民意测验
6.the branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls).
8.An October Gallup poll found that about two-thirds of Americans still support the death penalty.
9.For the newspaper-skimming public, it may often be the spin that distinguishes one poll from another, not the tangled reality that emerges from the numbers.
10.Even in closely contested elections, most of the pollsters have called the winners, often by margins close to vote tally. And the pollsters who missed were off by a hair.
