61.   The surveys indicated they overwhelmingly favored anti-establishment candidates McCain and Bradley.

62.   The ruling party said early trends seemed to favor its candidates in state legislative races in Michoacan, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Tamaulipas and Sinaloa.

63.   The staunchly conservative state has tended to favor establishment candidates such as Bush and has supported his father in the past.

64.   They argued the presence of the Syrians favored Muslim candidates.

65.   Thirty-eight percent said they would favor a candidate who supports the government.

66.   Too few presidential ballots were sent to areas known to favor opposition candidates, he said.

67.   U.S. government officials have also expressed concern about the uneven campaign, which favored candidates who supported the president or local authorities.

68.   Voters who felt that way favored Republican candidates for the House.

69.   Zyuganov has dismissed earlier surveys that showed Yeltsin drawing even with him, claiming Russian polls tend to favor pro-government candidates.

70.   Chirac said France did not favor any candidate in the election.