POLLING


Meaning of POLLING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

polling booth

polling day

polling station

polling station (= where you vote in an election )

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

booth

They felt sure that at the moment of truth in the polling booth most voters will consider their wallets.

But, in the privacy of the polling booth , cooler and more hard-headed calculations came into play.

In the polling booth , the voter marks his favourite candidate number one, his next best number two and so on.

But as before, their influence over the voters' mood ended well before the polling booth .

Once I actually got inside the privacy of the polling booth , a wave of doubt came over me.

I arrived in that polling booth all ready to vote the straight Republican ticket.

opinion

There are three important compendiums of opinion polling results.

I have never liked opinion polling or pollsters.

The other important innovation was the rise of the professional opinion research agency offering its services and expertise in opinion polling .

It was not until the 1940s that public opinion polling became an established part of the political process.

station

In Kandal province, which surrounds the capital Phnom Penh, every polling station could be hit.

A proxy is some one who votes at the polling station for you.

But a funny thing happened on the way to the polling station .

The lone, unarmed, constable on guard could only close the polling station .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Polling day is 30 May.

Polling has been going on since 9 am.

Polling will take place from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Security was tight at the polling stations.

The announcement of her resignation came just two days before polling was to begin.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Campaigning was seriously hampered by increasing political violence, however, and the election was cancelled shortly after polling had commenced.

Clinton aides claimed that their own polling showed their man winning comfortably, a steady seven points ahead of Bush.

I have never liked opinion polling or pollsters.

The other important innovation was the rise of the professional opinion research agency offering its services and expertise in opinion polling .

There are three important compendiums of opinion polling results.

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