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Gallup|ˈgæləp|
The name of the American statistician George Horace Gallup (born 1901), used attrib. (chiefly in Gallup poll) to denote an assessment of public opinion made by ascertaining the opinions of a representative cross-section of the people; a public-opinion poll. Hence occas. Gallup-poll v. intr., to take a Gallup poll; also trans., to receive (a certain number of votes) in a Gallup poll.
1940Illustr. London News CXCVII. 565 According to the latest U.S. Gallup poll as we go to press, President Roosevelt is assured of a total of 410 electoral votes. 1941Electronic Engin. XIV. 383 It would be interesting to have a Gallup Survey..of reasons why manufacturers have not adopted electronic aids. 1948A. Toynbee Civilization on Trial ii. 16 If it were made the subject of a world-wide Gallup Poll, there would be no unanimity in the answer. 1951Listener 23 Aug. 297/1 A kind of gallup-poll mentality. 1951Koestler Age of Longing i. x. 181 You don't have to go around gallup-polling to see that the people of France have only one wish. 1963C. Irving et al. Scandal '63 xx. 222 Neville Chamberlain..Gallup-polled 32 per cent in 1940. 1966Observer 30 Oct. 27/1 The age of Gallup Polls and TV documentaries. |