Sentence:  It was like that until I transferred to Ms. Gruwell's class. Up until that point it had always been: "So, Joyce, how do black people feel about Affirmative Action?"... / I just new I wouldn't have to keep sending <WSD>Gallup polls</WSD> out to Negroes all around the country. And that is how I found myself starting my junior year in Ms. Gruwell's class. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Any poll of the opinion of randomly chosen persons, used to represent the opinion of the public.