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A similar poll of manufacturers, released a few days ago, was also quite strong.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
In March, a Gallup poll even found that 71% of Americans oppose data centers in their community, more than they oppose a local nuclear power plant.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The Bass campaign trumpeted the results, which had been reported in several local news outlets, but it had to delete the social-media post after Median Strategies acknowledged the poll was a sham.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In another recent poll, conducted by Suffolk University and the Globe, only a third of primary voters said Markey’s age made them less likely to support him.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
“I think the system is as fair as you can make it,” Ernie Frazier, a sixty-five-year-old real estate investor in Houston, said in an interview after participating in the poll.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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They have also likely noticed that Talarico’s stance on hemp is not hurting him in the polls.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
Recent polls have found that more than 70% of the public oppose data centers near them, forcing governors and candidates who had previously embraced AI to backtrack on the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
But he is still a governor, he still sits on the Federal Open Market Committee, and when Kevin Warsh polls the 12 members of that committee on Sept. 16, Powell will have exactly one vote.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The royal couple's co-habitation in an Oslo flat had also drawn criticism from the conservative Lutheran Church of Norway - though polls from the time showed most ordinary Norwegians did not care about either.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
But the truth is that it isn’t, and the people who run focus groups and opinion polls haven’t always been sensitive to this fact.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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The economy probably added a net 53,000 new jobs in August, according to economists polled by the Wall Street Journal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Analysts polled by FactSet are expecting $13.84 billion in revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting $4.91 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Analysts polled by FactSet expected adjusted earnings of $1.39 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
In the end, I polled 7,199 votes and lost to the daughter of the queen.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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A more plausible explanation for polling errors is that primary elections are more difficult to poll than general elections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Election observers said that while polling day was largely peaceful, some have raised questions about the vote tallying process.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Among people ages 18 to 34 who are not homeowners, 29% expect to buy a house within five years, down from 57% in 2015, according to Gallup’s polling data.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Three in four Canadians support the Carney government's decision to walk away from trade talks, according to polling released Sunday by the Angus Reid Institute.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
The polling samples were biased toward those who thought the broadcast was real, and the statistical analyses of the data were flawed.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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