"push-poll" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1996, Larry Sabato, Dirty Little Secrets, →ISBN, page 245:",
          "text": "The push-poll operates under the guise of legitimate survey research to spread lies, rumors, and innuendo about candidates.",
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          "ref": "2001, Dennis W. Johnson, No Place for Amateurs, →ISBN, page 166:",
          "text": "Republican pollster Ed Goeas echoed this sentiment, stating that \"anonymously spreading rumor and innuendo through push-polls is sleazy and should have no part in a campaign strategy.",
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          "ref": "2008 February 3, Andrew Malcolm, “Breaking News: Pro-Clinton push poll erupts in California”, in Los Angeles Times:",
          "text": "He was asked if the Clinton campaign was behind the push-poll, knew who was behind it or had any other information on it.",
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          "ref": "2000, New York - Volume 33, Issues 5-12:",
          "text": "Are Hillary's consultants trying to push-poll New Yorkers around?",
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          "ref": "2009, David Mark, Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning, →ISBN, page 206:",
          "text": "Dick Bennett of the American Research Group pollsters told Vanity Fair that his callers constantly encountered people who had just been push-polled.",
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          "ref": "2013, Daniel M. Shea, Brian M. Harward, Presidential Campaigns: Documents Decoded, →ISBN, page 209:",
          "text": "Soon afterward, voters reported being push-polled.",
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