"push-poll" meaning in English

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        {
          "ref": "1996, Larry Sabato, Dirty Little Secrets, page 245",
          "text": "The push-poll operates under the guise of legitimate survey research to spread lies, rumors, and innuendo about candidates.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Dennis W. Johnson, No Place for Amateurs, 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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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    {
      "form": "push-polling",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "push-polled",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "push-polled",
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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, 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Daniel M. Shea, Brian M. Harward, Presidential Campaigns: Documents Decoded, page 209",
          "text": "Soon afterward, voters reported being push-polled.",
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        {
          "ref": "1996, Larry Sabato, Dirty Little Secrets, page 245",
          "text": "The push-poll operates under the guise of legitimate survey research to spread lies, rumors, and innuendo about candidates.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001, Dennis W. Johnson, No Place for Amateurs, 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 February 3, Andrew Malcolm, “Breaking News: Pro-Clinton push poll erupts in California”, in Los Angeles Times",
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      "form": "push-polled",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, David Mark, Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning, 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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        },
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          "ref": "2013, Daniel M. Shea, Brian M. Harward, Presidential Campaigns: Documents Decoded, page 209",
          "text": "Soon afterward, voters reported being push-polled.",
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