11.   He is the chairman and founder of the polling firm DYG, Inc.

12.   Ignagni released a survey conducted by the Washington-based polling firm, Peter D. Hart Research Associates Inc.

13.   Nearly two-thirds of respondents in a recent survey conducted by the respected polling firm Apoyo said they would emigrate from Peru if they could.

14.   Officials with the polling firm emphasized that the poll was not intended to predict the election results.

15.   The audience was selected by a polling firm to ensure demographic balance.

16.   The survey was conducted by Martin Labbe Associates, Ormond Beach, Fla., a polling firm specializing in research for the transportation industry.

17.   This year, a polling firm hired by the San Diego Union-Tribune found that many delegates are deeply distrustful of the press.

18.   Three of the surveys were performed by Republican-affiliated polling firms.

19.   Using a private polling firm, Collins has conducted telephone surveys of Sonoma County that, he says, prove his client cannot find an unbiased jury there.

20.   Yet Voter News Service, the news consortium that hires polling firms to sample the electorate on Election Day, still believed it could plug leaks.