<s>
A	O
poll	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
is	O
an	O
entity	O
that	O
tracks	O
and	O
aggregates	O
,	O
often	O
but	O
not	O
exclusively	O
by	O
averaging	O
,	O
individual	O
polls	O
conducted	O
by	O
different	O
organizations	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
gauge	O
public	O
sentiment	O
on	O
key	O
civic	O
issues	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
approval	O
rating	O
of	O
a	O
major	O
political	O
figure	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
president	O
,	O
prime	O
minister	O
,	O
monarch	O
,	O
governor	O
,	O
lawmaker	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
poll	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
may	O
also	O
forecast	O
the	O
likely	O
outcome	O
of	O
upcoming	O
elections	O
by	O
gathering	O
and	O
analysing	O
pre-election	O
polls	O
published	O
by	O
others	O
,	O
and/or	O
utilizing	O
other	O
available	O
politics-related	O
information	O
which	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
its	O
methodology	O
,	O
may	O
affect	O
the	O
outcome	O
of	O
an	O
election	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Veteran	O
political	O
journalist	O
Bill	O
Moyers	O
has	O
commented	O
that	O
poll	B-Application
aggregators	I-Application
are	O
a	O
good	O
tool	O
for	O
sorting	O
out	O
the	O
polls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Relative	O
newcomer	O
FiveThirtyEight	B-Application
began	O
in	O
2008	O
by	O
baseball	O
statistician	O
Nate	O
Silver	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
lauded	O
for	O
the	O
quality	O
of	O
its	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
an	O
aggregator	O
of	O
poll	B-Application
aggregators	I-Application
see	O
the	O
PollyVote	O
,	O
which	O
combines	O
different	O
polling	O
averages	O
as	O
one	O
component	O
of	O
a	O
combined	O
forecast	O
of	O
the	O
US	O
presidential	O
election	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Australia	O
,	O
William	B-General_Concept
Bowe	I-General_Concept
's	O
Poll	B-General_Concept
Bludger	I-General_Concept
hosts	O
the	O
Bludger	O
Tracker	O
poll	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Europe	O
Elects	O
is	O
a	O
poll	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
that	O
collects	O
voting	O
intention	O
polling	O
data	O
from	O
across	O
the	O
European	O
continent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
the	O
proliferation	O
of	O
poll	B-Application
aggregators	I-Application
such	O
as	O
those	O
mentioned	O
above	O
,	O
a	O
notable	O
approach	O
to	O
poll	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
is	O
not	O
to	O
aggregate	O
individual	O
polls	O
as	O
has	O
been	O
done	O
for	O
years	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
to	O
aggregate	O
the	O
poll	B-Application
aggregators	I-Application
so	O
as	O
to	O
(	O
arguably	O
)	O
provide	O
an	O
even	O
more	O
stable	O
overview	O
of	O
polling	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PollyVote	O
,	O
noted	O
above	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
prominent	O
example	O
of	O
an	O
aggregator	O
of	O
poll	B-Application
aggregators	I-Application
.	O
</s>
