pollster

noun

poll·​ster ˈpōl-stər How to pronounce pollster (audio)
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: one that conducts a poll or compiles data obtained by a poll

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he wouldn't tell the exit pollster whom he'd voted for
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The latest Channel 12 opinion poll puts Eisenkot first with 23 seats, ahead of the Likud with 21, though other pollsters differ. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026 And in fact most pollsters, pundits and other prognosticators now predict Democrats could flip control of the House and even the Senate as well. — Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026 Dahlia Scheindlin, a veteran pollster who works for left-of-center candidates and parties in Israel, speculated that the number of returning overseas voters was unlikely to be big enough to change the outcome of the election. — Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026 Abdul el Sayed wasn’t the only progressive Democrat helped by a survey from Wedgewood, the fraudulent pollster that is roiling Michigan’s Senate race. — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pollster

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1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of pollster was in 1939

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pollster

noun
poll·​ster ˈpōl-stər How to pronounce pollster (audio)
: one that conducts a poll or collects data obtained by a poll
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