polling

American  

[pohl-ing] / ˈpoʊl ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act or process of conducting a poll, such as an opinion survey; the industry of conducting polls.

2. the act or process of casting or recording votes in an election.

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adjective

1. of or relating to the casting, recording, or conducting of a vote or poll.

polling British  

/ ˈpəʊlɪŋ /

noun

1. 1. the casting or registering of votes at an election

   2. ( as modifier )

      polling day

2. the conducting of a public opinion poll

3. computing the automatic interrogation of terminals by a central controlling machine to determine if they are ready to receive or transmit messages

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Other Word Forms

• pre-polling noun
• re-polling noun

Example Sentences

Colleagues say Ayaz stays invested in films that are faring poorly in prerelease polling, hoping to make them at least less of a flop.

From The Wall Street Journal

The second round of polling will take place on January 11, while a date for the third and final round has yet to be announced.

From Barron's

Nearly 90% of people live in extreme poverty, and 70% go without at least a meal a day, said the Social Rights Observatory, a think tank that conducted a month of polling this past summer.

From The Wall Street Journal

He previously conducted The Wall Street Journal’s election-focused public polling along with Democratic firm Impact Research.

From The Wall Street Journal

Some 32% of Ukrainians say they speak Russian or Russian and Ukrainian at home, according to Kyiv International Institute of Sociology polling released this spring.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• election
• plebiscite
• poll
• referendum
• slate
• tally
• ticket