1.   Polling suggests the association is welcome at this point in the campaign.

2.   Polling data suggest that this campaign has failed to reverse American sympathies but may have shored up the instinct for neutrality.

3.   Polling suggests that the race, which was virtually even when the governor was alive, has tilted toward Carnahan since his death.

4.   Forbes did better than polling had suggested, siphoning off votes from three other conservatives competing for the same pool of votes.

5.   Forbes did better than polling had suggested, siphoning off votes from three others competing for the same pool of conservative votes.