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Pollsters, who have not always been accurate in their predictions of Palestinian voting, say Fatah should win.

In certain, rare circumstances voters do not tell pollsters the truth, more out of embarrassment than mendacity.

Many white voters told pollsters that they would vote for the black candidate but, in the anonymity of the voting booth, they did not.

As well as the general public segment, pollsters also interviewed 200 opinion leaders for a separate set of results.

Finally, Guatemala is one of Latin America's most rural societies, which makes it a nightmare for pollsters.

Today, open support for segregation is so rare that pollsters no longer bother to ask the question.

In 1980, pollsters said the contest between President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan was too close to call but Reagan won by 51% to 41%.

Brazilian pollsters may be making it even harder than necessary by neglecting to ask respondents whether they actually intend to vote.

Almost 30% of Americans tell pollsters that America is not ready to put a septuagenarian into the White House.

And the idea that Hispanics would be reluctant to vote for a black candidate, as suggested by one of Mrs Clinton's pollsters, is overblown.

But pollsters say the public tends to connect failing infrastructure with reports of corruption.

Seven out of ten Americans routinely tell pollsters that they want their president to have a strong personal faith.

When the pollsters totted up the figures for other characters, the results were enough to make most writers think about finding new jobs.

And while Chinese might not always speak freely to pollsters, several indications suggest that these numbers express something real.

Pollsters have found a majority in favour of allowing civil marriage in Lebanon.

IT MAY not have been the electoral tsunami some pollsters had been predicting, but it was still pretty impressive.

If Mr Serra wins today, the pollsters will have to do a great deal of explaining.

Public opinion is ambiguous: voters tell pollsters they dislike bail-outs, but do not want to see the euro destroyed.

Stirrings of disillusionment are starting to show up in pollsters' research.

Unsurprisingly, a growing majority of Americans have been telling pollsters that they expect their children to be worse off than they are.

Pollsters may also have failed to predict a run-off because they did not ask whether respondents intended to vote.

The pollsters have proved to be inaccurate before, getting the New Hampshire primary in January spectacularly wrong.

Some 8% still tell pollsters they want to vote for the president's candidate, but do not mention her by name.

But with the greater number of polls comes some additional responsibilities for pollsters, the public, and the media.

Easterners tell pollsters of their nostalgia for the old days and vote in large numbers for the successors to the East German communists.

In May pollsters for CNN concluded that 78% of Americans would like to see the ban on openly gay soldiers lifted.

When pollsters ask voters to say whether they will favour a Republican or Democrat for president, the Democrat has a handsome lead.

An appreciable majority of Spaniards tell pollsters he has no clear plans for the future.

Nearly nine out of 10 voters told the pollsters they were worried about the economy; two-fifths said their own living standards had fallen.

Pollsters said no US candidate has ever been as far behind as McCain at this stage in an election in recent political history and won.

Which happens in the context of what pollsters term as "mild improvement" in public perception of society's credit conditions.

And of course, there are several reasons to lie to pollsters but no reasons to make a money-losing bet.

Pollsters say that since 2007 the problems of health care have displaced the economy, to rise to the top of voters' concerns.

That public humiliation caused pollsters to adopt rigorous new standards to increase the accuracy and reliability of their results.

The pollsters' lists of vulnerable Democratic House members have been growing steadily.

Pollsters say Labor may prevail by a few seats in the lower house.

The pollsters place the UK and Italy in a category of their own: "Pessimistic, high cutbacks, but not psychologically affected" .

Still, however intractable reality may be, pollsters are under pressure to send a clear message.

In January last year a majority of Americans started telling pollsters that invading Iraq had been a mistake.

That figure jumped 10 points since May, likely as a result of the death of bin Laden, pollsters said.

And students don't shy away from telling pollsters that they want spiritual help and growth in higher ed.

Fully four-fifths of the French tell pollsters that they think "things are getting worse. "

The BJP may be on to a good thing: over 80% of Indians tell pollsters that graft is worse than ever.

These inconsistencies mean that we're either irrational or lying to pollsters, and perhaps both.

and pollsters believe that they may not make up their mind until they enter the polling booth.

Asked by pollsters whether they think murderers should be put to death, two-thirds of Americans say yes, down from four-fifths in 1994.

Pollsters rarely venture out to such areas.

Voters, by most pollsters' accounts, are becoming less energised about global warming.

Pollsters say that 40 percent of dog and cat owners carry pictures of the pets in their wallets.

Hard-up companies will be tempted to opt for cheaper, DIY solutions, to the irritation of established pollsters.

Another challenge for pollsters is the attitude toward the media in general.

During an election campaign pollsters call thousands of people asking how they'll vote.

Pollsters TNS Global conducted the research for football World Cup sponsor Duracell.

Pew was accurate in 2004 and the average of other major pollsters was close to the final result.

If rising optimism about the economic recovery dwindles, the surge of support could fade, pollsters say.

But the answers will not come from pollsters, pundits, or politicians.

Opinion polls show Fatah well ahead, but pollsters reckon many Hamas sympathisers are shy of identifying themselves.

A similar phenomenon occurred in the 1992 election in Britain, which pollsters put down to the "shy Tory factor" .

Some pollsters suggest that the MHP's plight has chalked up sympathy votes.

NEWSWEEK pollsters recently created a "Racial Resentment Index" to measure the impact of race on the 2008 election.

When the pollsters finally asked about politics as a career for daughters in 1991, the responses were similar to those for sons.

Most of us are wise to the ways of adman , pollsters, speech writers, and pundits.

When asked what it meant by pollsters, most struggled, then fell back on such banalities as "the stiff upper lip" and "drinking tea" .

Because of that, people may give unusually upright responses to pollsters, particularly in telephone interviews such as these.

Pollsters are made fools of by last-minute shifts in voters' allegiances.

Some pollsters have said that 40% of dog and cat owners carry pictures of their pets in their wallets .

When pollsters compile lists of Americans' top concerns, those barely register. What is on the rise is anxiety about globalization.

When asked by pollsters to name the issue that worries them most, only 5% or so volunteer health care.

These are the findings of a survey by a pollsters company.

The pollsters, the politicians, the pundits got it wrong.

There is less pressure to lie to pollsters than there was even a decade ago.

So when pollsters go to the trouble of calling some of these people, they are left guessing about how to weight their views.

As we enter the 2008 election cycle, we will see candidates, voters, pollsters, and pundits agree and disagree on just about everything.

This is more than a tautological observation about people's mood when asked about their feelings by pollsters or economists.

In recent decades, the pollsters have expanded the survey to also ask the question, "Do you believe in God or a universal spirit? "

As pollsters know, if they are to hold the attention of busy people, they can't just say, "It's all very complicated. "

Pollsters TNS Omnibus surveyed 2, 584 adults in England online.

More than 90% of Indians and Chinese tell pollsters that they are optimistic about the future.

Pollsters surveyed 1, 032 adults by telephone.

That helps give them pause when pollsters ask, "Do you approve or disapprove of the job President Obama is doing. "

Most pollsters doubt that they can add the ten seats they would need to capture the Senate.

Tweets may prove useful to political pollsters, for example.

Most pollsters ignored them until early last year.

Mrs Clinton has assembled the best collection of pollsters , image-crafters, fund-raisers and hatchet-men in the business;

A full 96 percent of Dutch part-timers tell pollsters they do not want to work more;

(Pollsters had interviewed 3, 500 Europeans in seven countries. )