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Asking a few hundred strangers what everyone secretly thinks, then betting on it.
means A survey of opinions from a sample of people, used to estimate what a larger group believes.
from From Middle English polle, meaning the top or crown of the head — to take a poll was literally to count heads.
Original meaningPolle meant the human head itself.
Margin of errorThat percentage admitting the poll might be wrong.
Push pollFake survey designed to spread, not measure, opinion.