The people I survey in Ohio getting shocked (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
hoi polloi
'the people' is the definition.
(Greek term for the common people)
'i survey in ohio getting shocked' is the wordplay.
'survey' becomes 'poll' (polling is a kind of surveying).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'getting shocked' indicates an anagram.
'i'+'poll'='ipoll'
'ohio' is an anagram of 'hooi'.
'ipoll' placed inside 'hooi' is 'HOI POLLOI'.
(Other definitions for hoi polloi that I've seen before include "ordinary people" , "commoners" , "The common people generally" , "The common people - in Greece" , "Plebs" .)