originally and chiefly North American an ostensible opinion poll in which the true objective is to influence voters by the use of loaded questions.
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1994 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) (Nexis) 29 July 5 a [He] also continues to be outraged by a ‘push poll’..that was designed to alert voters to..[his] alleged political failures.
2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 22 May a6/1 Liberal strategists are busy conducting ‘push polls’ in this pre-election period.