pollsterpoll‧ster /ˈpəʊlstə $ ˈpoʊlstər/ noun [countable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- A senior adviser and pollster for Sen.
- Although Lukashenko is tipped to win by the pollsters, already 25 other candidates have said they will stand for the presidency.
- Greenberg was replaced by pollsters Mark Penn and Douglas Schoen.
- He complained bitterly after being surprised by Pat Buchanan in an early primary about a pollster whose predictions had been too optimistic.
- The pollsters might as well ask them who will win the Derby and whether the weather will be fine.
- This is an occupational hazard shared by sportswriters and opinion pollsters.
- Usually, it comes from the candidates, though, who absolutely hate it when reporters link their principles with their pollsters.
WORD SETS► Voting
Collocationsabstain, verbabstention, nounadopt, verbballot, nounballot box, nounballot paper, nounblackball, verbby-election, nouncasting vote, nouncloture, nounconstituency, nounconstituent, noundeliver, verbdeposit, noundeselect, verbdisenfranchise, verbdisfranchise, verbdivision, noundoorstep, verbdream ticket, nounelect, verbelection, nounelectioneering, nounelective, adjectiveelector, nounelectoral, adjectiveelectoral register, nounelectorate, nounenfranchise, verbexit poll, nounfloating voter, nounfranchise, noungeneral election, nounhung parliament, nounlobby, nounmajority, nounmotion, nounno, nounoff-year, nounopen primary, nounoutvote, verboverall majority, nounplebiscite, nounplurality, nounpocket veto, nounpoint of order, nounpoll, nounpolling, nounpolling booth, nounpolling day, nounpolling station, nounpollster, nounPR, nounprimary, nounprimary election, nounproportional representation, nounpsephology, nounrecount, nounre-elect, verbreferendum, nounresolution, nounresolve, verbreturn, verbreturning officer, nounrig, verbrun, verbrun-off, nounscrutineer, nounshow of hands, nounslate, nounsplit ticket, nounspoil, verbsponsor, nounsponsor, verbstalking horse, nounstraight ticket, nounstraw poll, nounstronghold, nounsuffrage, nountactical voting, nounteller, nounthree-line whip, nounvote, verbvote of censure, nounvote of confidence, nounvote of no confidence, nounvoter, nounvoting machine, nounward, nounwrite-in, nounX, nounyea, nounyes, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► republican
someone who works for a company that prepares and asks questions to find out what people think about a particular subject· Linda DiVall, a veteran Republican pollster who is working on the presidential campaign of Texas Sen.
NOUN► opinion· This last strategy for sampling is normally used by professional public opinion pollsters and by political scientists.· This is an occupational hazard shared by sportswriters and opinion pollsters.· He did not mention Labour and even refrained from a sneer at the opinion pollsters.· According to opinion pollsters Harris it was the third most important issue on voters minds in 1987.
VERB► tell· Not surprisingly, townies tell pollsters they wish they lived there, too.· Voters tell pollsters that the electoral outcome they most favour is a coalition of Socialists and the United Left.· People can only tell the pollsters what they know.