How to Use pollster in a Sentence

pollster

noun
  • Also, both of the pollsters cited above have whiffed in past races.
    Philip Klein, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Then the pollster asked an open-ended question of the rest: If not Trump, then who?
    Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Were the Dolphins running it up to impress the AP pollsters?
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Since 1996, Penn was the longtime pollster to Bill and Hillary Clinton.
    Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
  • Bookies and pollsters rank Mr. Sunak as a long shot to stay in power.
    Jill Lawless and Brian Melley, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
  • In need of a shot of momentum, Bass’ campaign team had their pollster, David Binder, write a memo about the state of the race.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Still, Franklin, the Marquette pollster, noted the influence of the top of the ticket.
    Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2024
  • But the takeaway for Ragnar’s pollster, Chris Perkins, is clear.
    Marc Caputo, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Klain told the pollster that the White House was aware of it and had been taking it seriously for months.
    Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2021
  • And for even more, see this presentation from the pollsters who conduct the NBC News poll.
    Chuck Todd, NBC News, 16 June 2023
  • The share of Americans who believe the lab theory has held steady since June 2021, the pollster said.
    Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Indeed, in the run-up to this shutdown, pollsters have seemed less interested in the topic than in the past.
    Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • When pollsters asked who would do better in specific areas, the gaps were stark.
    Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Cruz's pollster, Chris Wilson, is also joining the group.
    Scott Wong, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • French pollsters misjudged the resistance to the far right in the last election, too — but in the opposite direction.
    Scott Clement, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • The French pollster Odoxa found in November that opposition among Parisians had risen to 44%, up from 22% two years ago.
    Keir Simmons, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The same pollster once urged voters not to overlook Nikki Fried, who lost by a landslide to Crist in the August primary.
    Brian Flood, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Kellyanne Conway, Trump’s pollster-turned-White House counselor, has also pitched in.
    Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Yet, the results have shocked most pollsters and Modi supporters—and indeed, the country.
    Astha Rajvanshi, TIME, 5 June 2024
  • But the zeal dampens when the pollsters ask more detailed questions about the people’s willingness to make lifestyle changes or spend a lot of money.
    Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
  • But the zeal dampens when the pollsters ask more detailed questions about the people's willingness to make lifestyle changes or spend a lot of money.
    Anthony Faiola, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Note that 49% of consumers told Conference Board pollsters in July that stocks were going higher in the next six months.
    Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Ron Lester, a pollster who is not representing any of the candidates, said the challengers’ main mission at this point is to get their name out.
    Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022
  • That goal, according to some strategists and pollsters, is within reach.
    Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • The center did not assign pollsters to parts of southern and central Gaza where Israeli tanks are stationed.
    Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Advertisement Paul Maslin, the pollster for Davis’ 2002 race, is less certain.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2024
  • Support for joining rose to 51%, up 9 points from a survey by the same pollster, Demoskop Institute, one month ago.
    Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Adams Morgan neighborhood for a happy hour hosted by the pollster and think tank Data for Progress.
    Kara Voght, The New Republic, 4 Jan. 2022
  • There is no more reason to believe that will work this time around, said Ms. Longwell, the Republican pollster.
    Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But then the pollsters went a level deeper and asked people what should actually be done.
    Ana Zamora, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2024

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