humorous
reference to the
Gallup poll, the best known of the
public opinion surveys. Instituted by
Dr.
George Gallup in 1935,
trained interviewers interrogate a carefully selected but small crosssection of the population. A trot is a gait of a horse, etc., in which a front leg and the opposite hind leg are moved at the same
time.
—Conquest of Chaos Approved Glossary (8.7.92)