pollster

Converse of object

• tell: The real question is How many of those people who tell the pollsters they will vote Labor actually will vote Labor?
• ask: The Charity Commission asked pollsters NOP to survey people across the UK about their attitude to charity giving at Christmas.
• guess: I guess not even the pollsters can be relied upon for an unbiased perspective when its Murdoch paying the piper and calling the tune.
• prompt: It did prompt one well-known internet pollster to ask its panel to compare politicians with animals.
• surprise: Why were the pollsters so surprised at the result they got that they changed the question?
• lead: It has over 200 members, including media commentators, leading opinion pollsters and national party officials as well as academics.

Converse of subject

• conduct: The survey of 2,233 men over the age of 18 was conducted by the pollsters Experian last month.
• ask: If I'd been asked by a pollster, " Do you think David Blunkett should go.. .

Adjective modifier

• independent: The survey, by independent pollsters NOP, found: .
• other: But I'm going to be a little skeptical until I see some results by other pollsters in a number of these districts.
• own: We know that Bob Worcester, Labor's own pollster, has advocated this.
• accurate: Even tho ICM and Mori were have been the most accurate pollsters over the past ten years?

Modifies a noun

• question: This left a massive 4-5 % which was accounted for by ' shy ' Tory voters who had refused to answer the pollsters questions.

Noun used with modifier

• opinion: Or will teams of public opinion pollsters tramp across the country to get a take on whether the nation actually feels reconciled?
• Internet: The founders of the council include ICM, Mori, NOP and the internet pollsters YouGov.
• opposition: Even the opposition pollsters say that Chavez enjoys overwhelming popularity.

Possessives

• question: These are, after all, not throw-away replies to pollsters ' questions, but actual votes cast.