voodoo poll
n.— «Cole previously had called a Hargis poll showing Hargis leading in Tulsa “a shell game.” Hunter said this week’s poll for Price was a “voodoo poll.”» —“2 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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