POLLER Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

poller

noun

Definition of poller

as in interviewer

a person who goes around and approaches people with a request for opinions or information data gathered by nationwide pollers showed the Republicans in the lead

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Recent Examples of poller Not that those numbers showed any sign of discouraging any of the single-digit candidates, with two low-pollers, Betty Yee and Xavier Becerra, launching new ad campaigns this week. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 24 Mar. 2026 The pandemic appears to have accelerated the trend of people ignoring pollers’ calls. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025 Pratt has gone from novelty candidate to serious contender to, at the moment, an oh-so-close third-place poller ahead of Tuesday’s primary that will determine what will almost surely be the two candidates who advance to November. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019

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The polls were conducted by telephone using live interviewers.

— New York Times, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
At more than half the locations, on-site staff declined to answer questions or allow the interviewers access.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

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The polling failure will serve to give further ammunition to the Brazilian right and the Bolsonaro camp, which have long alleged that the nation's leading pollsters turn in work biased in favor of Lula and his Workers Party.

— David Unsworth, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Alaska’s general election will also feature another candidate named Dan Sullivan, creating an unusual ballot issue that the Times said prompted pollsters to specify that respondents were being asked about the incumbent.

— Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2026

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