: 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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Other pollsters have made the effort, and quite a few have conducted surveys in Ukraine during the war.
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Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
But as pollsters get more specific, net approval of those policies tends to fall and go underwater.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Not surprisingly, a large majority of Californians, according to a poll by former Obama campaign pollster David Binder, opposed legislation signed by Newsom in 2021 that in effect banned single-family zoning in much of the state.
—Joel Kotkin, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
But his latest disapproval rating, 48%, was three percentage points higher than in 2017 — a new high for the pollster.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 9 Feb. 2025
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Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
But as pollsters get more specific, net approval of those policies tends to fall and go underwater.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2025
Not surprisingly, a large majority of Californians, according to a poll by former Obama campaign pollster David Binder, opposed legislation signed by Newsom in 2021 that in effect banned single-family zoning in much of the state.
—Joel Kotkin, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
But his latest disapproval rating, 48%, was three percentage points higher than in 2017 — a new high for the pollster.
—Avery Lotz, Axios, 9 Feb. 2025
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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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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