push poll
push poll noun: an opinion poll designed to produce specific results and promote a certain narrative by influencing the views of respondents.
Noun
push poll (plural push polls)
- An opinion poll designed to produce specific results and promote a certain narrative by influencing the views of respondents.
- 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...
Verb
push poll (third-person singular simple present push polls, present participle push polling, simple past and past participle push polled)
- To conduct a push poll or make use of push polls as a campaign or marketing technique.
- He was push polling, shaping opinion, manipulating as much as measuring.2003, Chris Benson, Special Interest, →ISBN, page 15
- 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.2006, Deborah Phillips, Longman preparation course for the TOEFL test, →ISBN, page 578
Forms of push poll
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | push polls |
| alternative form | push-poll |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | push polls |
| present participle | push polling |
| past participle | push polled |
| past | push polled |
Origin of push poll
From push (“to sell or promote”) + poll (“survey”). Also references pull, the opposite of push.
Questions about push poll
- What does push poll mean?
- Push poll means an opinion poll designed to produce specific results and promote a certain narrative by influencing the views of respondents.
- What part of speech is push poll?
- Push poll can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of push poll?
- The plural of push poll is push polls.
Words near push poll in the dictionary
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