Gallup poll

Etymology
Eponym.

Noun

 * 1) A poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public, conducted by  or one the companies he founded.
 * 2)  Any poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public.
 * 3) * 1971, Herman Wouk, The Winds of War, chapter 42,
 * "Pity we live in the same century with that strange creature. Say, we have here two men who talked at length face to face with the fellow. Let's take a Gallup poll. Sumner, do you think Hitler is a madman?"
 * 1) * 1999 (date of publication), The Freedom Writers and Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary, ISBN 038549422X, Diary 54,
 * It was like that until I transferred to Ms. Gruwell's class. Up until that point it had always been: "So, Joyce, how do black people feel about Affirmative Action?"...
 * I just new I wouldn't have to keep sending Gallup polls out to Negroes all around the country. And that is how I found myself starting my junior year in Ms. Gruwell's class.
 * I just new I wouldn't have to keep sending Gallup polls out to Negroes all around the country. And that is how I found myself starting my junior year in Ms. Gruwell's class.