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- In politics, polling is the surveying of public opinion on an issue.
- In metallurgy, polling is the refining of a crude metal made impure by its own oxides.
- In telecommunication, the term polling can mean:
- Network control in which the control station invites tributary stations to transmit in the sequence specified by the control station,
- In point-to-point or multipoint communication, the process whereby stations are invited one at a time to transmit,
- In automated HF radio systems, a technique for measuring and reporting channel quality.
- The sequential interrogation of devices for various purposes, such as avoiding contention, determining operational status, or determining readiness to send or receive data. Computer science shares this definition of the word.
- In computer science
- Actively sampling the status of an external device by a client program as a synchronous activity. See Polling (computer science)
- In arboriculture, to trim a tree
- In agriculture, to cut off hair, horns etc of cattle
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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700
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Associates - An international survey and strategic consulting firm serving political candidates and corporations.
Associates, Inc. -- Strategic Opinion Research - metropolitan Atlanta firm that specializes in providing quality research and strategic advice to corporations, associations, and Republican political candidates.
Staff - Offices in Washington, DC and Femandina Beach, FL. Clients include political parties, candidates, media, issues advocacy, referenda, and major corporations.
Meta Description: [ Hamilton Beattie & Staff is a polling and strategy firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Fernandina Beach, Florida. Since 1964, HB&S has provided strategy and research for companies, organizations and Democratic candidates in all 50 states, and 22 different countries. ]
Abacus Associates - international public opinion and strategic research firm providing consulting services for advocacy organizations, political candidates, political parties, government officials, labor unions, and corporations.
Ciruli Associates - A Colorado-based public opinion and political analysis firm. Provides results of current polls, links on current issues and list of upcoming events.
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Data Associates - a marketing research and political polling serving Alabama, Georgia, and the Southeast United States.
Meta Description: [ Data Associates has served the marketing research and public opinion needs of West Georgia and East Alabama since 1976. ]
DataProbe Inc. - Canadian based Market Research and Polling Call Center offering full range of marketing services in the United States and Canada.
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research - Public opinion and strategic research for companies, political campaigns, and issue organizations.
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Harstad Strategic Research, LLC - Boulder, Colorado, political polling, PR research, market research, and strategic consulting firm which offers strategies for positioning, messaging, marketing, and targeting.
Hill Research Consultants - A national firm that has provided accurate and cost-effective public opinion polling and market research since 1988 to political campaigns, corporations, schools, law firms, and associations.
Mason-Dixon Polling and Research - A major US political polling firm specializing in state polls.
Meta Description: [ Mason-Dixon is an independent polling firm that conducts public policy and political polling and research for news media, advocacy groups, trade associations, public relations and marketing professionals.
Since 1983, Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. has conducted surveys in every state in... ]
McLaughlin and Associates: McLaughlinOnline.com - An international survey research and strategic services company, specializing in public opinion polls, market research, strategic consulting services, and media buying.
Meta Description: [ An international survey research and strategic services company, specializing in public opinion polls, market research, strategic consulting services, and media buying. ]
Moore Information, Inc. - provides public opinion research for campaigns and corporations across the United States. Facilities located in Portland Oregon.
Opinion Dynamics Corporation - Full-service market research firm in energy/utility, associations, ballot measure, health care, education, and other areas.
Meta Description: [ Opinion Dynamics is a leading national, full-service market research firm based in Cambridge, MA. ]
Pineda Consulting - A California-based, Latino-owned firm specializing in political polling, strategic research and communications.
PRiMeR, Ltd. - Providing opinion research and polling for candidates, organizations, and governments in the US and worldwide. Capabilities include focus groups, face-to-face interviews, and telephone surveys.
Public Opinion Strategies - a national Republican political and public affairs research firm with its roots in political campaigns, its research is focused on producing information that drives decisions and results.
Research 2000 - Olney, Maryland-based polling and research firm specializing in U.S. state and local elections. Staff and company profiles, op-eds, media citations, and poll result archives included.
Meta Description: [ Unbiased & Reliable ]
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Schapiro Research Group - National political and public opinion polling firm which provides public opinion research and strategies.
Meta Description: [ Schapiro Research Group develops strategy for decision-makers in business, politics, and policy through innovative applied social research. As a partner in strategy, we are directly involved in achieving our clients’ most important goals. For more than two decades, we have developed strategies ... ]
Scientific Marketing Analysis - A public opinion, market research and political consulting firm specializing in polling for Republican candidates, corporations and interest groups.
Southern Opinion Research - A survey research company specializing in political and election surveys, litigation services, church and religious organizational surveys and media research.
SurveyUSA - Conducts interactive, fast-turn, affordable public opinion polls and private market research for the nation's most discriminating clients.
Meta Description: [ Conducts fast-turn, affordable opinion polls and market research for TV news ]
The Gallup Brain - searchable databases of poll data since 1935 on a fee basis.
The Gallup Organization - Provides market research and consulting services around the world. Publisher of the Gallup Poll, a widely recognized barometer of American opinion.
Meta Description: [ Gallup.com delivers in-depth insights on public opinion polling, societal issues, education, management, and human talent through news, video, RSS feeds, audio, books, publications, and e-mail ]
The Polling Company - A full-service market research, public affairs and political consulting firm with offices in Washington and San Francisco.
The Tarrance Group - A national Republican polling firm, providing polls, election information, and related services.
Viewpoint USA - public opinion research organization located in Guilford, Connecticut offering political polling and marketing research.
Meta Description: [ Provide market research services including research design, data collection, analysis and reporting.>
WebPoll.biz - On-line public opinion research firm specializing in database surveys.
Meta Description: [ Web Poll is an online public opinion research firm specializing in database surveys. ]
Zogby International - A leading polling firms in the United States and the official North American and South American political polling agency for Reuters.
Meta Description: [ To Offer the Best Polling, Market Research, & Information Services Worldwide Based on Accuracy & Detailed Strategic Information. Zogby International is constantly searching, testing and measuring hypotheses and principles on polling and public opinion research. Working with a panel of psychologis... ]
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