1.   Well, consider an instant poll of a class of first-year law students, asked Tuesday who they wanted for their dean.

2.   Another possibility would be letting viewers take part in an instant poll during a television talk show.

3.   Debate watchers gave Al Gore the edge over George W. Bush in three of four instant polls, but both candidates apparently improved their image with voters.

4.   In instant polls conducted Tuesday night, respondents by a narrow margin said Gore won the final round.

5.   Instant polls showed positive results for Clinton.

6.   Instant polls and irrelevant opinions feed the beast of open airwaves and beckoning newsholes.

7.   Kohut downplayed the importance of instant polls taken after televised debates and conventions.

8.   The new center is wielding ever more power through instant polls, focus groups and an active presence in mainstream environmental, consumer and church-based groups.

9.   There are daily tracking polls, instant post-debate polls, traditional telephone polls and new online polls.

10.   They pointed both to their own instant poll conducted as the debate was taking place and several public polls.