: 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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More Black voters approve of Donald Trump's job performance as president than white voters, according to a new poll from America's most accurate pollster.
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Fernand Amandi, a Democratic pollster in Miami, said Trump’s attempt to the overturn the 2020 presidential election makes his presidential library something FIU should reject.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
More insight into understanding people’s personal histories and their family dynamics may help pollsters win over voters of all ethnicities in 2028.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
That doesn't rule out that other pollsters are generating phantom swings by updating their weights, of course.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Fernand Amandi, a Democratic pollster in Miami, said Trump’s attempt to the overturn the 2020 presidential election makes his presidential library something FIU should reject.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
More insight into understanding people’s personal histories and their family dynamics may help pollsters win over voters of all ethnicities in 2028.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
That doesn't rule out that other pollsters are generating phantom swings by updating their weights, of course.
—G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Pollster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pollster. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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pollster
noun
poll·ster
ˈpōl-stər 
: one that conducts a poll or collects data obtained by a poll
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