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Gallup poll

–noun
a representative sampling of public opinion or public awareness concerning a certain subject or issue.

Origin:
1935–40; after G. H. Gallup
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Gallup poll 
1940, from George H. Gallup (1901-84), U.S. journalist and statistician, who in 1935 set up the American Institute of Public Opinion.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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