Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1940, from George H. Gallup (1901-1984), U.S. journalist and statistician, who in 1935 set up the American Institute of Public Opinion.
Usage examples of "gallup poll".
According to the Gallup Poll, Hull was the party's first choice and he was the second choice, but since Hull was a Southerner and could not be nominated.
In a Gallup poll taken in February 2001, respondents ranked Ronald Reagan as America’.
In a Gallup poll taken in February 2001, respondents ranked Ronald Reagan as Americas greatest president, beating out George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the lefts beloved Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
A Gallup poll taken in nine Muslim nations last year found that only 18 percent of the people believed the yarn about Arabs flying planes into buildings on September 11.
I was called by the Gallup Poll people once and I don't remember what it was about but I answered 'none of the above' and 'other' to every question.
For all the honesty Desi said he admired in me, I sure know it wasn't anything to do with my answers to a Gallup Poll that was bothering me, but there I was, bogged down talking about all of that, and that's a land of dishonesty, it seems to me now.
In a new Gallup poll, 44 percent of the respondents said they expected me to win the debate, and 30 percent said they could be swayed by it.
In a CNN/USA TODAY/GALLUP poll conducted in April of 1996, 68 percent of those surveyed said they didn't agree that all of the suspects have been captured.