Word: polled
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...finally starting to get the real argument against impeachment. Not the one that begins "Wouldn't you have lied in Clinton's situation?" or the one that goes, "Most great presidents have had affairs." Not the poll data showing that 6 in 10 Americans oppose impeachment. No, the argument that is convincing me that Clinton must stay in office is the procedural one: Congress should not, except in the rarest and clearest of circumstances, overturn the results of a fair and free election...
According to a recent Gallup poll, 59 percent of Americans believe homosexual behavior is morally wrong. And this summer, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) compared homosexuals to kleptomaniacs and alcoholics. Lott's comments were followed by advertisements in major newspapers, paid for by leading organizations on the religious right, that claimed that gays and lesbians could "come out of" homosexuality and embrace a straight lifestyle...
However, in a poll taken by The Boston Globe and WBZ-TV on October 9, Cellucci's lead slipped to 6 percentage points. The poll has a 5 percent margin of error, putting the race in a virtual dead-heat...
Finneran's comments also might have beenaffected by poll results showing that swingindependent voters are leaning towards Republicansin state races...
...poll of 400 likely voters conducted earlylast week by The Boston Globe and WBZ-TV showedthat state races for attorney general, treasurerand secretary of state are closer than expectedbecause of the Republican leanings of independentvoters...