poll‧ing /ˈpəʊlɪŋ $ ˈpoʊ-/ noun [uncountable]

1. when people vote in a political election:
Polling started at 8.00 this morning.
heavy/light polling (=with many or few people voting)

2. when a person or an organization asks a lot of people the same questions in order to find out what they think about a subject

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