Poll, polled, or polling may refer to:

Figurative head counts

* Poll, a formal

election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ...

Election verification exit poll An election verification exit poll (EVEP) is a relatively new concept in polling, intended to improve the accuracy of exit polls to such an extent that they can be used to verify election results. Traditional (media) exit polling relies on small s ...

, a survey taken to verify election counts ** Polling,

voting Voting is a method by which a group, such as a meeting or an electorate, can engage for the purpose of making a collective decision or expressing an opinion usually following discussions, debates or election campaigns. Democracies elect holde ...

to make decisions or determine opinions **

Polling place A polling place is where voters cast their ballots in elections. The phrase polling station is also used in American English and British English, although polling place is the building

s or polling station, a.k.a. the polls, where voters cast their ballots in elections * Poll, a non-formal

: **

Opinion poll An opinion poll, often simply referred to as a survey or a poll (although strictly a poll is an actual election) is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions ...

, a survey of public opinion **

Exit poll An election exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations. A similar poll conducted before actual voters have voted is called an entrance poll. Pollsters – usually private companies working for n ...

, a survey of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations **

Straw poll A straw poll, straw vote, or straw ballot is an ad hoc or unofficial vote. It is used to show the popular opinion on a certain matter, and can be used to help politicians know the majority opinion and help them decide what to say in order to gain ...

, an ad-hoc or unofficial vote **

Survey (human research) In research of human subjects, a survey is a list of questions aimed for extracting specific data from a particular group of people. Surveys may be conducted by phone, mail, via the internet, and also at street corners or in malls. Surveys are us ...

Agriculture

Poll (livestock) The poll is a name of the part of an animal's head, alternatively referencing a point immediately behind or right between the ears. This area of the anatomy is of particular significance for the horse. Specifically, the "poll" refers to the occip ...

, the top of an animal's head *

Polled livestock Polled livestock are livestock without horns in species which are normally horned. The term refers to both breeds and strains that are naturally polled through selective breeding and also to naturally horned animals that have been disbudded. Nat ...

, hornless livestock of normally horned species * Polling,

livestock dehorning Dehorning is the process of removing the horns of livestock. Cattle, sheep, and goats are sometimes dehorned for economic and safety reasons. Disbudding is a different process with similar results; it cauterizes and thus destroys horn buds before ...

Arts, entertainment, and media

Poll (band) Poll was a Greek pop group founded in 1971 by Kostas Tournas, Robert Williams, Stavros Logaridis and Kostas Papaioannou. In Greece, it is considered a historic group of the 1970s with pioneering lyrics. Poll is a legendary pop group which resonat ...

, a Greek pop group of the 1970s * ''Poll'', the German title for the 2010 film ''

The Poll Diaries ''The Poll Diaries'' (german: Poll) is a 2010 German drama film directed by Chris Kraus. ''The Poll Diaries'' was the most expensive film that had ever been made in Estonia at the time. Later, '' Truth and Justice'' (2019) became the most expen ...

Mathematics, science, and technology

poll (Unix) is a POSIX system call to wait for one or more file descriptors to become ready for use. On *BSD and macOS, it has been largely superseded by kqueue in high performance applications. On Linux, it has been superseded by and . See also * kque ...

, a Unix system call *

POLL Poll, polled, or polling may refer to: Figurative head counts * Poll, a formal election ** Election verification exit poll, a survey taken to verify election counts ** Polling, voting to make decisions or determine opinions ** Polling places o ...

, DNA polymerase lambda *

Polling (computer science) Polling, or polled operation, in computer science, refers to actively sampling the status of an external device by a client program as a synchronous activity. Polling is most often used in terms of input/output (), and is also referred to as po ...

, actively and synchronously sampling an external device's status *

Polling system In queueing theory, a discipline within the mathematical theory of probability, a polling system or polling model is a system where a single server visits a set of queues in some order. The model has applications in computer networks and telecommun ...

, a mathematical model where a single server visits a set of queues in some order

People

Given name or middle name

Silvia Poll Ahrens Sylvia Úrsula Poll Ahrens (born September 24, 1970 in Managua, Managua, Nicaragua) is an Olympic and List of Costa Rican records in swimming, National Record holding swimmer from Costa Rica. At the Costa Rica at the 1988 Summer Olympics, 1988 ...

(born 1970), Central American swimmer with Olympic medal * Poll Ashokanand (born 1940), Indian former cricketer * Poll Shyamsunder (1924–1988), Indian cricketer

Surname

Brian Poll Brian William Poll (5 January 1941 – 18 June 1999) was an English cricketer. Poll was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Poll made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1966 Mi ...

(1941–1999), English cricketer *

Claudia Poll Claudia María Poll Ahrens (born 21 December 1972) is a former Costa Rican swimmer who competed in the 200 m to 800 m freestyle events. She is Costa Rica's only Olympic gold-medalist, having won the country's first Olympic gold medal ...

