How to Use opinion poll in a Sentence

opinion poll

noun
  • His party has led in almost every opinion poll for more than a year.
    — ABC News, 21 June 2026
  • The government's poor opinion poll performance has led it to shift to the right to win back core voters, analysts say.
    — Angeliki Koutantou, Reuters, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Across just about every public opinion poll, housing has become the top issue for Spanish voters.
    — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
  • Bass has led nearly every public opinion poll in the race, with Pratt and Raman trading places for second and third position.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Over the last three months, Bass has led nearly every public opinion poll in the race, with Pratt and Raman trading places for second and third.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • Many Labour lawmakers remain worried about their reelection chances if the party’s dire opinion poll ratings don’t improve.
    — Jill Lawless, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Many Labor lawmakers remain worried about their reelection chances if the party’s dire opinion poll ratings don’t improve.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Every major opinion poll showed the longtime Democratic politician mired near the bottom of the pack, overshadowed by his flashier or wealthier rivals.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • In an opinion poll, Californians backed a similar (albeit, one-time) billionaire tax by a two-to-one margin to protect 3 million people from losing health care.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Every major opinion poll showed the longtime Democratic politician near the bottom of the pack, my colleagues Dakota Smith and Nicole Nixon wrote.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
  • The performance, exceeding opinion poll forecasts, is one ​of the strongest results for a single party in a generation and may end, for now, the chronic instability that led to eight elections in five years.
    — Reuters, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026
  • For instance, the institute’s 2025 public opinion poll shows San Diegans overwhelmingly believe that nonprofits are essential to their communities.
    — Nonprofit Institute, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2025
  • Her move caps a remarkable two years for the insurgent right-wing party, rebranded from Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, which has led every opinion poll for the past 10 months and is widely seen as a serious contender to form the next government.
    — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026
  • An opinion poll published Wednesday by public broadcaster NRK suggested that 70% of those questioned support the monarchy, compared to 81% in 2017.
    — CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • An opinion poll conducted by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in September found that 63% of Ukrainians believe elections should be held only after a final peace agreement and a complete end to the war.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The Chicago Council on Global Affairs published an opinion poll showing that 86% of Americans blame Russia for the war and 60% back Ukraine’s admission to NATO.
    — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2025
  • In a 2024 public opinion poll, an overwhelming majority of Cubans expressed profound dissatisfaction with the Cuban Communist Party and the leadership of President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
    — Joseph J. Gonzalez, Fortune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In a 2024 public opinion poll, an overwhelming majority of Cubans expressed profound dissatisfaction with the Cuban Communist Party and the leadership of President Miguel Díaz-Canel.
    — Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026

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