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By the time the election was called in mid-March, Carney's Liberals were polling neck-and-neck with the Conservatives, and by early April they had pulled slightly ahead, national surveys suggest.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2025

Other candidates were polling in the single digits.

From Reuters • Nov. 7, 2023

Among the parties challenging the results are those of three candidates who were polling among the leaders before election day, but ended up getting less than 8% of the vote each.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 2, 2023

He went on further to express how public “opinion matters to us,” which led to the perception that the Ravens were polling fans before making the decision.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2020

It's just as if you were polling votes for him.

From The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors by Jordan, Elizabeth Garver