opinion polls
Public sentiment measurements
Opinion polls are surveys measuring public views on issues, candidates, or policies, typically by questioning a representative sample of a population.
Polls shape political coverage and strategy: The latest opinion polls show a tight race.
Critics note polls can be wrong or influence the behavior they claim to measure.
Often shortened to simply polls.
- surveysSystematic information gathering
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- likely votersThose expected to vote
- attitudesSettled ways of feeling
- electionsFormal choosing of officials
sampling · demographics · margin of error · voter turnout · forecasting · public sentiment · Gallup · vox populi · electorate · campaigns · horse race · too close to call · likely · ratings · pundits · approval rating · research · margin
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- field researchquestionnaires, field survey, expeditions, field surveys, interviews
- market researchsurveys, focus group, focus groups, survey, consumer behavior
- phone surveyscall centers, call center, respondent, interviewers, interviewer
- UK electionsballot, general elections, general election, by-election, candidate
- public voicesurveys, petitions, votes, public comment, town halls
opinion pollselection results
Official vote counts
ballot count · certified results · ballot counts · vote totals · referendum results
opinion pollsanecdotal evidence
Support from individual accounts
gut feeling · conventional wisdom · hearsay · intuition · street talk
opinion pollspersonal testimony
Individual's firsthand narrative
single voice · public speech · letters to the editor · protest · editorial
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