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Ince had polled around 8% of the votes when his candidacy was first announced, but his popularity ratings have since dropped to around 2%, according to opinion surveys.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

Her party won the September 2022 elections with 26% of the vote, even though it had polled only 4.3% four years earlier.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2022

Theresa Coffino, an executive producer of the show, said she had polled publicists and stars and found that “Billy still has so much equity left in this town.”

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2019

Aides said Trump had polled a range of supporters about what they would accept.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2019

Leader of a forlorn hope, he had yet received the suffrages of 1,376,957 citizens, only 489,495 less votes than Lincoln had polled.

From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen