push poll

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Etymology

From push (to sell or promote) +‎ poll (survey).

Noun

push poll (plural push polls)

  1. An opinion poll designed to produce specific results and "push" 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 different had those interviewed not been led to the conclusions the pollsters wanted.

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Last modified on 25 February 2013, at 19:49