as in interviewer
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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The Register’s final poll before Election Day, conducted by legendary pollster J. Ann Selzer, showed Harris leading Trump 47-44% among likely voters in the state, a bombshell result setting off a flurry of coverage that Harris could possibly pull an upset in a state Trump won in 2016 and 2020.
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Hadas Gold, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Change Research, a left-leaning pollster, conducted research in eight battleground states, including Wisconsin, to see if the anti-trans campaign ads impacted how voters supported U.S. Senate and presidential candidates.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Compared to earlier data from the same pollster, Trump's favorability among Hispanics showed a clear and consistent upward trajectory, ultimately benefiting him on Election Day.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Unlike the United States government, the French government responded to inflation by capping prices on energy and some food items, and, unlike Joe Biden, Macron wasn’t widely blamed for the cost of eggs, even as French people told pollsters that purchasing power was their top priority.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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Hadas Gold, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
Change Research, a left-leaning pollster, conducted research in eight battleground states, including Wisconsin, to see if the anti-trans campaign ads impacted how voters supported U.S. Senate and presidential candidates.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
Compared to earlier data from the same pollster, Trump's favorability among Hispanics showed a clear and consistent upward trajectory, ultimately benefiting him on Election Day.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Unlike the United States government, the French government responded to inflation by capping prices on energy and some food items, and, unlike Joe Biden, Macron wasn’t widely blamed for the cost of eggs, even as French people told pollsters that purchasing power was their top priority.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollster. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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