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The people I survey in Ohio getting shocked (3,6)

Ross

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" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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