Push-poll

The push-poll operates under the guise of legitimate survey research to spread lies, rumors, and innuendo about candidates.

Republican pollster Ed Goeas echoed this sentiment, stating that "anonymously spreading rumor and innuendo through push-polls is sleazy and should have no part in a campaign strategy.

He was asked if the Clinton campaign was behind the push-poll, knew who was behind it or had any other information on it.

Are Hillary's consultants trying to push-poll New Yorkers around?

Dick Bennett of the American Research Group pollsters told Vanity Fair that his callers constantly encountered people who had just been push-polled.

Soon afterward, voters reported being push-polled.