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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Noun

The interviewer has asked their questions of you as a candidate.

— Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026
This year, voters identified as Democrats on the voter file were less likely to be contacted successfully for the poll than Republicans, regardless of whether they were contacted by a text message or live phone interviewer.

— Scott Clement, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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Noun

There has been a proliferation of not-so-great polls this cycle, some driven by AI, others without long track records and even a pollster exposed to be fake.

— Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
The increasing use of voter-file sampling has also allowed pollsters to better monitor response rates by different groups and to test additional ways to improve accuracy.

— Scott Clement, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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