pollstern.
/ˈpəʊlstə/, U.S. /ˈpoʊlstər/ Originally U.S.
A person who conducts or analyses opinion polls. Also: an analyst of voting patterns generally.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > opinion poll > conducting > one who
poll-taker1898
pollster1939
opinion pollster1951
1939 Time 22 May (Nation section) Dr. George Horace Gallup, punditical pollster of public opinion, last week received..a postcard asking him to choose among the ten leading Presidential candidates.
1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 46/2 On November 3, 1948..the pollsters were proved wrong in forecasting a Dewey victory over Truman.
1972 M. Williams Inside Number 10 xiii. 343 Possibly there was a reaction against the pollsters, a desire to prove the computers wrong.
2004 Nature 26 Feb. 773/2 Once pollsters find willing opiners, there's the matter of what to ask and how to ask it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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