A poll is a survey in which people are asked their opinions about something, usually in order to find out how popular something is or what people intend to do in the future.

If you are polled on something, you are asked what you think about it as part of a survey.

The polls means an election for a country's government, or the place where people go to vote in an election.

If a political party or a candidate polls a particular number or percentage of votes, they get that number or percentage of votes in an election.