Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of push-poll
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of push polling.
Push-polling hones in on an opponent's record, strip-mining it and often distorting or exaggerating it.
2004, Steven Hill, Fixing Elections, →ISBN, page 1592 more examples
This is the business of push-polling, a deceptive practice purporting to be a poll but actually designed to influence opinion.
1999, United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations, Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, page 36One telemarketing application that has received considerable criticism in the past several election cycles is push-polling.
2015, Dennis W. Johnson, Political Consultants and American Elections, →ISBN
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push-polling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/push-polling
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