pollster orig. U.S.
(ˈpəʊlstə(r))
[f. poll n.1 7 d + -ster.]
One who conducts an opinion poll; an analyst of such polls, or of voting patterns generally.
| 1939 Time 9 Oct. 11/3 Gallup pollsters reported that 43% of the voters want Mr. Roosevelt to run again. 1941 Time 6 Jan. 11 According to Pollster Gallup's figures 60 per cent of U.S. voters now want to aid Britain even at the risk of war. 1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride (1967) 46/2 On November 3, 1948..the pollsters were proved wrong in forecasting a Dewey victory over Truman. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 Oct. 556/3 This is not a swing towards Communism (as the pollsters would say), but an impulsive reaction to success. 1968 [see motivation 3]. 1972 M. Williams Inside Number 10 xiii. 343 Possibly there was a reaction against the pollsters, a desire to prove the computers wrong. 1977 Time 21 Nov. 63/2 The pollsters asked people to make judgments on a series of actions, deciding whether such actions were morally wrong or not a moral issue. |