: one that conducts a poll or compiles data obtained by a poll
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he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for
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For Economy First Voters, a full 64% of these voters tell pollsters that climate change will have to wait until inflation is under control.
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 June 2024
Additional signs of discontent and change come from what LGBTQ voters are telling pollsters about the 2024 election.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 12 June 2024
To help conduct the poll, Free Press used the services of the African American Research Collaborative, a group of pollsters, scholars, and researchers.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
The second component of polling error is industrywide polling bias, or when surveys from different pollsters miss the outcome in a similar direction.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024
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Philip Elliott, TIME, 17 June 2024
Additional signs of discontent and change come from what LGBTQ voters are telling pollsters about the 2024 election.
—Christian Paz, Vox, 12 June 2024
To help conduct the poll, Free Press used the services of the African American Research Collaborative, a group of pollsters, scholars, and researchers.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 June 2024
The second component of polling error is industrywide polling bias, or when surveys from different pollsters miss the outcome in a similar direction.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 11 June 2024
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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pollster
noun
poll·ster
ˈpōl-stər 
: one that conducts a poll or collects data obtained by a poll
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