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

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

Mathematics, science, and technology

* poll (Unix), a Unix system call * POLL, DNA polymerase lambda * Polling (computer science), 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 (born 1970), Central American swimmer with Olympic medal *

Poll Ashokanand Poll Ramchandrarao Ashokanand (born 27 November 1940) is an Indian former cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Hyderabad, Madras and Mysore between 1957 and 1972. See also * List of Hyderabad cricketers This is a list of all cricke ...

(born 1940), Indian former cricketer *

Poll Shyamsunder Poll Ramchandrarao "P.R." Shyamsunder (3 March 1924 – 15 May 1988) was an Indian cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Hyderabad, Madras and Mysore between 1944 and 1958. See also * List of Hyderabad cricketers This is a list ...

(1924–1988), Indian cricketer

Surname

* Brian Poll (1941–1999), English cricketer * Claudia Poll (born 1972), Central American swimmer with Olympic gold medal * George St Poll (died 1550s), an English politician * Graham Poll (born 1963), British referee * Jana Franziska Poll (born 1988), German volleyball player * Jon Poll (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 (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 (died 1582), member of Parliament * Kim Polling (born 1991), Dutch judoka

Places

Austria

* Polling im Innkreis, a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in Upper Austria *

Polling in Tirol Polling in Tirol is a municipality in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 17 km west of Innsbruck and 7 km before Telfs Telfs is a market town in the district of Innsbruck-Land in the Austrian state of ...

, 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 Polling is a municipality in the district of Mühldorf in Bavaria in Germany. It lies on the river Inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in ...

, 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