An inquiry into public opinion conducted by interviewing a random sample of people.
synoniemen: canvass, poll, public opinion poll.
Roget 737b:
politics;
political science;
candidacy,
campaign,
campaigning,
electioneering;
partisanship,
ideology,
factionalism.
election,
poll,
ballot,
vote,
referendum,
recall,
initiative,
voice,
suffrage,
plumper,
cumulative vote,
plebiscitum [Lat.],
plebiscite,
vox populi;
electioneering;
voting
etc.
v.;
elective franchise;
straight ticket [U.S.];
opinion poll,
popularity poll.
issue;
opinion,
stand,
position;
program,
platform;
party line.
[ideologies]
democracy,
republicanism;
communism,
statism,
state socialism;
socialism;
conservatism,
toryism;
liberalism,
whigism;
theocracy;
constitutional monarchy.
[political parties]
party
etc.
712;
[U.S: Political parties list],
Democratic Party,
Republican Party,
Socialist Party;
Communist Party;
[U.S. defunct parties: list],
Federalist Party,
Bull Moose Party,
Abolitionist Party;
[Germany: list],
Christian Democratic Party,
Social Democratic Party;
National Socialist Worker's Party;
[Germany, 1930-1945],
Nazi Party;
[Great Britain:list],
Liberal Party,
Labor Party,
Conservative Party.
ticket,
slate.
[person active in politics]
politician
activist;
[specific politicians: list],
candidate,
aspirant,
hopeful,
office-seeker,
front-runner,
dark horse,
long shot,
shoo-in;
supporter,
backer,
political worker,
campaign worker;
lobbyist,
contributor;
party hack,
ward heeler;
regional candidate,
favorite son;
running mate,
stalking horse;
perpetual candidate,
political animal.
political contribution,
campaign contribution;
political action committee,
PAC.
political district,
electoral division,
electoral district,
bailiwick.
electorate,
constituents.
get-out-the-vote campaign,
political education.
negative campaigning,
dirty politics,
smear campaign.
[unsuccessful candidate]
also-ran,
loser;
has-been.
[successful candidate]
office holder,
official,
occupant of a position;
public servant,
incumbent;
winner.
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Roget 609:
choice,
option;
discretion
etc.
(volition)
600;
preoption†;
alternative;
dilemma,
embarras de choix [Fr.];
adoption,
cooptation†;
novation†;
decision
etc.
(judgment)
480.
election;
political election
(politics)
737.1.
selection,
excerption,
gleaning,
eclecticism;
excerpta†,
gleanings,
cuttings,
scissors and paste;
pick
etc.
(best)
650.
preference,
prelation†,
opinion poll,
survey;
predilection
etc.
(desire)
865.
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Roget 463:
experiment;
essay
etc.
(attempt)
675;
analysis
etc.
(investigation)
461;
screen;
trial,
tentative method,
t=atonnement.
verification,
probation,
experimentum crucis [Lat.],
proof,
(demonstration)
478;
criterion,
diagnostic,
test,
probe,
crucial test,
acid test,
litmus test.
crucible,
reagent,
check,
touchstone,
pix†;
assay,
ordeal;
ring;
litmus paper,
curcuma paper†,
turmeric paper;
test tube;
analytical instruments
etc.
633.
empiricism,
rule of thumb.
feeler;
trial balloon,
pilot balloon,
messenger balloon;
pilot engine;
scout;
straw to show the wind.
speculation,
random shot,
leap in the dark.
analyzer,
analyst,
assayist†;
adventurer;
experimenter,
experimentist†,
experimentalist;
scientist,
engineer,
technician.
subject,
experimentee†,
guinea pig,
experimental animal.
[experimental method]
protocol,
experimental method,
blind experiment,
double-blind experiment,
controlled experiment.
poll,
survey,
opinion poll.
epidemiological survey [Med.],
retrospective analysis,
retrospective survey,
prospective survey,
prospective analysis;
statistical analysis.
literature search,
library research.
tryout,
audition.
[results of experiment]
discovery
etc.
480;
measurement
etc.
466;
evidence
etc.
467.
[reasoning about an experiment]
deduction,
induction,
abduction.
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Nederlands: enquete, demoscopie, opinieonderzoek, opiniepeiling, poll
Pools: ankietyzacja, ankietowanie, ankietyzowanie