How to Use pollster in a Sentence

pollster

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  • Also, both of the pollsters cited above have whiffed in past races.
    — Philip Klein, National Review, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Were the Dolphins running it up to impress the AP pollsters?
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Since 1996, Penn was the longtime pollster to Bill and Hillary Clinton.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 12 July 2023
  • In need of a shot of momentum, Bass’ campaign team had their pollster, David Binder, write a memo about the state of the race.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
  • But the takeaway for Ragnar’s pollster, Chris Perkins, is clear.
    — Marc Caputo, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2022
  • And for even more, see this presentation from the pollsters who conduct the NBC News poll.
    — Chuck Todd, NBC News, 16 June 2023
  • The share of Americans who believe the lab theory has held steady since June 2021, the pollster said.
    — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Indeed, in the run-up to this shutdown, pollsters have seemed less interested in the topic than in the past.
    — Leah Askarinam, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • When pollsters asked who would do better in specific areas, the gaps were stark.
    — Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Cruz's pollster, Chris Wilson, is also joining the group.
    — Scott Wong, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The same pollster once urged voters not to overlook Nikki Fried, who lost by a landslide to Crist in the August primary.
    — Brian Flood, Fox News, 5 Oct. 2022
  • But the zeal dampens when the pollsters ask more detailed questions about the people's willingness to make lifestyle changes or spend a lot of money.
    — Anthony Faiola, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
  • But the zeal dampens when the pollsters ask more detailed questions about the people’s willingness to make lifestyle changes or spend a lot of money.
    — Anthony Faiola, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
  • The center did not assign pollsters to parts of southern and central Gaza where Israeli tanks are stationed.
    — Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 21 Mar. 2024
  • There is no more reason to believe that will work this time around, said Ms. Longwell, the Republican pollster.
    — Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But its findings did provide a punch back at ABC and that network’s polling chief, who accused Rasmussen of bias, which the pollster has rejected.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 13 July 2023
  • The Brazilian press and pollsters have speculated that Mr. Bolsonaro’s wife, Michelle, or two of his sons would run for president.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 30 June 2023
  • Mike Lee leads by ten points in the latest Emerson poll, the first poll in this race by a big national pollster, and the first showing any candidate above 42 percent, which suggests that the ...
    — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The pollsters didn’t venture into an explanation as to why concern was lower in the two counties.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
  • The pollster said that 78% are following the story about Hunter, who is the central figure in the family’s financial scandals.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Mike Noble, a state pollster who has conducted some of the few surveys on the race so far, said Mr. Gallego was in the best position in what is shaping up to be a three-way contest.
    — Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The president’s approval ratings are below Trump’s worst, according to the pollster, which was 36%.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Well, the pollsters of countries that don't wholeheartedly support the coalition that is confronting the Russians aren't asking the right questions.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Republican pollster Jim McLaughlin, who has done polling for Trump, said.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The same pollster can count more than once only if the polls are conducted in wholly separate field periods.
    — Isabella Murray, ABC News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The level of turnout among Palestinian voters will be one of the determining factors in how the coalition horse trading unfolds, said Scheindlin, the pollster.
    — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2022
  • People are still willing to answer pollsters’ questions in face-to-face interviews.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Liberals must fight back tooth and nail, and not on some statistical point cooked up by some timid pollster, but at the very philosophical root of the argument.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 11 July 2022
  • The survey, conducted by the pollster James Johnson, showed Labour holding a lead of 20 percentage points over the Conservatives.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 5 June 2022
  • What is the state of anxiety among pollsters right now? Franklin: The state of anxiety is always high in polling, especially before elections.
    — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 28 June 2023

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