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View synonyms for pollster

pollster

[ pohl-ster ]

noun

  1. a person whose occupation is the taking of public-opinion polls. poll.


pollster

/ ˈpəʊlstə /

noun

  1. a person who conducts opinion polls
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pollster1

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; poll 1 + -ster
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Example Sentences

He stubbornly refused to face reality and listen to Democratic voters who kept telling pollsters they desired a spryer candidate.

But Trump made headway among Black male voters that proved detrimental to the vice president's bid, argued Alvin Tillery, a Democratic pollster and founder of the Black Equality Alliance super PAC.

From Salon

“They were using mainstream white polls and they never put Black-specific pollsters on the air,” Martin said.

Abortion did matter to women, it just didn’t matter enough, said Evan Ross Smith, a pollster and campaign consultant.

From BBC

It was an “extraordinary shift,” as pollsters put it, and a sign of the changing views of a Latino population increasingly distanced from the immigrant experience and more focused on pocketbook issues.

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