21.   His showing was based on his personal popularity and his promises to root out corruption and restore law and order.

22.   Her past performance in the district and personal popularity has ensured enough DAB votes for her to win a seat.

23.   It was believed at the time that both Hun Sen and Ranariddh considered his rhetoric and personal popularity to be a political threat.

24.   It was never clear that Zedillo wanted personal popularity.

25.   Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, riding a wave of personal popularity, is expected to lead his jigsaw coalition of nearly two dozen parties back to power.

26.   Schroeder, more affable than his somewhat austere challenger, is banking on his personal popularity to win a second term.

27.   Schroeder, who routs Kohl in personal popularity polls, is trying to stay above the fray.

28.   Simitis called snap elections in an apparent bid to exploit his personal popularity, saying he needed a fresh mandate to face economic and foreign policy challenges.

29.   The source says Mr Kan will win because of his proven loyalty to Beijing as a foil against the Democrats, and Mrs Fan because of her personal popularity.

30.   This is not the time to seek personal popularity.