pollster

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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Recent Examples of pollster Trump followed that up with the lawsuit in December against The Register and J. Ann Selzer, a pollster, over a survey that showed Harris leading Trump in the presidential race in Iowa. New York Times, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025 On Wednesday, Ben Galbraith, a Republican pollster with the firm Victory Polling, released the results of a poll that found Donalds the heavy favorite in a four-way race against Simpson, Nuñez and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who has also talked openly about running for governor. Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025 China was rarely mentioned then, but for more than 30 years now, majorities or strong pluralities of Americans have told pollsters that China cheats. Karlyn Bowman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 Read more: • Free speech legal group to defend Iowa pollster Selzer in Trump lawsuit. Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for pollster 

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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollster. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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