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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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Unlike the United States government, the French government responded to inflation by capping prices on energy and some food items, and, unlike Joe Biden, Macron wasn’t widely blamed for the cost of eggs, even as French people told pollsters that purchasing power was their top priority.
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Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
The recurring dispute over how well exit polling captures Latino voters — the groups and pollsters have raised it in previous elections — has ramifications for nonprofit groups that have focused on improving Latino voter turnout.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Nearly 80 percent of Americans told pollsters that the country was on the wrong track.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Newsweek has contacted the pollsters listed for comment.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Americans and pollsters alike can’t pin down their electoral outcome until precincts close and votes trickle in.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
And the number of unmarried women has continued to rise, potentially diluting what some pollsters say is a significant influence — men — in how some women vote.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Decades ago, pollsters would phone people, and those people would answer the phone.
—Steven Salzberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
So pollsters make statistical adjustments based on past experience, weighing some voters more than others.
—Steven Salzberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
The recurring dispute over how well exit polling captures Latino voters — the groups and pollsters have raised it in previous elections — has ramifications for nonprofit groups that have focused on improving Latino voter turnout.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Nearly 80 percent of Americans told pollsters that the country was on the wrong track.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Newsweek has contacted the pollsters listed for comment.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2024
Americans and pollsters alike can’t pin down their electoral outcome until precincts close and votes trickle in.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
And the number of unmarried women has continued to rise, potentially diluting what some pollsters say is a significant influence — men — in how some women vote.
—Erica L. Green, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Decades ago, pollsters would phone people, and those people would answer the phone.
—Steven Salzberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
So pollsters make statistical adjustments based on past experience, weighing some voters more than others.
—Steven Salzberg, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Pollsters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pollsters. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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