polling - Definition from the VOTING topic - POLITICS

Topic: VOTING

polling
noun

poll‧ing

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[uncountable]

1PPV when people vote in a political election:

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Polling started at 8.00 this morning.

heavy/light polling (=with many or few people voting)

2 when a person or an organization asks a lot of people the same questions in order to find out what they think about a subject

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abstain abstention adopt ballot ballot box by-election cloture constituency constituent deliver deposit deselect division doorstep elect election elective elector electoral electorate exit poll franchise general election lobby majority motion no plurality poll polling polling booth polling station pollster PR primary primary election proportional representation recount re-elect referendum resolution resolve return rig run run-off show of hands slate spoil sponsor(n) sponsor(v) stronghold suffrage teller vote vote of confidence voter ward write-in X yea yes

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