Gallup
(ˈgæləp)
The name of the American statistician George Horace Gallup (born 1901), used attrib. (chiefly in Gallup poll) to denote an assessment of public opinion made by ascertaining the opinions of a representative cross-section of the people; a public-opinion poll. Hence occas. Gallup-poll v. intr., to take a Gallup poll; also trans., to receive (a certain number of votes) in a Gallup poll.
| 1940 Illustr. London News CXCVII. 565 According to the latest U.S. Gallup poll as we go to press, President Roosevelt is assured of a total of 410 electoral votes. 1941 Electronic Engin. XIV. 383 It would be interesting to have a Gallup Survey..of reasons why manufacturers have not adopted electronic aids. 1948 A. Toynbee Civilization on Trial ii. 16 If it were made the subject of a world-wide Gallup Poll, there would be no unanimity in the answer. 1951 Listener 23 Aug. 297/1 A kind of gallup-poll mentality. 1951 Koestler Age of Longing i. x. 181 You don't have to go around gallup-polling to see that the people of France have only one wish. 1963 C. Irving et al. Scandal '63 xx. 222 Neville Chamberlain..Gallup-polled 32 per cent in 1940. 1966 Observer 30 Oct. 27/1 The age of Gallup Polls and TV documentaries. |