He presents himself as the antidote to politicians who want to manipulate malleable American voters, even as he contrives to mess with the campaign to satisfy his own ego.

The ads are designed to scare voters, manipulate voters, do everything but inform voters.

The good news, they say, is that advertising does not "manipulate" voters; rather, commercials are effective only to the extent that they resonate with beliefs voters already hold.

Dukakis seemed to be reciting words merely to try to manipulate voters.

No longer are candidates or star campaigners able to monopolize campaign stage and to manipulate voters.

Jim Nicholson, chairman of the Republican National Committee replied, "These lies are clearly aimed at dividing Americans and manipulating black voters."

Publishing Company, Mr. Sawyer defined his work this way: "I don't manipulate voters, because I can't - they're too sophisticated.

It's all about media messages and manipulating voters.

In Matt Bai's article (Jan. 18), we read that sophisticated marketing tools like focus groups help pollsters figure out what "buttons" to push to manipulate voters.

And he said both major parties manipulated voters into casting "an emotional vote" with the help of Hollywood speech writers and other hired guns.