Thomas Mason, son of George Mason, was present at a poll of voters taken two days later.

Mr. Clinton was ahead by 10 percentage points - 51 percent to 41 percent - in a Washington Post poll of 714 registered voters taken Aug. 21-25.

Only 42 percent of respondents approved of Mr. Torricelli's job performance, according to the survey of 910 registered voters taken July 19 to 24.

The poll of 408 likely voters taken Oct. 21-24 had a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points.

In a Gallup poll of 4,604 registered Hispanic voters taken in the final days of June 2008, only 18% of participants identified themselves as Republicans.

An election exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations.

The statewide poll of 637 registered voters taken by telephone Sunday through Tuesday found that Mr. Bush is seen as more likely than his opponent to lower taxes.

A Lawlor poll of 401 likely voters taken three weeks ago showed him trailing Mr. Franks by 16 points, 41 percent to 25 percent.

To further complicate things, an ABC News poll of 1,022 voters taken on Thursday and Sunday was similar to the Gallup poll.

Why have we, the voters, been taken the pith out of this last year (50 years????)