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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (46987)	11/8/2010 6:23:12 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

No not a big difference. An election is a type of poll. poll 3. the registering of votes, as at an election. 4. the voting at an election. 5. the number of votes cast. 6. the numerical result of the voting. 16. to receive at the polls, as votes. 18. to take or register the votes of (persons). 19. to deposit or cast at the polls, as a vote. 20. to bring to the polls, as voters. dictionary.reference.com It also fits 1. a sampling or collection of opinions on a subject, taken from either a selected or a random group of persons, as for the purpose of analysis. dictionary.reference.com (Self selected is selected, it doesn't require random selection in order to be a poll. Typically non-randomized polls, like many web polls, are called "unscientific polls", but they are still polls, and elections while technically in a sense "unscientific", are in many ways more reliable than smaller polls that are accepted as scientific.) For another source see - 4 a (1) : the casting or recording of the votes of a body of persons (2) : a counting of votes cast b : the place where votes are cast or recorded —usually used in plural <at the polls> c : the period of time during which votes may be cast at an election d : the total number of votes recorded <a heavy poll> merriam-webster.com