polling

/ ˈpəʊlɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the casting or registering of votes at an election
   2. ( as modifier )

      polling day

2. the conducting of a public opinion poll
3. computing the automatic interrogation of terminals by a central controlling machine to determine if they are ready to receive or transmit messages

Example Sentences

Ultimately, the Democrats, the mainstream news media and other defenders of "the institutions" will find few truly meaningful answers in polling or focus groups or some other tool or measure in isolation.

From Salon

At the time, polling by Data for Progress found substantial bipartisan support for a New Deal-style response to the pandemic, even though Republican elites usually hate that sort of thing.

From Salon

The poll is based on 5,018 completed interviews that were carried out immediately after people voted at polling stations in 43 constituencies across the Republic of Ireland.

From BBC

Presidents sometimes bolster their claims of a mandate by cherry-picking polling results.

From Los Angeles Times

The difficulties faced in finding a new leader the party could unite behind, developing a public profile matching Davies’s and bucking the awful polling predictions are just as big.

From BBC

Related Words

• election
• plebiscite
• poll
• referendum
• slate
• tally
• ticket