21.   But he worries about how Gore is playing around the country, especially in Kentucky, considered a swing state this year.

22.   But pro-gun commercials in hunter-heavy swing states like Pennsylvania and Michigan have forced him to scale back.

23.   But Texas is not a swing state.

24.   But the vice president has largely stayed clear of the issue because polls suggest it will not win him any votes among undecided voters in swing states.

25.   But they are unusually concentrated in industrial swing states, such as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois as well as Michigan.

26.   But the only realistic role he can play this year is to tilt swing states like California in a conservative direction.

27.   But this survey suggests a close two-man race if the sure states go as predicted and the swing states are split between the candidates.

28.   Campaigning in six swing states on the way to Philadelphia, Bush has subtly intensified his criticisms of the current administration.

29.   California, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania are but four examples of swing states where voter registration, especially of the poor, is lagging.

30.   California, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania are four examples of swing states in which voter registration, especially of the poor, is lagging.