains low.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The numbers are a slight uptick in his overall rating compared to the pollsters' last survey in April, which saw a near-historic low approval of 39%, with a similar 55% disapproval.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 21 Sep. 2025
Data for Progress was one of the first pollsters to identify Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani’s surge in the June New York City mayoral primary.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
In Sunday’s vote, the Peronists trounced Milei’s right-libertarian party by a staggering 47% to 34%, a far cry from the nail-biter that many pollsters had predicted.
—Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
However, pollsters found that younger Democrats surveyed — those under 45 years old — preferred both Harris (27 percent) and Ocasio-Cortez (22 percent) over Newsom (13 percent) as their party’s potential 2028 pick.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025
Ten years later, that figure has risen to 68%, according to the same pollsters.
—Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
That’s an abstraction because as Gallup and other pollsters know, Americans believe many nations, especially China, haven’t played by the rules.
—Karlyn Bowman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pollsters
interviewers
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Hiring has rapidly changed since AI agents and interviewers came into the picture.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Investigators are working to catalog evidence from the ruins of the church and interviewing dozens of victims and witnesses, with the help of victim specialists, child advocates, forensic interviewers and local partners, according to FBI acting special agent in charge Reuben Coleman.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Pollsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollsters. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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