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If a political party or a candidate p____ a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election.If a political party or a candidate polls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election.
It was a disappointing result for the Greens who polled three percent.
The result showed he had polled enough votes to force a second ballot.
word poll
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A poll is a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future .
At least 60 per cent of the country wants the strikers to win, polls show.
We are doing a weekly poll on the president, and clearly his popularity has declined.
The Socialist Party, which won a convincing victory in elections in June, has been losing support in the polls recently.
The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election.
In 1945, Winston Churchill was defeated at the polls.
Voters are due to go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president.
The polls have closed in the Pakistan parliamentary elections.
verb
If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey.
More than 18,000 people were polled.
Audiences were going to be polled on which of three pieces of music they liked best.
More than 70 per cent of those polled said that they approved of his record as president.
If a political party or a candidate polls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election.
It was a disappointing result for the Greens who polled three percent.
The result showed he had polled enough votes to force a second ballot.
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