poll ‧ ing /ˈpəʊlɪŋ $ ˈpoʊ-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
1 . when people vote in a political election:
Polling started at 8.00 this morning.
heavy/light polling (=with many or few people voting)
2 . when a person or an organization asks a lot of people the same questions in order to find out what they think about a subject