41.   Despite a tightening in the polls between Clinton and Republican rival Bob Dole, the incumbent still holds a commanding lead in voter surveys.

42.   Dole, from the neighboring state of Kansas, has been widely favored to win the Iowa caucus based on voter surveys.

43.   Earlier voter intention surveys have predicted a tight result with a margin of between two and six percent.

44.   This year, Republicans are heartened by voter surveys indicating that the gap between Dole and Clinton is narrower in California than throughout the rest of the country.

45.   Two parties have fielded indigenous vice presidential candidates but they each were drawing only about two percent support in voter surveys.

46.   Though voter surveys are rare and inevitably skewed in a prevailing climate of fear, two polls conducted since November give Tsvangirai the numerical edge over Mugabe.

47.   Unfortunately for Dole, Truman was down by only five points in the polls ahead of that historic election and voter surveys at the time were not as accurate.

48.   Voter intention surveys suggest incumbent centre-right President Jacques Chirac will win four votes for every one for Le Pen.