push-polling

push-polling

1. present participle and gerund of push-poll

push-polling (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of push polling
   • 1999, United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations, Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government, page 36:

     This is the business of push-polling, a deceptive practice purporting to be a poll but actually designed to influence opinion.

   • 2004, Steven Hill, Fixing Elections, →ISBN, page 159:

     Push-polling hones in on an opponent's record, strip-mining it and often distorting or exaggerating it.

   • 2015, Dennis W. Johnson, Political Consultants and American Elections, →ISBN:

     One telemarketing application that has received considerable criticism in the past several election cycles is push-polling.