51.   It appears he respects women as a voting bloc but uses women for his own sexual pleasure.

52.   It makes a lot of sense to view the counties as a voting bloc, says Philip Friedman, a political strategist and proponent of this theory.

53.   It was once thought that gun rights advocates are a potent single-issue voting bloc while gun control supporters do not turn out at the polls with the same intensity.

54.   Its conservative voting bloc consists of three justices, Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, all appointed by Republican presidents.

55.   Joseph A. Schlesinger, an emeritus political science professor at Michigan State University, said he does not believe Catholic voters are a distinct voting bloc.

56.   Narrow voting blocs matter all the more, apparently, when there is no big strategic controversy to define for the public.

57.   Never a monolithic voting bloc, Hispanics usually support Democratic candidates.

58.   Of course, this is only one way to describe one of many voting blocs that could be crucial to this or any other election.

59.   On this issue, the administration may be bargaining from a position of strength, because the senior citizen voting bloc has a big stake in Medicaid.

60.   On the one hand, Bush is intent on reaching out to voting blocs such as Hispanics that have not traditionally been courted by Republicans.