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
When pollsters YouGov first noticed this trend, and Newsweek also began writing about it, the malaise was predominantly confined to 18 to 24-year-olds.
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Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 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
And Democratic pollsters fret that if liberal politicians, in particular, do not address these issues, the party is at risk of losing more men to the GOP.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2025
Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 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
And Democratic pollsters fret that if liberal politicians, in particular, do not address these issues, the party is at risk of losing more men to the GOP.
—Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pollsters
interviewers
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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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Respondents were reached by cell phone or landline using live interviewers and by text or online, in English and in Spanish.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Pollsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollsters. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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