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
The pollsters point out that margin has narrowed compared with when Americans preferred the GOP over Democrats on immigration by a 40%-to-30% margin in December.
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Evan Roth Smith is a pollster who has been tracking consumer sentiment about Tesla and EVs for the Electric Vehicle Intelligence Report.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
The case pollsters provided respondents in favor of the tax measure did not emphasize that hospitals and emergency rooms could close if Californians don’t find a revenue source to prop them up, as the union has and will continue to argue, proponents said.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Republican pollster Ryan Tyson said his polls show very few Republican primary voters are active on X, and those that are skew younger and more male — a segment of the population that is less likely to vote in primaries.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
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Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 29 Jan. 2026
Evan Roth Smith is a pollster who has been tracking consumer sentiment about Tesla and EVs for the Electric Vehicle Intelligence Report.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 Jan. 2026
The case pollsters provided respondents in favor of the tax measure did not emphasize that hospitals and emergency rooms could close if Californians don’t find a revenue source to prop them up, as the union has and will continue to argue, proponents said.
—Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 21 Jan. 2026
Republican pollster Ryan Tyson said his polls show very few Republican primary voters are active on X, and those that are skew younger and more male — a segment of the population that is less likely to vote in primaries.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pollster
interviewer
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Other credits include Virtually Parkinson, a podcast that recreated British interviewer Michael Parkinson’s interview style also using AI.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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Assad’s comments to a Russian interviewer during his final months in power betray a hint of this idea of royal powers.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollster. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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