71.   But the report focuses on training, rather than on the systemic problems that repel some high-quality candidates from the profession.

72.   Candidates from more cosmopolitan states, closer to the centers of media and national politics, have a distinct advantage, political scientists said.

73.   Candidates from the party of the incumbent president tend to be favored by voters who believe their economic situation has improved.

74.   Can broadcasters bar third-party or independent political candidates from participating in televised debates?

75.   Candidates from both parties run against one another in open primaries, and leadership positions in the Legislature are determined more by political philosophy than by party affiliation.

76.   Candidates from all parties appear on the ballot and the candidate who receives a majority of the votes is elected.

77.   Candidates from smaller parties won the rest.

78.   Candidates from the Dallas Diocese interview at least twice with Grace Puente Davidson, a clinical psychologist in Dallas.

79.   Cheney is unlikely to make the kind of mistake that takes vice-presidential candidates from their traditional obscurity to unwanted notoriety.

80.   Candidates from both parties have been less than responsible on this issue.