Character

Female Pollster

defensive casual resilient poised precise unflappable procedural

Amid Josh Lyman's gum-fueled paranoia exploding in the National Strategies Group, the Male Pollster cuts through the frenzy from the phone line, twice delivering unflinching corrections: polling hasn't started. Anchored in Joey Lucas' Midwest team, he embodies procedural steel—patiently realigning White House desperation with polling realities, shielding expertise from accent rants and deadline dread. His interventions steady the data pipeline under State of the Union pressure, a quiet enforcer of facts in the campaign's chaotic nerve center, forging reliability amid unraveling control.

2 appearances

Also known as: FEMALE CALLER, MALE CALLER

Female Pollster's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Josh's Pollster Outburst: Gum, Accents, and Paranoia

Defensive irritation under sudden public scrutiny

Female Pollster inserts gum into her mouth and chews audibly while prepping at her station, defensively retorting to Josh's sarcasm with clipped explanations, embodying casual professionalism amid the brewing confrontation.

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S2E13 · Bartlet's Third State of the Union

Donna Defuses Josh's Pollster Accent Paranoia

Defensive tension from prior gum rebuke, now stunned by public interrogation

As a key member of the polling team, stands silently amid the crowd staring at Josh after his gum confrontation escalates to yelling about accents, embodying the resented outsiders absorbing …

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Affiliation

National Strategies Group