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push polling

push polling is the present participle and gerund of push poll.

Meaning of push poll

Verb

push poll (third-person singular simple present push polls, present participle push polling, simple past and past participle push polled)

  1. 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

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Noun

push polling (uncountable)

  1. The practice of using push polls as a campaign or marketing technique.
    • Allegations of push polling have become increasingly common during recent election campaigns for all levels of public office in the United States, including the presidency, Congress, state legislatures, and state initiative campaigns.2005, Samuel J. Best, Benjamin Radcliff, Polling America, →ISBN, page 610
    • Push polling is so antithetical to legitimate polling that in 1996 the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC), and the National Council on Public Polls (NCPP) issued a joint statement condemning the practice.2008, Paul J. Lavrakas, Encyclopedia of Survey Research Methods, →ISBN, page 646

Forms of push polling

alternative formpush-polling

Questions about push polling

What does push polling mean?
Push polling means the practice of using push polls as a campaign or marketing technique.
What is push polling the present participle and gerund of?
Push polling is the present participle and gerund of push poll.
What part of speech is push polling?
Push polling is a noun.

Words near push polling in the dictionary

  1. push past
  2. push pin
  3. push pins
  4. push poll
  5. push polled
  6. push polling
  7. push polls
  8. push present
  9. push presents
  10. push rim
  11. push rims

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