1.   Although poll takers say she remains very popular, local taxpayers tend to blame her administration when the gap in state aid is closed with money from their wallets.

2.   Another is the surging influence of poll takers and marketing experts, and a corresponding decline in the power of traditional brokers like labor and peasant bosses.

3.   At the end of the day, officials said, poll takers simply dumped the ballots out of their boxes, toted them up and telephoned in the numbers.

4.   After a campaign that has been full of surprises, poll takers do not exclude a surprise win for Jospin.

5.   But it may be too late, some poll takers say.

6.   But with a relentless conviction, Kohl has closed the gap to the point where poll takers say any outcome is possible.

7.   Corruption has become so extensive in China that people frequently tell poll takers it is the gravest threat to the country.

8.   For the first time in decades, poll takers say, the Dutch election outcome is unpredictable.

9.   He laugh at the poll takers.

10.   In New Delhi and Rajasthan, strongholds of the Hindu nationalists, the Congress Party is gaining ground and may win, poll takers say.