Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

push poll

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.22 in modern English

Syllables: push poll
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An opinion poll designed to produce specific results and promote a certain narrative by influencing the views of respondents.

verb

To conduct a push poll or make use of push polls as a campaign or marketing technique.

Example Sentences

"The local paper has just released the results of what can only be described as a push poll. The pollsters fed numerous cherry-picked data points and statistics to respondents before asking their opinions on newly proposed government policies. There can be no doubt that the results would have been different had those interviewed not been led to the conclusions the pollsters wanted."
"He was push polling, shaping opinion, manipulating as much as measuring."
"The questions asked by a pollster who is push polling are designed more to implant negative information than to find out how the voter actually feels."
"First, whenever candidates are upset with the polling strategies of their opponents, they seem to immediately allege that their opponents are push polling, but do not seem to completely understand exactly what a push poll is."

Etymology

From push (“to sell or promote”) + poll (“survey”). Also references pull, the opposite of push.

Inflected Forms

push polls (plural) push-poll (alternative) push polls (present, singular) push polling (participle, present) push polled (participle, past) push polled (past)

Questions

What does push poll mean?: An opinion poll designed to produce specific results and promote a certain narrative by influencing the views of respondents.
Where does push poll come from?: From push (“to sell or promote”) + poll (“survey”). Also references pull, the opposite of push.

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