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poll

noun as in census; tally of answers to questions of opinion

verb as in take census; question

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They also discuss whether polls in the Midwest have corrected their biases and whether scandals still matter.

While poll worker shortages were already an issue, a dearth of poll workers is a much bigger concern in 2020.

When you do so, you should also plan to update your driver’s license or whatever identification your state requires you to show at the polls.

We use polls posted by RealClearPolitics, HuffPollster, Polling Report and FiveThirtyEight in our analysis.

From Ozy

This poll’s modeled error estimate is plus or minus 3 percentage points.

From Fortune

But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.

Most of it is taken up by a graphic inviting the visitor to participate in the 2016 online presidential straw poll.

The Pew poll also found most African Americans expect relations between police and minorities will actually get worse.

And this is a poll, remember, not of Latinos, or of Cuban-Americans across the country.

This past May, NBC News and The Wall Street Journal conducted a joint poll on body art.

Neither shall they shave their heads, nor wear long hair: but they shall only poll their heads.

Since many of the Readjuster party members consisted of Negroes, the poll tax was repealed also.

In 1876, a law was passed which required the payment of a poll tax before voting in the state of Virginia.

Furthermore, a constitutional requirement demanded payment of three years' poll taxes six months before general elections.

One of the first effects of this amendment in Virginia was a legislative enactment requiring all women to pay the poll tax.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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