- present participle of poll.
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.
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the casting or registering of votes at an election
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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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Polling data on how people around the world view America inevitably makes for dry reading, but still exposes startling differences between how Americans see themselves and external perceptions.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
Released Saturday, the final Emerson College Polling California survey before the primary shows Becerra, a Democrat, ahead with 28%, followed by Steyer, also a Democrat, at 22%, and Hilton, a Republican, at 21%.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Polling from YouGov, external before the April strikes suggested that 53% of people opposed the industrial action, while 38% supported it.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
Polling and sentiment gauges show that high gas prices are exacerbating worries about the cost of living.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
Polling with Confidence Estimating characteristics of a population, such as the percentage who favor a certain candidate or a particular brand of dog food, is, like hypothesis testing, simple in principle.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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