push-poll

See also: push poll

English

Noun

push-poll (plural push-polls)

1. Alternative form of push poll
   • 1996, Larry Sabato, Dirty Little Secrets, →ISBN, page 245:

     The push-poll operates under the guise of legitimate survey research to spread lies, rumors, and innuendo about candidates.

   • 2001, Dennis W. Johnson, No Place for Amateurs, →ISBN, page 166:

     Republican 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.

   • 2008 February 3, Andrew Malcolm, “Breaking News: Pro-Clinton push poll erupts in California”, in Los Angeles Times:

     He was asked if the Clinton campaign was behind the push-poll, knew who was behind it or had any other information on it.

Verb

push-poll (third-person singular simple present push-polls, present participle push-polling, simple past and past participle push-polled)

1. Alternative form of push poll
   • 2000, New York - Volume 33, Issues 5-12:

     Are Hillary's consultants trying to push-poll New Yorkers around?

   • 2009, David Mark, Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning, →ISBN, page 206:

     Dick Bennett of the American Research Group pollsters told Vanity Fair that his callers constantly encountered people who had just been push-polled.

   • 2013, Daniel M. Shea, Brian M. Harward, Presidential Campaigns: Documents Decoded, →ISBN, page 209:

     Soon afterward, voters reported being push-polled.