as in interviewers
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 pollsters
Earlier surveys by other pollsters showed Bennet ahead and popular, but the trendlines hinted at Weiser’s chances improving as voters got to know more about him.
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Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Other major pollsters show a similar trend.
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Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
New Yorkers have been telling pollsters for nearly two years that affordability and cost of living are their top concerns.
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Bradley Honan,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Security was voters' top concern in the election according to pollsters.
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John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
Most pollsters and experts have predicted Pashinyan, who came to power in 2018 following sweeping street protests, will come out ahead.
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ABC News,
7 June 2026
The Tigers would head to the Sugar Bowl by way of conference tie-ins, and while another top-10 victory over Virginia Tech in New Orleans would sway several other pollsters to rank Auburn as the top team in the land, the big ones that counted awarded the Trojans with the crystal football instead.
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Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Unaided awareness –the tracking category where pollsters cite awareness of a movie without being prompted — is pretty even among men and women under and over 25.
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Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
Not all class war Working-class voters have been telling pollsters for 60 years that the political system doesn’t hear them.
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Nicholas Jacobs,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
30 June 2026
Other major pollsters show a similar trend.
—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
New Yorkers have been telling pollsters for nearly two years that affordability and cost of living are their top concerns.
—
Bradley Honan,
New York Daily News,
28 June 2026
Security was voters' top concern in the election according to pollsters.
—
John Otis,
NPR,
21 June 2026
Most pollsters and experts have predicted Pashinyan, who came to power in 2018 following sweeping street protests, will come out ahead.
—
ABC News,
7 June 2026
The Tigers would head to the Sugar Bowl by way of conference tie-ins, and while another top-10 victory over Virginia Tech in New Orleans would sway several other pollsters to rank Auburn as the top team in the land, the big ones that counted awarded the Trojans with the crystal football instead.
—
Austin Perry Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
Unaided awareness –the tracking category where pollsters cite awareness of a movie without being prompted — is pretty even among men and women under and over 25.
—
Anthony D'alessandro,
Deadline,
4 June 2026
Not all class war Working-class voters have been telling pollsters for 60 years that the political system doesn’t hear them.
—
Nicholas Jacobs,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pollsters
interviewers
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Monolingual Spanish-speaking respondents who were initially contacted by English-speaking interviewers were recontacted by Spanish-speaking interviewers.
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Don’t Turn It Into an Interrogation One of the biggest mistakes interviewers make is treating conversations like a checklist.
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“Pollsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollsters. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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