Mr. Kerrey has remained philosophical despite polls that show him lagging.

And he cast himself as an underdog despite polls that show him as the front-runner among Democratic contenders.

Despite encouraging polls the overlong term of Nulab has been very poor on performance & success.

That's when Mr. Lieberman stunned the three-term incumbent despite polls at one time showing him more than 20 points behind.

In the 1970's, he resisted entreaties to run for governor of California despite promising polls.

Mr. Kuhnen's immediate concern is to get into position to benefit from the shift to the right he expects, despite polls to the contrary.

There are an awful lot of very rich Japanese, despite national polls showing that 90 percent of the people describe themselves as middle class.

You argue that an energized white separatist movement exists, despite polls that show more racial tolerance and an increasingly diverse popular culture.

Despite polls, if that is true, then the country really is more dumbed down than I ever thought possible.

This government persists in making cuts to social programmes despite polls showing that the majority of people are against them.