41.   To some degree, of course, people supported solutions that favored their candidate.

42.   Twenty-one percent black in voting population and with a heavy concentration of voters who work in state government, the district still favors Democratic candidates.

43.   White Democrats might oppose using sampling data lest it would draw districts that favor minority candidates.

44.   While PORAC generally favors Democratic candidates over Republicans, it also had been a financial supporter of Wilson in the past.

45.   One-third of those asked favored neither candidate.

46.   Others said they favored different candidates.

47.   Poll watchers also reported finding ballots favoring opposition candidates that appeared to have been sabotaged to invalidate them.

48.   Beijing says a new election will be held within a year, but the rules are expected to favor pro-government candidates.

49.   China has said the next election will be held within a year, but the rules are expected to favor pro-Beijing candidates.

50.   Democrats can wrest away control only by holding their lines almost intact and seizing Republican seats, counter to late trends that seemed to favor Republican candidates.