polling
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the act or process of conducting a poll, such as an opinion survey; the industry of conducting polls.
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the act or process of casting or recording votes in an election.
adjective
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the casting or registering of votes at an election
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( as modifier )
polling day
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the conducting of a public opinion poll
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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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Two others in the race — Huang, the community activist, and Miller, the tech entrepreneur — have fallen far behind in polling but are also making a run for a share of Latino votes.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
“When polling places or precincts are changed, more effort should be made to reach affected voters, not less,” the coalition wrote.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
A Green Party spokesperson previously told the Times, which first reported on the story, that Polanski may have used a postal vote in Hackney after he was seen campaigning in Wales on polling day.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Yet today’s young people are the first generation since we’ve had polling that has thought the future is going to be worse than the past.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Using surveys from two polling companies, the researchers calculated that 6 million people across the United States heard the Mercury Theatre broadcast.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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