voodoo poll

voodoo poll
 n.โ€” ยซCole previously had called a Hargis poll showing Hargis leading in Tulsa “a shell game.” Hunter said this weekโ€™s poll for Price was a “voodoo poll.”ยป โ€”โ€œ2 Republican Candidates for Governor Battle Over Poll ” by David Zizzo Sunday Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Okla.) July 29, 1990. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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