1.   Blacks and Hispanics made up nearly half the primary electorate, the survey said.

2.   He made no mention of his support for abortion rights, a position that might give him trouble among the socially conservative Republican primary electorate.

3.   Kemp decided against seeking the Republican nomination this year partly because he knew the primary electorate was not likely to accept him.

4.   One is New Conservative Dole, the campaigner relentlessly seeking to secure support among the Republican primary electorate.

5.   Reed recognizes that social conservatives, while often the largest single component of the Republican primary electorate, are rarely a majority, even in the Bible Belt.

6.   There is also the prospect that Bush might neglect to spot a major issue or demographic group that is important to the primary electorate.

7.   These days, the bald appeals and overly nuanced positions are particularly striking as Republicans curry favor with their quite conservative primary electorate.

8.   Those who oppose American participation may also be playing to an isolationist segment of the Republican primary electorate.

9.   With his eye fixed firmly on the overwhelmingly conservative GOP primary electorate, Dole deliberately ignited the firestorm during a fund-raising event here.

10.   The Senate is led by a presidential candidate intent on proving to a conservative primary electorate that he can deliver on their fiscal priorities.