polls
Where ballots go
Polls are surveys measuring public opinion, especially about political candidates or issues: The polls show a tight race.
A poll is also a place where votes are cast—go to the polls means to vote.
The verb poll means to survey or receive votes: She polled well among young voters.
As a singular noun, poll can mean the head, surviving mainly in combinations like poll tax (a per-head tax).
Voting document
- votingFormally registering a choice
- electorateEligible voting body
- turnoutNumber attending an event
- precinctAdministrative jurisdiction zone
candidate · primary · caucus · constituency · referendum · plebiscite · suffrage · franchise
Formal inquiry form
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- sampleSubset for study
- opinionSubjective personal belief
- feedbackReturned response data
data · participants · research · methodology · tracking · demographic · weighting · Gallup
Subjective personal belief
- publicAvailable to all
- consensusGeneral group agreement
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
- approvalFavorable opinion given
favorability · perception · attitude · sentiment · viewpoint · shift · trend · swing
Extracting subset for study
- randomizationIntroducing chance systematically
- stratifiedArranged in stacked layers
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- populationAll inhabitants combined
variance · bias · outliers · weighting · representative · aggregate · methodology · error
ballot
Voting document
- votingFormally registering a choice
- electorateEligible voting body
- turnoutNumber attending an event
precinct · candidate · primary · caucus · constituency · referendum · plebiscite · suffrage · franchise · absentee
questionnaire
Formal inquiry form
- respondentsThose who answer queries
- sampleSubset for study
- opinionSubjective personal belief
feedback · data · participants · research · methodology · tracking · demographic · weighting · Gallup · robocall
opinion
Subjective personal belief
approval · favorability · perception · attitude · sentiment · viewpoint · shift · trend · swing · bounce
sampling
Extracting subset for study
- randomizationIntroducing chance systematically
- stratifiedArranged in stacked layers
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
population · variance · bias · outliers · weighting · representative · aggregate · methodology · error · accuracy
- democracyvote, voting, election, elections, ballot
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, election day
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- social sciencessociology, anthropology, psychology, economics, political science
- US Politicsconservatism, ballot, liberalism, bill, constitutionalism
- votingballot, vote, voters, ballots, voter
pollselection results
Official vote counts
official count · certified results · final vote · vote count · returns
pollsdecree
Authoritative legal command
edict · dictate · fiat · executive order · gut feeling
pollscensorship
Official content restriction
voter suppression · silencing · disenfranchisement · political repression · apathy
- polling stationElection day venue
- opinion pollsSurveys measuring public views
- polling placesDesignated voting locations
- exit pollsSurveys taken after voting
- poll taxPer-person voting charge
- poll workerVoting site attendant
poll, polling, polled, unpolluted, pollster, pollsters, opinion poll, straw poll, exit poll