He labeled their criticism "demagoguery" intended to distract voters from debates over policy.

Mr. Lautenberg said tonight that the Forrester campaign's comments about his age were an effort to distract voters.

Schröder is using it to distract voters from 10 percent unemployment, 0.5 percent growth and a dispute about his hair color.

Republicans depicted every foreign policy decision as an attempt to distract voters.

If their candidate wins, it's because his negative ads distracted voters from the issues.

Perhaps because, as your article says, "Republicans depicted every foreign policy decision as an attempt to distract voters" from their efforts to impeach President Clinton.

It is argued that horse race coverage distracts voters from issues surrounding candidates by emphasizing poll results, regardless of how reliable the polls may be.

But the conservatives, fearing a Mitterrand manoeuvre to split them, have denounced the proposed reforms as an attempt to distract voters.

And he was determined that questions about his personality not distract voters from the issues.

But their shrill charges aren't distracting voters.