Sentence examples for polled from inspiring English sources

The word "polled" is correct and usable in written English
It is usually used as a past tense verb, meaning "to get information from a group of people by asking them questions". For example, "The research team polled 500 people to determine their opinion on the new law."

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polled

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Past of poll

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The Lib Dems finished behind the Greens, who polled 1,692 (4.2%, up 2.7 percentage points).

Labour in 2005 polled 37% in the first poll in April.

About a quarter of those polled declined to declare their intentions.

Reflecting the transformation of the political landscape in Scotland since the referendum, voting intentions for Westminster are now almost exactly aligned with those for Holyrood, where Labour polled 25% compared with the SNP's 51%.

I'd hoped that the commonly felt disillusionment with the two main parties would have translated into a more radical shift in voter behaviour, and that both the Greens and Craig Murray would have polled better than they did.

Although Findlay received the backing of a number of larger unions, including Unite and Unison, he performed far worse in that section of the electoral college than expected, taking just over half of the available votes while Murphy polled at around 40%.

He polled 63.33% of the third-round votes after the first two rounds proved inconclusive.

Labour was predicting that when all the final results are assembled it will have polled 25.7% and the Tories 24.5%, but Labour was dependent on a very strong showing in the capital against the Conservatives to ensure it pushed the governing party into third place.

The Sixth Sense survey, which polled 69 UK university and further education marketing teams, set out to discover which strategies universities are investing in and which have fallen out of favour when it comes to recruiting sixth formers.

Quinnipiac/NYT/CBS found "no sharp movement" after the debate and last week's positive jobs numbers in the three states polled: Viriginia, Wisconsin and Colorado.

Ashcroft polled Clegg's constituency, Sheffield Hallam, twice since March, both times placing him behind his Labour rival, Oliver Coppard.

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