(born 1972), Central American swimmer with Olympic gold medal *

George St Poll George St Poll (by 1499 – 1558/1559), of Louth Park, Lincoln, North Carlton, and Snarford, Lincolnshire, and Lincoln's Inn, London was an English politician. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Lincoln Lincoln most commonl ...

(died 1550s), an English politician *

Graham Poll Graham Poll (born 29 July 1963) is an English former football referee in the Premier League. With 26 years of experience, he was one of the most prominent referees in English football, often taking charge of the highest-profile games. His fina ...

(born 1963), British referee *

Jana Franziska Poll Jana Franziska Poll (born 7 May 1988 in Meppen, West Germany) is a German volleyball player, member of the Germany women's national volleyball team. At club level, she plays for German Allianz MTV Stuttgart. National team career Poll made her ...

(born 1988), German volleyball player *

Jon Poll Jon Poll (born 1958) is an American film director, editor and producer, best known for his directorial debut with the 2007 film '' Charlie Bartlett''. Career Poll is the one of three sons of the late film producer, Martin Poll. He graduated fr ...

(born 1958), American film director *

Martin Poll Martin Poll (November 24, 1922 – April 14, 2012) was an American film and television producer. Poll produced eleven feature films during his career, including '' The Lion in Winter'', for which he received a 1968 Academy Award nomination for ...

(1922–2012), American film and television producer *

Max Poll Max Fernand Leon Poll (21 July 1908 in Ruisbroek, Flemish Brabant, Ruisbroek – 13 March 1991 in Uccle) was a Belgians, Belgian ichthyologist who specialised in the Cichlidae. In the years 1946 and 1947 he organised an exploration, expedition to L ...

(1908–1991), Belgian ichthyologist *

Mihkel Poll Mihkel Poll (born 14 August 1986 in Tallinn) is an Estonian pianist trained at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre under Ivari Ilja Ivari Ilja (born May 3, 1959 in Tallinn) is an Estonian pianist trained at the Moscow Conservatory under ...

(born 1986), Estonian pianist *

Richard D. Poll Richard Douglas Poll (April 23, 1918 – April 27, 1994) was an American historian, academic, author and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His liberal religiosity influenced his notable metaphor about "Iron Ro ...

(1918–1994), American historian, academic, author *

Thomas St Poll Thomas St Poll (c. 1539 – 1582) was the member of Parliament for Great Grimsby in 1571 and Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. I ...

(died 1582), member of Parliament *

Kim Polling Kim Polling (born 8 February 1991) is a Dutch judoka competing in the women's 70 kg division. Quadruple European Champion Kim Polling was World #1 for 3 years. She bagged the Grand Slam gold in Antalya in 2021. She won various different G ...

(born 1991), Dutch judoka

Places

Austria

Polling im Innkreis Polling im Innkreis is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Polling lies in the Innviertel The Innviertel (literally German for "Inn Quarter"; officially called the ''Innkreis''; ) ...

, a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria * Polling in Tirol, a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in Tyrol

Germany

Poll, Cologne Poll ( ; ) is a quarter of the city of Cologne, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is part of the borough of Porz. Location Polls natural border to the west is the Rhine. To the south it is the Bundesautobahn 4 and the Cologne Rodenkirchen ...

, a quarter of Cologne, Germany * Polling, Mühldorf, a municipality in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria *

Polling, Weilheim-Schongau Polling is a municipality in the Weilheim-Schongau district, in Bavaria, Germany. It is the birthplace of the 12th century theologian Gerhoh of Reichersberg. Geography Polling lies in the region Bayerisches Oberland and belongs to the Landkreis ...

, a municipality in the district of Weilheim-Schongau in Bavaria

Other uses

Deed poll A deed poll (plural: deeds poll) is a legal document binding on a single person or several persons acting jointly to express an intention or create an obligation. It is a deed, and not a contract because it binds only one party (law), party. Et ...

, a legal document binding only to a single person or party * Poll, the part of a

claw hammer A claw hammer is a hammer primarily used in carpentry for driving nails into or pulling them from wood. Historically, a claw hammer has been associated with woodworking, but is also used in general applications. It is not suitable for heavy h ...

head containing its driving face * Poll tax (disambiguation), several related forms of taxation * Polling (usually spelled "poleing"), standing up with arms to the sides in unusual public spaces; a variant of planking * Polling or

pollarding Pollarding is a pruning system involving the removal of the upper branches of a tree, which promotes the growth of a dense head of foliage and branches. In ancient Rome, Propertius mentioned pollarding during the 1st century BCE. The practice oc ...

, cutting the upper part of a tree and allowing it to regrow * Push poll, an interactive marketing technique or political is-nformation campaign designed to appear as an opinion poll