1.   A new poll shows voters nationally are leaning toward Democrats in the next Congressional election.

2.   But Bennett said the ads only have strengthened the loyalty of voters previously leaning toward Dole and Gramm.

3.   But he said had always expected undecided voters to lean to Perot in the final weekend, as happened four years ago.

4.   But New Jersey and, in particular, this part of the state have long been considered a barometer of where independent voters are leaning.

5.   David Harris, deputy director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, said Republicans have been saying for years that Jewish voters are leaning their way.

6.   Many voters lean toward the political right.

7.   That could be good news for Gore because disabled voters have traditionally leaned Democratic.

8.   The poll, sponsored by the Univision network, found that the voters leaned strongly toward the Democrats but were open to Republican issues and candidates.

9.   He added that the outcome was evidence that voters leaned toward the center, the position from which Clinton campaigned and won his re-election bid.

10.   Democrats have lost their traditional monopoly in the South where voters now lean in favor of Republicans.