11.   No independent poll takers have yet taken a measure of a possible Carnahan-Talent race.

12.   Oddly that alone may be enough to tip the vote his way, poll takers say.

13.   Of course, poll takers recognize that people often answer questions with the answer they think they should give rather than with the answer that actually reflects their behavior.

14.   Political analysts and poll takers say the verbal slugfest between the two has left both so politically bruised that the contest is a toss-up.

15.   Politicians are increasingly reluctant to take stands on important issues without first consulting with poll takers and professional spin doctors, and now govern in a perpetual campaign mode.

16.   Some poll takers question whether in a country as new to democracy as Russia, it is possible for pollsters with a strong partisan viewpoint to produce neutral research.

17.   That may explain why even though Mexicans feel their economic condition has not improved, they still tell poll takers that they will vote for the PRI.

18.   The erosion of support has surprised poll takers.

19.   The party was mocked for its reliance on poll takers.

20.   This is the case even though about half of all Republican primary voters have been telling poll takers that they wish other candidates would enter the race.