Meanings
plural push-polls
- alternativeAlternative form of push poll.
He was asked if the Clinton campaign was behind the push-poll, knew who was behind it or had any other information on it.
2008 February 3, Andrew Malcolm, “Breaking News: Pro-Clinton push poll erupts in California”, in Los Angeles Times2 more examples
The push-poll operates under the guise of legitimate survey research to spread lies, rumors, and innuendo about candidates.
1996, Larry Sabato, Dirty Little Secrets, →ISBN, page 245Republican pollster Ed Goeas echoed this sentiment, stating that "anonymously spreading rumor and innuendo through push-polls is sleazy and should have no part in a campaign strategy.
2001, Dennis W. Johnson, No Place for Amateurs, →ISBN, page 166
present singular third person push-polls · participle present push-polling · participle past push-polled · past push-polled
- alternativeAlternative form of push poll.
Soon afterward, voters reported being push-polled.
2013, Daniel M. Shea, Brian M. Harward, Presidential Campaigns: Documents Decoded, →ISBN, page 2092 more examples
Are Hillary's consultants trying to push-poll New Yorkers around?
2000, New York - Volume 33, Issues 5-12Dick Bennett of the American Research Group pollsters told Vanity Fair that his callers constantly encountered people who had just been push-polled.
2009, David Mark, Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning, →ISBN, page 206
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