Other companies pretending to be legitimate polling agencies, attempt to influence voters through leading questions, in so called "push polls".

The group paid for automated "push poll" calls attacking Hill.

A push poll is more a trick of persuasion than a legitimate polling technique.

Candidate Huckabee quickly came under fire for the push polls, but threw his hands up in frustration.

In a push poll, voters are asked which candidate they support.

Roger Ailes referred to the study as "an old push poll."

Mr. Bush has threatened to fire any campaign staff member involved with such "push polls."

We ran a fact-based public opinion survey, not a push poll.

Much more is known about a push poll conducted in March in Texas.

One is a "push poll," a smear campaign that sounds like a neutral phone survey.