And we're speaking with political analyst Pamela Gentry from BET and pollster Celinda Lake, who is a Democrat but who routinely teams up with a Republican pollster for her current sort of national polling.

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Also important to mention that she does team up with a Republican pollster in arriving at her data.

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Pollster Peter Brown picks up on a trend we started noticing two years ago.

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Ms. CELINDA LAKE (Democratic Pollster): Well, women always make up their minds later than men.

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The survey, conducted jointly by Republican pollster Bill McInturff and Democratic pollster Stan Greenberg, shows President Bush picking up a slight lead (44-41 percent) over a Democratic nominee, though the advance is within the poll's margin of error.

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According to the latest Pollster.com poll of polls, the country lines up solidly against health care reform with 49.3 percent against while only 41 percent favor the legislation.

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Despite an effort a year ago to spice up his image, his popularity rating is low (43%, according to Ifop, a pollster), compared with that of Mr Hollande (48%), and way behind those of popular heroes such as Bernard Kouchner (73%) or Jack Lang (67%).

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