opinion polling
Gauging voter preferences
Opinion polling is the practice of surveying a sample of people to gauge public attitudes on issues, candidates, or preferences.
Pollsters ask standardized questions to a representative group, then extrapolate results to the broader population.
Opinion polling showed the race tightening in the final weeks.
Results are typically reported with a margin of error reflecting statistical uncertainty.
- surveySystematic data collection
- pollsterOne who measures opinion
- respondentOne who gives answers
- random samplePortion selected by chance
- ballotVoting document
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opinion pollinggut instinct
Immediate unreasoned knowing
intuition · expert opinion · instinct · hunch · guesswork
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