[
UK
/kˈænvəsɐ/
]
NOUN
- a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
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someone who conducts surveys of public opinion
a pollster conducts public opinion polls
a headcounter counts heads - a person who takes or counts votes
- someone who examines votes at an election
How To Use canvasser In A Sentence
- According to eyewitnesses one of those who shot at the canvassers was a uniformed ANC Daily News Briefing
- I've been a door-knocker, a phone canvasser and a poll-watcher. Minnesota Ballot High-Jinks: One Man's Story
- Any canvasser is free to add other Dems 'literature when they doorbell, but they'll have to find non-endorsed lit on their own. Democratic Endorsement Causes Rift Over Campaign Rules « PubliCola
- Citizen Action, a group that supports a government-run system, this summer will send 1,500 "canvassers" to 45,000 homes each night; volunteers will reach an additional 20,000 people by telephone. Health-Lobby Mania
- And to make that canvassing easier, the committee provides a multimedia tool for the canvasser that allows them to answer voter questions with video and detailed bullet points should the sell be needed. A Virtual Arms Race: How Online Campaign Expenses Have Skyrocketed In 2010
- Maybe they should have Gough out on the doorsteps as a pitchman, dodging the election canvassers to personally tout the club's wares.
- The recall canvassers found it difficult to get to residents of apartments and condominiums, and that many people were on holiday during the Christmas season, while others were not motivated to sign up at the mobile locations in the riding, he said. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
- Sounds like the 'phone canvasser is doing unknowns and potential squeezes and would therefore only expect a smallish proportion of new Labour iDs. Labour Leaflet 5 and phone canvassing
- It was the kind of manner that he might have shown to a titled canvasser just before an election. The Jervaise Comedy
- We had four customers at first but Dad hired a canvasser who went out and got new business.