71.   He is looking ahead to the general election, when the issue tends to alienate swing voters.

72.   He said Major had alienated voters by imposing sales tax on heating fuels, by toying with selling the Post Office and by changing the National Health Service.

73.   His challenge is to appease conservatives in the primary campaign without alienating swing voters before the general election in November.

74.   His most aggressive advisers argued that it was time to take a risk, while others said a full-throated attack would look desperate and alienate undecided voters.

75.   However, Chan also conceded that he may have paid too much attention to his prime ministerial duties and alienated voters in his electorate.

76.   However, his brash, dynamic style and appeals to nationalist sentiment have alienated many voters.

77.   Milan industrialist Aldo Fumagalli refused to make a deal with Refoundation for fear of alienating centrist voters.

78.   Polls show the death-squad case and other scandals have alienated voters from the ruling Socialist party.

79.   Rich Tafel, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans, said he lobbied Thompson to remove language in the party platform he said would alienate gay voters.

80.   Such talk drew criticism last week from the Anti-Defamation League, which warned Lieberman that his repeated expressions of religion risked alienating some voters.