31.   Even without Dole and Forbes, the poll has national significance.

32.   Even before Wilson withdrew, Dole had a commanding lead over other contenders for the Republican nomination, public opinion polls have shown.

33.   For months, polls have had Arpaio and Salmon in a virtual tie.

34.   Fund raising is an imprecise measure of political strength, but it is widely used by politicians to judge a candidacy before polls have much value.

35.   George W. Bush and Al Gore are well ahead of their rivals in Illinois and Ohio, two recent polls have find.

36.   Hardly scientific, these polls often have as much to do with how many tables a campaign bought at a fund-raising dinner as anything else.

37.   He said he thinks his son will win this state despite the fact that one poll has him in a dead heat with Gore.

38.   He told reporters he would push on to New Hampshire, where recent polls have him well back in the crowded field of GOP hopefuls.

39.   His polls have him on top.